[G4] need some help

[Daniel Brieck]

Christine,

The print drivers are located on your os x boot hard drive in the 
"Library" Folder then in a folder called "Printers." Once you find that 
then look for the brand of your printer probably in the "Hp" folder, 
but now that I look at it your printer might be in the PPD's folder in 
a folder named "en.lproj". On my computer there is actually a 
(?driver?) for your printer called "HP LaserJet 2100 Series.gz"  >. I  
am not sure if it is a driver or not.


Dan Brieck Jr.
On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 06:02  PM, christine wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
> Yup, I tried all the things below and more. Printer works fine on G3. 
> i ruled out the new D-link server by returning it and getting another 
> ...exactly same problem.
> However, I can't really figure out how to set the print server 
> settings as the software on the disk is only PC software. The D-link 
> pocket server is just a connector between the parallel port and my 
> ethernet port. I have printed a few times so I know the server is
> working. When I first installed it, it worked right out of the box.
>
> As for using older drivers, I tried that in OS 9 same problem, but 
> couldn't find any older ones for X.
> **I don't know if this is a clue, but my printer shows up in 9 and X 
> as "PS-4AC9AE-P1" instead of "HP 2100 LaserJet Series" the name of the 
> pdf file, like it used to.
> What I can't understand is why is it behaving the same way in 9 and X?
> Another question:  where are the print drvers kept in OS X?
> **I am having a hard time getting used to where everything is in X. 
> There seem to be a lot of folders named "PPD" and I don' know whick 
> one is the path I should give to Print Center Repair so it can install 
> the print driver.
> Thanks again,
> Christine
>
>
>
>>
>> Christine,
>>
>> Did you try deleting  and then re adding your printer to the Print
>> Center, right.
>>
>> I am not too familiar with the HP2100M printer. Is there any other way
>> to connect it to your to computer other than through the D-link print
>> server? There might be a problem with the Printer itself or the D-link
>> print server. Do you have another computer to connect it to possible a
>> PC with a parallel port to make sure that the printer is working. If
>> the printer works while directly connect then you know something is
>> either messed up on the mac os's or that your print server is either
>> broken or more likely it's setting have magically changed. So check 
>> the
>> print server's settings and make sure they are right. Also maybe go
>> with older drivers instead of the latest cutting edge drivers, because
>> from HP the cutting edge most of the time does not work the first 
>> time.
>>
>> On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 01:41  AM, christine cano wrote:
>>
>>> Now I can't print to my HP 2100M from my G4 in OS 9 either. First it
>>> was just in OS X that had the problems, now it is 9 as well. Won't
>>> print from Quark or Photoshop, maybe others. The Print monitor says 
>>> it
>>> is "processing an unkown job" or is "busy spooling a job
>>> for ()". If I let the printer, it will print endless pages that are
>>> blank except for a line of jibberish at the top. It seems like OS X
>>> still has some control over 9 even when I boot in 9, as though there
>>> is X residue in OS 9 (on a dual boot G4). Is this my
>>> imagination or is it based in fact?
>>>
>>> At one point it would actually spool the job I was trying to print
>>> with no error message, then it would clear out of the print monitor
>>> like it had printed, but there was never any output. This is so 
>>> weird.
>>>
>>> I am tearing my hair out at this point.
>>> I have tried EVERTHING, apart from restoring the whole works. That is
>>> beyond my last resort. All of my setting and software are the same in
>>> 9 as they were on my G3. I would go back to my G3 but I don't have a
>>> monitor for it anymore. Feel like I'm losing the
>>> battle with my G4 and OS X right now.
>>> Does Gimp-print work with HP Postscript printers? Is it easy to 
>>> setup?
>>> Also I have tried PrintCenter Repair to clear the problem in X but it
>>> didn't help. I wish I could figure out what is going on.
>>>
>>> Here is my set-up.
>>> G4 dual 1.25, Dual-Boot - connected to HP2100M using D-link DP101
>>> print server to ethernet port of G4.
>>> ****One other thing, My printer shows up in chooser as PS-4AC9AE-P1
>>> instead of HP laserjet 2100M like it used to on my G3.****
>>> also, i have the latest HP driver (a lot of good that probably does)
>>>
>>> Any clues. Any help is greatly appreciated. I am working on a
>>> intensive job right now and desperately need the printer to work.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Christine
>> Dan Brieck Jr.