[G4] weird printer problem

[James Asherman]

Also, Try unplugging it and plugging it back in (USB) just to make it  
say hello.
J
On Sep 26, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

> Margaret:
>
> You've provided a nicely complete problem statement.
>
> If you have note already done this, shut down for several minutes  
> and then start up.
>
> Possibly you need to shut down and then start up with a four finger  
> salute to reset the PRAM.   Here is Apple's description in a Help  
> file:  "Shut down your computer. Turn the computer back on and  
> immediately hold down Command-Option-P-R, continuing to press until  
> you hear the startup sound for the second time. This resets the  
> computer’s parameter random-access memory (PRAM)."  Sometimes, this  
> works only after hearing the bong three, four, or five times, but  
> try two first.
>
> Next item would be to get a fresh printer driver from the Canon web  
> site.  Go through the printer setup.  I'm not sure where this is  
> with Tiger, either in the Applications>Utilities folder or in System  
> Preferences.
>
> Good luck,
> Al Poulin
>
> On Sep 26, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Margaret Krakowiak wrote:
>> My setup: G4 450 DP gig ethernet running 10.4.6
>>
>> Today I tried printing something from Photoshop and
>> my printer utility popped up with "error 300: printer not responding,
>> make sure printer is connected and turned on". (It's a Canon i960).
>> It's connected directly to my computer via a USB port. It is turned  
>> on.
>> I tried printing from Preview, same thing. Then I printed a nozzle  
>> check
>> from the printer utility, and that worked fine, I could hear the  
>> printer
>> testing nozzles, etc, and then it printed out. To me, this would  
>> indicate
>> that the printer is communicating with my computer, no? So why can't
>> I print?
>>
>> What I've done so far: rebooted, repaired permissions, checked in
>> system utilities to make sure the printer was selected. All ok.
>>
>> The only thing I did recently was to replace my pram battery. I got
>> this computer in '99, and it was still the original battery. I was  
>> having
>> no problems, but I thought it must be time. That went without a  
>> hitch, I
>> swapped out the battery, and hit the cuda switch. That was a week  
>> ago and
>> all has been well. (The only reason I mention it is because I  
>> haven't printed
>> anything since before I did that.)
>>
>> Any ideas? I'm at a loss as to what the problem could be.
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