HP 4 REFUSES TO CONNECT VIA USB

Karl Ayer kayercpa at sbcglobal.net
Sun Sep 27 19:27:45 PDT 2009


> On Sep 27, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Karl Ayer wrote:
> > I am hoping one of you experts can help me.
> >
> > I was struggling with connecting my MacBook Pro (10.5.8) directly to
> > HP printers via a USB to Parallel printer cable. Thanks to CUPS
> > (localhost:631) I was able to get 2 MacBook Pros, connected directly
> > to an HP 4200. However, I have an HP 4 in perfect condition which I
> > would also like to get working. It gets recognized just fine, but I
> > allways get a "Printer Off Line Message". There must be somthing
> > different about the old HP 4.
> >
> > Can any of you give me some help?
>
> You might try toggle the parallel port mode - the older HP printers
> had High-Speed and Normal modes.
>
> ___________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer
>
Thanks a lot for your efforts Michoel. I toggled between High Speed Yes & No. Unloaded and Reloaded the printer, still reads "Printer Off Line"

Karl

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