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My Lexmark Z12 spits out blank pages now. Yes there is a cartridge, and yes it has ink. I'll look around for a new driver.
Panther PRINTER Problems? Not really.
Panther Disc 3 has lots of Epson drivers and some other printer drivers - consider loading them, then be sure to run Disk Utility and repair Permissions because you will need to - guaranteed.
My Epson 900 is attached to my G4 via USB and was no responding, which is how i found out Print Center is GONE - replaced by PRINT SETUP UTILITY.
Oddly, when I went to the Dock and clicked Print Center - it magically changed to the new PRINT SETUP UTILITY. COOL!
I re-configured Xexrox Tektronix 850DP the same way and it's working fine via TCP/IP. You really should have no problems.
Suggest you setup your Epson printer again (USB?) and then be sure it is selected in the pull down menu when printing a document.
You should NOT have a problem. Check Panther HELP for setting up printers, either within the OS or online with Apple support for Panther. It's there, be patient and work through initial setup again.
Any apps (Adobe, MS Office, Toast, etc.) crash on you? Reinstall apps after removing them and their Preferences.
Don't you just love the new speed? My G4 dual 1GHz feels like a G5.
Panther Disc 3 has lots of Epson drivers and some other printer drivers - consider loading them, then be sure to run Disk Utility and repair Permissions because you will need to - guaranteed.
My Epson 900 is attached to my G4 via USB and was no responding, which is how i found out Print Center is GONE - replaced by PRINT SETUP UTILITY.
Oddly, when I went to the Dock and clicked Print Center - it magically changed to the new PRINT SETUP UTILITY. COOL!
I re-configured Xexrox Tektronix 850DP the same way and it's working fine via TCP/IP. You really should have no problems.
Suggest you setup your Epson printer again (USB?) and then be sure it is selected in the pull down menu when printing a document.
You should NOT have a problem. Check Panther HELP for setting up printers, either within the OS or online with Apple support for Panther. It's there, be patient and work through initial setup again.
Any apps (Adobe, MS Office, Toast, etc.) crash on you? Reinstall apps after removing them and their Preferences.
Don't you just love the new speed? My G4 dual 1GHz feels like a G5.
Thanks. No Lexmark Z12 support. I guess I'll buy a new printer anyway. It only cost me $49.00. Any ideas for my next printer? I'm not to interested in printing color. I kind of only need BW.
new printer
j33pd0g
Hard to believe a Lexmark printer that worked in Jaguar is no longer supported in Panther. Check Printer info with http://www.apple.com/support
Panther claims even broader support for all printers, including older models.
I just don't believe you have a driver problem. Just delete the old Printer from your Printer Setup Utility and ADD it back in again.
Oddly, the paper spitting routine happened with a recent Canon printer when I helped a friend reload Jaguar a month ago. The Canon i450 worked fine when we deleted the printer and added it back in.
If you go inkjet, Canon has some new low priced versions with huge Black tanks.
I like my Epson 900 for $200 USD because it prints directly on CD and DVD discs, no paper labels required unless the disc surface is not pure white and "printable" - Memorex has blanks 30 for $15. Epson 960 does the same but with individual color tanks @ $350 and even better photo quality.
However, inkjet ink is more expensive (even black only) than most laser cartridges cost per page of use. HP always has great laser printers, and others are very competitive depending on what's stocked in your local store.
For prepress utility and "free" BLACK ink, Xerox Tektronix 850DP is excellent. Check eBay for used in your area. It uses wax base ink, meaning you should NEVER turn printer OFF, otherwise, it runs an expensive cleaning process each time you turn it ON. I even have mine on a heavy battery backup to avoid electrical supply hiccups.
Where in the world are you, j33pd0g?
j33pd0g
Hard to believe a Lexmark printer that worked in Jaguar is no longer supported in Panther. Check Printer info with http://www.apple.com/support
Panther claims even broader support for all printers, including older models.
I just don't believe you have a driver problem. Just delete the old Printer from your Printer Setup Utility and ADD it back in again.
Oddly, the paper spitting routine happened with a recent Canon printer when I helped a friend reload Jaguar a month ago. The Canon i450 worked fine when we deleted the printer and added it back in.
If you go inkjet, Canon has some new low priced versions with huge Black tanks.
I like my Epson 900 for $200 USD because it prints directly on CD and DVD discs, no paper labels required unless the disc surface is not pure white and "printable" - Memorex has blanks 30 for $15. Epson 960 does the same but with individual color tanks @ $350 and even better photo quality.
However, inkjet ink is more expensive (even black only) than most laser cartridges cost per page of use. HP always has great laser printers, and others are very competitive depending on what's stocked in your local store.
For prepress utility and "free" BLACK ink, Xerox Tektronix 850DP is excellent. Check eBay for used in your area. It uses wax base ink, meaning you should NEVER turn printer OFF, otherwise, it runs an expensive cleaning process each time you turn it ON. I even have mine on a heavy battery backup to avoid electrical supply hiccups.
Where in the world are you, j33pd0g?
HP 2100 has ground to a halt with 10.3
It's dead. I had just gotten my HP Laserjet 2100 working better under 10.2_. Connected via USB to an HP Connectivity EIO card - my dual 1.42 and the HP just aren't speaking. I've spent about seven hours trying different fixes and work-arounds.
In my system info screen, it shows the HP USB Connectivity Card on a USB bus (I've tried all the various USB ports to make sure that's not the glitch). I've installed the thing sooo many times. Arg.
Arg.
Arg.
Tried putting on the drivers from the HP site - didn't help and messed with the OS until I took it off. Reloaded the HP drivers from Panther Disc 2. No response. Just the "Printer not responding" in the printer set-up box.
I suppose I could shell out $300 for an HP IP 615n internal EIO print server, but I may just buy a new printer at this point. I'm not happy about that option - this printer is fairly new (under 2 years).
Perhaps I need to inquire what folks are having success with on one of the other threads.
It's dead. I had just gotten my HP Laserjet 2100 working better under 10.2_. Connected via USB to an HP Connectivity EIO card - my dual 1.42 and the HP just aren't speaking. I've spent about seven hours trying different fixes and work-arounds.
In my system info screen, it shows the HP USB Connectivity Card on a USB bus (I've tried all the various USB ports to make sure that's not the glitch). I've installed the thing sooo many times. Arg.
Arg.
Arg.
Tried putting on the drivers from the HP site - didn't help and messed with the OS until I took it off. Reloaded the HP drivers from Panther Disc 2. No response. Just the "Printer not responding" in the printer set-up box.
I suppose I could shell out $300 for an HP IP 615n internal EIO print server, but I may just buy a new printer at this point. I'm not happy about that option - this printer is fairly new (under 2 years).
Perhaps I need to inquire what folks are having success with on one of the other threads.
Re: new printer
MacRAND, that is what I thought. But nope. I did a clean install, but now the old drivers won't install. The new ones won't work either. I sent an email off to Lexmark and got this in response:
Thank you for contacting Lexmark. Regarding this issue with the printer, I
would like to tell you that this printer is out of production. So Apple
must try to make compatible drivers for z12.
I can always throw it away. It only cost like $29 bucks. I'm just kind of miffed that it won't work under panther. Now after the clean install (when printing) the print center tries to load generic drivers until it just gives up.
MacRAND, that is what I thought. But nope. I did a clean install, but now the old drivers won't install. The new ones won't work either. I sent an email off to Lexmark and got this in response:
Thank you for contacting Lexmark. Regarding this issue with the printer, I
would like to tell you that this printer is out of production. So Apple
must try to make compatible drivers for z12.
I can always throw it away. It only cost like $29 bucks. I'm just kind of miffed that it won't work under panther. Now after the clean install (when printing) the print center tries to load generic drivers until it just gives up.
Print_Aid
How To Deal With Common OS X 10.3 Panther Problems
http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html
Solving Printer Problems:
1. OPEN Printer Setup Utility
2. Double CLICK on your Printer if it is setup, if not - ADD
3. If jobs are stopped, CLICK Start Jobs
4. If none of this works, DELETE jobs - try again. If this fails --
5. DELETE printers, and ADD One printer back at a time. (some printers affect others)
6. LOOK at the Apple Discussion Forums listed at the end of this message
7. CALL AppleCare
8. CRY a lot
I found an 8k Script (popular) that apparently puts some files in Panther that existed in Jaguar, which may work for HP and Lexmark printers.
Print_Aid --
http://www.allosx.com/1067395661/index_html
It helps some people, and does nothing for others. I loaded it on my Mac and it solved a problem I did not have, having no effect on the problems I did have.
Apparently, running Repair Permissions after installing Panther (usually an excellent idea) causes a couple of files to disappear or messes them up?; the Print_Aid script puts them back. It's worth a try, but no guarantee.
I solved my problem by NOT installing DYMO LabelWriter printers until DYMO fixes the Panther problem - due by Nov 30th.
My Xerox/ Tektronix 850DP, Canon i70, and Epson 900 work great. Had thought Apple dropped "duplexing" in the printer menu, NO - Duplex has just been moved to Layout and, again, it works great!
Here are some official APPLE pages that may help people with Panther / Printer problems.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?13@21.YlqVaxsajc7.0@.599b318e
http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@6.B9T4ao3yjxz.0@.599b236d
If someone knows where to download original Print_Aid - please post.
(FOUND Print_Aid download site, thanks to MacAttorney Randy Singer, see above link)
Ah, one more glitch - APPLE provides Stuffit 7 with PANTHER, which will NOT open current version - Stuffit 8 files, and
7 can NOT open download of Stuffit 8 standard as an .sit file, so be sure to ONLY download the .dmg version in STEP 3!
(.sit file is the default, so you have to check .dmg)
http://www.stuffit.com/cgi-bin/stuffit/stuffit_loginpage.cgi?standardmacexp
BUY Stuffit Deluxe 8 now and get 40% discount, including on upgrade.
Select your product, then at time of Purchase, enter the SECRET --
Promotional Code: PT703
Aladdin has so much traffic because Panther installs version 7 and removes 8, so they are giving this extra 40% off to attract quick sales from the traffic on their site from Panther people.
How To Deal With Common OS X 10.3 Panther Problems
http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html
Solving Printer Problems:
1. OPEN Printer Setup Utility
2. Double CLICK on your Printer if it is setup, if not - ADD
3. If jobs are stopped, CLICK Start Jobs
4. If none of this works, DELETE jobs - try again. If this fails --
5. DELETE printers, and ADD One printer back at a time. (some printers affect others)
6. LOOK at the Apple Discussion Forums listed at the end of this message
7. CALL AppleCare
8. CRY a lot
I found an 8k Script (popular) that apparently puts some files in Panther that existed in Jaguar, which may work for HP and Lexmark printers.
Print_Aid --
http://www.allosx.com/1067395661/index_html
It helps some people, and does nothing for others. I loaded it on my Mac and it solved a problem I did not have, having no effect on the problems I did have.
Apparently, running Repair Permissions after installing Panther (usually an excellent idea) causes a couple of files to disappear or messes them up?; the Print_Aid script puts them back. It's worth a try, but no guarantee.
I solved my problem by NOT installing DYMO LabelWriter printers until DYMO fixes the Panther problem - due by Nov 30th.
My Xerox/ Tektronix 850DP, Canon i70, and Epson 900 work great. Had thought Apple dropped "duplexing" in the printer menu, NO - Duplex has just been moved to Layout and, again, it works great!
Here are some official APPLE pages that may help people with Panther / Printer problems.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?13@21.YlqVaxsajc7.0@.599b318e
http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@6.B9T4ao3yjxz.0@.599b236d
If someone knows where to download original Print_Aid - please post.
(FOUND Print_Aid download site, thanks to MacAttorney Randy Singer, see above link)
Ah, one more glitch - APPLE provides Stuffit 7 with PANTHER, which will NOT open current version - Stuffit 8 files, and
7 can NOT open download of Stuffit 8 standard as an .sit file, so be sure to ONLY download the .dmg version in STEP 3!
(.sit file is the default, so you have to check .dmg)
http://www.stuffit.com/cgi-bin/stuffit/stuffit_loginpage.cgi?standardmacexp
BUY Stuffit Deluxe 8 now and get 40% discount, including on upgrade.
Select your product, then at time of Purchase, enter the SECRET --
Promotional Code: PT703
Aladdin has so much traffic because Panther installs version 7 and removes 8, so they are giving this extra 40% off to attract quick sales from the traffic on their site from Panther people.
Extensive solutions to OS 10.3 Panther & Printing problems
How To Deal With Common OS X 10.3 Panther Problems
http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html
Print_Aid --
http://www.allosx.com/1067395661/index_html
Own Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 or 7?
Want to save 40% off upgrade to version 8? or even on a new product
Apple's screwup with PANTHER installing retro Stuffit "7" brings http://www.Aladdin.com heavy traffic.
Panther installs version 7 and removes 8, so
Aladdin is giving us an extra 40% off ALL PRODUCTS to garner quick sales from the traffic on their site, like from angry Panther people. Customer Service tells you about it, or you might stumble across the code in "Support".
BUY Stuffit Deluxe 8 now and get 40% discount in everything Aladdin.
UPGRADE for 6.5 or 7? ...have your old Registration Code ready.
http://www.aladdinsys.com/store/upgrades.html
Select your product, then at time of Purchase, enter the SECRET --
Promotional Code: PT703
You save another 40% for a limited time.
How To Deal With Common OS X 10.3 Panther Problems
http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html
Print_Aid --
http://www.allosx.com/1067395661/index_html
Own Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 or 7?
Want to save 40% off upgrade to version 8? or even on a new product
Apple's screwup with PANTHER installing retro Stuffit "7" brings http://www.Aladdin.com heavy traffic.
Panther installs version 7 and removes 8
, so Aladdin is giving us an extra 40% off ALL PRODUCTS to garner quick sales from the traffic on their site, like from angry
Panther people. Customer Service tells you about it, or you might stumble across the code in "Support".BUY Stuffit Deluxe 8 now and get 40% discount in everything Aladdin.
UPGRADE for 6.5 or 7? ...have your old Registration Code ready.
http://www.aladdinsys.com/store/upgrades.html
Select your product, then at time of Purchase, enter the SECRET --
Promotional Code: PT703
You save another 40% for a limited time.
Thanks for the Print Aid suggestion. However, that didn't work. I still get this messages: "Generic Class: waiting for device".
Re: HP 2100 has ground to a halt with 10.3
I just upgraded one of my clients to Panther across the board. I did have major issues with a Laserjet 1200 and OSX (Jag included) but I just swapped hers for a 1300 and she is working fine via USB.
I do have a 2200 working great in 10.3, but it is via ethernet. I have seen the ethernet setup is was more certain and easy.
On the 1200 I mainly had trouble in classic. Are you having trouble in native X?
I just upgraded one of my clients to Panther across the board. I did have major issues with a Laserjet 1200 and OSX (Jag included) but I just swapped hers for a 1300 and she is working fine via USB.
I do have a 2200 working great in 10.3, but it is via ethernet. I have seen the ethernet setup is was more certain and easy.
On the 1200 I mainly had trouble in classic. Are you having trouble in native X?