Wireless runs great, but printer problems...

My Airport Extreme was a breeze to hook up and get connected to the internet, but printing is an issue. The Airport Utility sees the printer from both a macbook and a 64 bit Vista desktop, but when I try to print and get a message that says printer connection problem on the mac and nothing on the windows machine. Any suggestions?

The printer is an Oki3400 and it's connected via the USB. The base is a Vista desktop. A MacBook and another windows xp laptop are also trying to print via the AX

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i'm on MAC OS X 10.5.8. Still runs great but now i have no itunes as i've followed this post that covers my first issue. i've followed it correctly to the part of re install the latest version of itunes and i cant.
i've been running logic pro on this mac and i have no issues so i've not upgraded software etc.
i need a way around this problem without having to upgrade the OS if there is one.
does anyone please have a suggestion that doesn't involve spending hundreds of pounds?
i was only trying to get an iphone connected and this article says 10.6.8 or earlier?? it is definately earlier
macbook - MAC OS X v 10.5.8...... trying to connect an iphone 4s os 6
problem now..........need to re install itunes but can't probably due to my current OS.
please help. i'm pretty gutted about this. i should of researched a little further me thinks. cheers guys

said article below....
HT1747: iTunes: How to remove and reinstall the Apple Mobile Device Service on Mac OS X 10.6.8 or Earlier
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I have upgraded my MAC OS to 10.6.8. FCP 5.0 still runs great, but Soundtrack Pro 1.01 opens, but operates at a glacial pace. It does not functionally operate. What can be done to remedy this?

I have upgraded my MAC OS to 10.6.8.
Final Cut Pro 5.0 still runs great, but Soundtrack Pro 1.01 opens, but operates at a glacial pace. It does not functionally operate.
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Depending on the configuration of the computer hardware and software
you may need to consider upgrade the RAM by installing more capacity.
Also, in the same vane, choose to consider upgrade the hard drive to
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Hello, I have an apple Mac Pro. It is an older machine but I just had the Apple Store install a new drive with OSX 10.6.8. It runs great but I need to load software. Will it run CS4 Design Standard? Or, will I need CS5.

Hello, I have an Apple Mac Pro Laptop. It is an older machine but I just had the Apple Store install a new hard drive with OSX 10.6.8. It runs great but I need to load software. Will it run CS4 Design Standard? Or, will I need CS5. This machine can't run 10.7.

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As per CS5.5 Design Standard release notes it can run on 10.6.8.
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Getting very good connection and speed in wireless. But when I connect the ethernet cable, the speed slows down and half the time I get "cannot connect" error messages. I bought this router in Oct 2009 and so don't know if it needs a firmware update. Based on other posts, I went to IE - Tools - Internet Options - Connections - LAN Settings and unclicked the only thing that was clicked: Automatically Detect Settings. That did not seem to make any difference. Yesterday, based on some advice on some other site, I switched ports on the router and it worked very well for a while. But today, no port really performs.
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Before mountain lion was installed on my mac it was running great and no problems at all and after the installation everything and i mean everything is super slow!!!! its frustrating. help please.

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Printing wirelessly from laptop but can't print from iPhone or iPad to officejet pro 8600

I can print wirelessly from laptop but printing from i-Phone has stopped working. It locates the printer and says it's "sending to printer" but nothing happens on the printer. I have shut down i-phone and rebooted computer but it's still not working.

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Printing problems Desket 3520 - says i can only print from apps

So frustrating.
Since upgrading to Window 8.1 I have nothing but print problems, despite unistalling and reinstalling. Now when I try to print,when I click on the print icon (that comes up from the swipe side bar) i get a message saying I can only print from apps. So I have been unable to print word docs etc of any kind. The printer works fine from my iphone and ipad and the laptop can see the printer wirelessly and connects to it - BUT IT WONT PRINT!! I've had to resort to emailing the docs to myself to print from my ipad - ridiculous!
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Hey there @lissim09 welcome to the forums
I am not quite sure why your Windows 8.1 is not printing to your Deskjet 3520 however, I have some ideas to try and find out and hopefully get it printing for you. The printer is working with other devices, which shows us the printer itself is alright.
Run the Print and Scan Doctor. This diagnostic tool will check for any conflicts that could be causing the issue. The tool will show you a report at the end. If there was a problem that the tool could not fix, you will notice it in the results. Please send me the results.
Also try a Clean Boot, restart the PC and try a print again. This will turn off all start up programs running on your PC, in the case there is something running that is blocking the printer from printing, this should bypass it. Also disable your firewall temporarily.
Try printing from two programs afterwards.
Also include how you have the printer connected to the PC (wireless, ethernet, usb).
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Samsung CLX-3185W printer problem

Not been on here for a while, Eric has had no problems, sends his love to Ronda !
Anyway as a treat I got him the above colour laser printer, but here is the problem I installed the software as per the instructions and restated now I can scan/fax over the wireless network great but I can not print ! as soon as I press print a window pops up saying printer off line. If I connect the USB cable no problems at all............but I want WiFi.
thing I have done so far.
Re installed all the software - restart
Downloaded the latest drivers from Samsung and installed them, same thing !
Turned off Eric at the end of the install, turned off the printer too still nothing.
WiFi network is working correctly ie can see other computers and internet....................Help
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Ronda Wilson wrote:
Thanks, but how does one go about finding the IP address of the printer?
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Printing problem when PDF is sent to the printer with certain fonts - missing text

I'm running into a printing problem when PDFs containing certain characters of the Calibri font are used. The text in large sections of the PDF is missing on the paper version, but the text is there on the screen. It's also happened when the PDFs we created were e-mailed out to a client and printed on their printer. The problem is not present when printing directly from the programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, etc.). I've been trying to get tech support from Adobe on this, but every time I call they apologize and say they will call back in 4-6 hours with an answer. Same result each time, no call back. If anyone from Adobe is listening, it's case number 184891587. The font appears as an embedded subset when I look at the document properties. Sometimes deleting one or two Characters allows for larger text blocks to be printed - i.e. removing a long dash in bold from the heading of a paragraph makes the paragraph reappear when printed to paper from PDF. In all cases the PDF appears correct on the screen. Printing as an image allows the text to appear, but the image quality isn't acceptable for small text, even at the 600 dpi setting on the printer. If the PDF is sent out by e-mail, we do not have control over the end-user's printer setup anyway, so we need this to work in all cases.
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HP Wireless Printing - problems with MAcbook Airport

I've read through most of the problems related to printers on here and I think I have a unique one!!
I've just bought and installed a HP C8180 all-in-one printer. Installed as per instructions - on home network and across ethernet. I've reserved an IP address for it so its always in the same place. Works brilliantly (good printer!). However if I then disconnect ethernet and connect to my network via airport - it won't print! It will however, align, print test page (albeit slowly), clean cartridges etc - but no printing.
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I have a HP Photosmart 2710 All in One connected to a Aiport Express USB port, it works great, the WIFI in the printer doesn't work because it doesn't support WPA2 so I disabled it. The main router is quite a ways away but I still want to print to the printer wirelessly.
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1. Connect the printer via USB directly to macbook to load and test driver.
2. Use Airport Utility and configure Airport for printer, if it is already listed, remove and reinstall it.
3. On your Macbook it should change the driver from USB to the name of Airport, sometimes it helps to turn off the printer and turn it back on while connected to Airport.
Keep messing with it, it can be stubborn with Bonjour but it finally shows up. Make sure the Airport Utility can see the printer when connected to it.

Printing problem - HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One Printer, Red color fads on 4th copy

I have an HP HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One Printer, and am trying to print 75 copies of a program for our event. After the first 5-6 pages the RED in my program starts to turn magenta. I have brand new HP ink, and am printing on HP Color Injet Paper. I have renectly replaced the Black/Yellow printhead (at least 6 months ago). At first when I cleaned the printheads, I could print 2 or 3 pages showing my RED color. Then turns back to magenta. When I received the test patterns after cleaning the print heads they are all perfect with no lines.
What is going on and how can I fix it?
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Hi TM1997,
I understand you have an Officejet 8500 Wireless that is not printing red properly, it keeps turning to magenta. I'm sorry to hear this, but I will definitely do my best to help you!
As I'm sure you saw, when replacing the black and yellow printhead, that there are two printheads in the Officejet 8500 and the second one controls the magenta and cyan. I would suggest that you first have a look through this Troubleshooting Print Quality Issues document. You can also manually clean your printhead with the steps in this 'The Following Printhead Appears to be Missing or Damaged' or 'The Following Printhead has a Problem... document.
Hope this helps, have a great day!!
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Printing problem - HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One Printer - printer head?

I posted this elsewhere, but I think I posted it on the wrong Forum so I am posting it here now. I hope I did not do anything to upset anyone. I am new to this area, please forgive my clumsiness.
I have a HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One Printer. I've had my printer since December 2009 and no problems. I recently bought a new laptop with Windows 7 and had to go online to find the drivers that work for my printer. Windows 7 was not compatible with this printer.
Also recently, I am having a problem with what I think may be the black printer head, but when I run diagnostic on it everything comes back saying it is fine. However the problem still exist. When printing the black color will become faded in some areas and in some lines will not only almost totally fade out, but will almost look italic.
Can you tell me if this is the printer head and does it need replacing or is there another problem?
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Are you using genuine HP cartridges and not refilled or third-party cartridges?
Print the Print Quality Diagnostic page from the setup menu/print report/ on the printer's front panel
Are there any quality issues with this page?
Although I am a HP employee, I am speaking on behalf of myself and not the company.

MacBook 2006 w/Snow Leopard; HP B210 printer; print problem; error message: One or more components of the HP printing software are corrupted or missing. Reinstalled software but Mac will not cause printer to print.

? MacBook 2006 w/Snow Leopard; HP B210 printer; print problem; error message: "One or more components of the HP printing software are corrupted or missing..." Reinstalled software but Mac will not cause printer to print. My MacBook Pro works fine with same wireless printer.

Hi ArielAce , thanks for getting back to me!
I would recommend downloading and running the HP Print and Scan Doctor.
Please keep me posted!
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