HT204135: Print from your Mac
Learn about Print from your MacQ: I recently migrated from a 2 year old MacBook Pro to MacBook Pro Retina and now cannot get my LaserJet 3200 to print. I downloaded ... I recently migrated from a 2 year old MacBook Pro to MacBook Pro Retina and now cannot get my LaserJet 3200 to print. I downloaded drivers from HP Support site but printer just prints a line of gibberish per page, and many pages. more
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Sep 3, 2013 3:53 PM in response to Linc Davisby arthur,If LInc's suggestion doesn't work, try resetting the printer itself.
I recently had some HP printer problems and that did the trick.
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Sep 3, 2013 8:36 PM in response to dagroveby greg sahli,The symptom of some gibberish on hundreds of otherwise blank pages is caused by using a postscript driver for a non-postscript printer. You printer uses the HP PCL 5e page language but not postscript.
You should try the generic PCL driver or, I saw somewhere on the HP site, use an HP Laserjet 2100 (non-postscript) driver for this printer.
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Sep 4, 2013 2:15 PM in response to greg sahliby dagrove,Hi
where can I find the "generic PCL driver" you referred to Greg?
Also, I searched for a LJ 2100 d4river and found these. should I be working with the HP website? or an apple website? my Apple software update is current.
Find by productHow do I find my product name / number?
5 matches found. Please select one below
HP LaserJet 2100 Printer series
- HP LaserJet 2100 Printer
- HP LaserJet 2100m Printer
- HP LaserJet 2100se Printer
- HP LaserJet 2100tn Printer
- HP LaserJet 2100xi Printer
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Sep 4, 2013 3:50 PM in response to dagroveby greg sahli,Sorry if I was a little bit obtuse. No need to download/install anything else.
In Print & Scan prefs, click + to add, then select "Add printer," then instead of letting it choose the driver, go down to "Use:" and select either generic PCL or HP Laserjet 2100.
Whoa - I just tried that and "Select Printer Software" and "Other" didn't offer the choices I expected.
So, I guess you need to add the printer using the built-in web interface. Use a browser and go to
localhost:631
If it doesn't let you in, you will have to enable the web interface using this command in the Terminal:
cupsctl webinterface=yesOnce you get in to the web interface to CUPS, I think it is mostly self-explanatory. Go to the Administration tab, then click Add printer.
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Sep 5, 2013 1:53 PM in response to greg sahliby dagrove,wow, you lost me Greg. I typed "localhost:631" in the browser and got this:
Web Interface is Disabled
The web interface is currently disabled. Run "cupsctl WebInterface=yes" to enable it.
I tried typing cupsctl WebInterface=yes into brower bar but that did not work. how do I "run" that?
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Sep 5, 2013 4:09 PM in response to dagroveby greg sahli,You run commandline commands in the Terminal (in Utilities folder).
I think you should try to Add in Print & Scan preferences pane first, though.