Printing stops mid-way on wireless print

Does the problem depend on the app you are printing from? My gear seems to have problems when I print PDF files. I'm not totally sure yet but last two times (within 3 days) that was the first file type it did not print or did not finish to print.

I have a Canon MP600 printer and had the same problem. While trying to print photos wirelessly, the printer would sometimes stop halfway through and just stall. But when I hooked it up directly via USB, no problems. I talked to a Canon support person and he said that printing photos wirelessly requires much more communication than printing text wirelessly, and that he suspects that trying to print photos wirelessly is the problem. Since then, whenever I want to print photos, I hook the printer up directly to my PowerBook and have had no problems since I started doing that. Would I like to print photos wirelessly? Sure. But it might just be something I have to live without. Hope this helps. Anyone else have any theories?

Hi,
I have an Epson EPL 5800 laser and it worked perfectly with Airport express until I updated to Leopard, than it started to pause mid-way and then, if I wait 3-4 minutes, it prints. It doesn't depend on the size of the file in print. Updating to the latest firware and resetting Airport express hasn't changed the situation. I thought it was something changed in Leopard, but I see that you have the same problem with a previous OS. Unfortunately I have no idea how to solve it. I'm afraid we have to wait some patch from Apple.

Hi All,
Interestingly I have had the same set up (Canon IP5000) on Tiger for a long time now and only when I installed Leopard did I get the same problem that you all have.
It is clearly a Leopard issue with the print server mode on the Airport Extreme N in my case.
Canon say it's not their driver and that it is an Airport problem......
Please pass your feed back to Apple so they acknowledge the problem and send a fix.

Same problem here. I have a cannon ip5000 on the airport usb and I freeze constantly. I have 2 computers PowerBook G4 17" (10.4.11) and a MacBook 2Ghz (10.5.1). This has been a problem on the Powerbook Since I put in the new Airport some 9 months ago. I didn't have the problem on the MacBook until I updated to 10.5. Now after a page, almost all the time, it hangs and I have to reboot the Airport to get things running again.

I also had an Epson 5700 connected to the Airport that has the same problem. It has something to do with the Airport loosing connection to the printer.

I've actually had this problem for a couple of years; I'm using a HP Business Inkjet 1100d. It happens (occasionally) when I print a page which contains a large .tiff image, or a couple of smaller ones, while pages from the same document which only contain text are printed without problem.

My guess is that the connection between the Airport Base Station gets overloaded with data going to the printer, gets confused and simply hangs there until I go into Airport Setup Utility and restart the Base Station. I'll then try and print the offending page again and it usually goes through without problem. Of course, as has been mentioned, connecting the printer's USB cable directly to the computer works with no problem.

You'll want to go into your Applications folder and then into the Utilities subfolder. You should see it there. I referred to Airport Setup Assistant in my earlier post, but I see that you're using Leopard; it's called something else there, but I do recall that it has the icon of a base station. (I'd tell you the exact name, but I'm having a bit of trouble with Leopard and Airport just now. Ahem.)

Thanks again, I restarted Airport Extreme through the utility set up. No change in my situation. I still am unable to print from my PC. MacBook works fine. Like you I see it as an issue between Leopard and Airport with no solution in site.

Interesting, I'm having this same problem. I'm printing from Aperture to a Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 via an Airport Express. My MacBook Pro is online wirelessly, the Airport is using ethernet.

To reset my airport express I have just been unplugging it and plugging it back in to restart. How would I assess Airport Setup Utility to restart the base station?

Thanks