I have a HP DeskJet 970Cse printer with a HP JetDirect 300X 10/100 Print Server. I purchased the print server to enable me to use my multiple computers to print to the 970 without the need for a computer to be on and set as a server.
That said, I have been using my 970 in this configuration for about two years under Mac OS 9. Yesterday I upgraded my desktop (G4/733) to Mac OS X.2 and am unable to print to my printer. I installed the 1.3 printer drivers from HP and also installed the drivers shiped on the second CD of Jaguar, in case those were newer. Initially I was able to see the printer in the Add Printer dialog box under AppleTalk and selected it. I was even able to print the word "test" from TextEdit. After this though, any time I hit print in any application, that Application would crash. Noting this as a problem, I attempted to re-select the printer, but it was no longer found. So, I decided to try re-installing each set of printer drivers while attempting to find the printer after each selection (HP and then OS X.2's for HP). When that didn't work, I used HP's uninstaller and the reinstalled. All actions proved useless. Nonetheless, OS 9 printing still works perfectly.
Does anyone have a configuration that is remotly similar to mine? If so, how do you have it configured?
I was thinking that perhaps I could print via IP printing, since the JetDirect 300X supports that, but I do not believe that the driver supports this. I thought that if I could specify the exact IP address that I could tell OS X where the server is and not have it look it up. Additionally, I do have the server's AppleTalk address if that could be useful.
Does anyone have any suggestions to try or know of what might be going on here?
Thanks very much.
Best,
Jon
That said, I have been using my 970 in this configuration for about two years under Mac OS 9. Yesterday I upgraded my desktop (G4/733) to Mac OS X.2 and am unable to print to my printer. I installed the 1.3 printer drivers from HP and also installed the drivers shiped on the second CD of Jaguar, in case those were newer. Initially I was able to see the printer in the Add Printer dialog box under AppleTalk and selected it. I was even able to print the word "test" from TextEdit. After this though, any time I hit print in any application, that Application would crash. Noting this as a problem, I attempted to re-select the printer, but it was no longer found. So, I decided to try re-installing each set of printer drivers while attempting to find the printer after each selection (HP and then OS X.2's for HP). When that didn't work, I used HP's uninstaller and the reinstalled. All actions proved useless. Nonetheless, OS 9 printing still works perfectly.
Does anyone have a configuration that is remotly similar to mine? If so, how do you have it configured?
I was thinking that perhaps I could print via IP printing, since the JetDirect 300X supports that, but I do not believe that the driver supports this. I thought that if I could specify the exact IP address that I could tell OS X where the server is and not have it look it up. Additionally, I do have the server's AppleTalk address if that could be useful.
Does anyone have any suggestions to try or know of what might be going on here?
Thanks very much.
Best,
Jon