Taking the output of a computer and affixing it to paper
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Why did I lose the ability to print to a networked printer?
I have a Canon iP3600 printer connected to a networked hard drive and up until a few days ago I was able to print from it. however, i have now lost the ability to print ever since i downloaded Apple's ...
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Why does an uninstalled Canon LBP 5050 printer keep reappearing?
I used to have a Canon LBP 5050. It is no longer connected to the network or the Mac. I removed the printer from: "System Preferences → Printers" and even removed the ppd from /Library/Printers, using ...
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Why is my Advanced Add Printer mode disabled?
I am using a Unibody MacBook Pro on Lion. I am trying to add a networked printer at work so I can print to it, but OS X is not cooperating with me.
Typically for adding networked printers on a ...
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How do I find a list of available printers on a specific print server?
Is there a way to find a list of available printers on a given server like you can on a PC?
For example, my school hosts all of their printers on one server. When I run windows, I can do a run ...
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Epson software update keeps popping up on my screen but nothing gets downloaded
I get that question pop-up on my screen a few times per day. Sometimes several times in a row. If I say Yes, a long EULA document appears for me to accept, then a window with a progress bar that ...
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print option lost after Mountain Lion upgrade
After I recently moved my data from a Mac Mini '09 to a new Mac Mini with Mountain Lion, I find my print options no longer allow me to print "fast" (on Canon pixma mx712). The print quality options ...
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OS X 10.8 seems to break printer communications
Anyone using a Kodak ESP 7250 with OS X 10.8? Everything worked fine until I upgraded to 10.8. I have two computers and they both systematically stopped printing and scanning immediately after ...
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Mountain Lion printer not found on bonjour, can't install by IP
My networked HP6310 suddenly stopped working today from my MBPro running Mountain Lion. Other laptops in the house (MB running Snow Leopard, MBP running Lion) can still print. I can connect via USB ...
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PDF printing bug in OS X
On a PDF created with Office for Windows, special characters are not displaying and not printing correctly in OS X. The rendering is correct on Chrome.
The issue is the same as this one: Some PDFs ...
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Trying to use a Canon MP210 printer with OS X running 10.8.2
I am honestly not sure if the problem is with the OS or with the printer. I can use this printer with a windows machine without any trouble. However, when I try to use it with my Mac, is just ...
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Using SSH-LPR with Mac?
I'm looking for a way to add a printer to my MacBook that prints using the lpr command on a remote server. I have passwordless logins set up, and I found a script that appears to do what I need it to: ...
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Printing from a remote windows computer on a printer connected to a MacBook Air
We have a consultant who has a MacBook Air. He connects that to one of our printers via USB. The Mac recognizes the printer and we can print from his documents etc. He then remotes to his office ...
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How to Connect printer to macbook pro
I have a printer HP deskjet f4210 connected to a windows 7 system, I am trying to connect my macbook pro os 10.7.4 to it, however I get the message authentication required. I tried entering ...
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How to fix Safari print preview crash after upgrade to Mountain Lion?
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, opening the print dialog in Safari.
Printing was fine before the upgrade. Also printing still works in my VMs under Parallels.
How to fix Safari print preview crash ...
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Why is my Automator Print Plugin Only Running Every Other Time?
I have set up a simple Print Plugin in Automator. It renames the file, then moves the file to a particular directory. No matter how simple I make the plugin, it only triggers every other time I run ...
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Can anyone guide me in installing a driver for Epson Stylus C59 in Mac Lion?
I've got a new mac mini (the latest one mid-2011) and it has Lion in it. I have an old Epson Stylus C59 and would like to use it in this mac mini. However, the epson site has no installer for mac.
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Add Windows Printer to Mac OS X 10.6.8
I have a Windows 7 computer that I am trying to print to from a Mac. I have added my printer using a smb:// protocol and it works and says Idle, however when I try to print I get the following:
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Which photo websites have iPad support for editing and ordering prints, cards and books?
I've tried the Shutterfly iPad app, which allows uploading photos, but doesn't support any other functionality available on the website. And I can't edit photos or design cards and books from the ...
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Printers compatible with case sensitive hardened Mountain Lion
For security improvment, I'm running all my MacOS X on case sensitive
and journaled file systems (then any ill written program which one day open a file named conf, and the day after try to open it ...
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How can I make the OS print dialog default to a particular preset?
Simply put, this is what I want: I want to take a unique printer preset that has already been made and make the OS default to it any time that particular printer is selected to be printed to.
I know ...
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google chrome prints in black & white only
Using Chrome v20 on OSX 10.6.8 on two boxes. Chrome Print dialog opens without the color/b&w option, always prints in b&w regardless of which printer I choose (I have several available). If I ...
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MountainLion printing
Trying to print on canvas with an Epson Stylus Pro 3800. When I click the PRINT button I get the printer in the Dock for about 5 or 6 seconds and then it disappears and no printing.
have tried ...
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Mac does not see shared Windows domain printers
Several Macs are able to connect to a printer on a Windows 7 machine, but there is one Mac that I can't get to hooked up.
When I go to add a printer, I can browse to our domain, but no computers are ...
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Printing from Safari cuts lines on page breaks
When I print from safari on 10.6 and 10.7 sometimes the top half of the line is printed on one page and the bottom half is printed on the next. This seems to be independent of the printer as the pdf ...
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OS X Lion Printer problem
I have a clean install of Lion (I whipped the drive, then installed Snow Leopard and upgraded to Lion). Now I'm trying to add/install my network printer. It is a Brother HL-5350DN.
The automatic ...
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Ordering of events when printing/pdf-ing from iCal
Spent a few hours searching on google and in other forums- I know this issue has come up before, but I couldn't find a single answer or solution anywhere.
Seems that when I go to print the calander ...
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Adding Ricoh C4501 printer via command line - Installable options
I need to deploy one Ricoh MFP to ~50 Mac users. I thus wan't to do this through ARD/CLI. I'm looking for the correct lpoption tags for the Ricoh MP C4501. I want to set the "Finisher" (SR3020) and ...
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Printing very slow
Fairly recently all print jobs are very slow. It appears that each page is being sent as a separate print job. I have seen other people complain about this over quite a long period, typically on Lion. ...
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Install HP printer on 10.6.4 without Apple Update
Can I install a HP Deskjet Printer on Snow Leopard (10.6.4) without access to 'Apple Update'?
Scenario: Have an outside worker using a Mac on our secured Samba environment. We are not adding the Mac ...
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Attempt to install printer driver every time I turn on the printer
I have a Canon MP 280 printer connected to an updated OSX 10.8.2 and the latest Apple printer drivers for Canon. Every time I turn on the printer I get a dialog box asking me whether I want to install ...
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Print from iPhone when no wireless access
New job- large hospital campus - tight Internet security. Internet/wireless limited to work computers. Can only print to network computer from work computer, but no printer in office- must print to a ...
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Cups localhost:631/admin gives 404 not found
I am trying to help fix a friends computer (Mac, OS X v. 10.6.8). When trying to access cups through localhost:631 I get the main menu just fine. However when I try to access admin I get 404 not ...
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Cannot scan or print from officejet 6500
I was able to scan using officejet 6500 but now, for no obvious reason, the scan icon is grayed out everywhere and I canot print at all. I reinstalled the printer two times but without success.
My ...
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Print job from Macbook Pro prints repeatedly
We are trying to set up printing for a Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard or Mountain Lion (10.8.2) using an HP Color Laser Jet 3550 as a network printer. It seems to find and recognize the printer just ...
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Network: Broken Pipe - can't print through WLAN or upload files
Since a few hours, I have a big problem with my Mac: I can't print anything through my network printer, send mails with attachments or upload files to my DropBox.
At first I was thinking it's a ...
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Print to PDF using Adobe READER for mac os x 10.7.4
I have the same need as this question.
Print to pdf with Adobe Reader
I have tried VipRiser and it was working very well until 10.7.4 broke it.
The CUPS-PDF is also not working well in 10.7.4
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ColorSync profiles are not appearing in color matching dialogs
I am trying to print a business card design, and the printers recommend using the 'Coated FOGRA39' ICC color matching profile. At first I thought I didn't have this profile, so I downloaded it for ...
