Print jobs pause automatically.

Hello

Trying to print threw my home network (wired with the correct address) on a Canon MP780. Each time I printed the job pauses. I click resume and it pauses again. I downloaded the latest driver from Canon and Gutenprint 5.0.2
appreciate any help
thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 15, 2008 10:23 AM

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Jan 15, 2008 10:46 AM in response to Jonny be quick

I have the same general issue, but with slightly different behavior. I print over a network to two different HP laserjets using IP printing. I find I can print just fine from most applications (e.g., Word, PowerPoint) except Adobe applications. When I try to print from Illustrator or Acrobat, the job is sent to the printer and I can see it in the queue. But, as you describe, the printer immediately pauses. If I go into the queue and unpause the printer, then the job immediately stops (the printer doesn't pause, the job stops). If I restart the job, the printer immediately pauses again. It goes back and forth like this forever. This happens on one of the printers I typically use. On the other HP printer I commonly use, the job never pauses, but I get a message in the printer dialog that says: "unable to get printer status (Not Implemented)" On this printer the job is listed as printing, but it never goes anywhere. I have deleted this printer and re-added it, all to no avail.

Note that this happens regardless of whether I use CS3 or an old copy of CS1 that printed fine before I upgraded to Leopard.

I looked on Adobe's web site for a discussion of this issue and found none.

Jan 15, 2008 11:26 AM in response to Jonny be quick

After searching around on other posts, particularly the printing one, I discovered an easy fix.

Under your IP printer selection dialog, choose HP Jetdirect socket instead of IP. Once I did this I was able to immediately print successfully from CS3. I am not sure if this will help you because you are using a Canon, but it might be worth a shot. If it doesn't work, look around the posts in the printing section of the discussion forums. There are a lot of good posts in there that might relate specifically to your printer.

Good luck.

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Print jobs pause automatically.

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