Since the recent update this week to version 11.6 of Big Sur, my mac will no longer print to my Konica machine and I get the error message of "Optical Photoconductor Life Over"
Anyone know how to get this to start working again? Nobody else is having trouble with that printer in the office.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4
Seems an odd message, but your clarifying that others can print to it eliminates the printer hardware issue. Couple more thoughts…
Open this link to Apple's AirPrint-supported network printers list. When the site has fully loaded, press ⌘+F to open a search window, enter Konica, and press return. This should position you at the beginning of a long list of Konica-Minolta bizhub, and workplace devices. Is your leased unit matched with any of these model numbers?
If you find an AirPrint match, visit System Preferences > Printers & Scanners, right-click on the printer, and select Reset printing system… This will allow you to re-add the device, by either selecting AirPrint (if supported), or the specific Konica-Minolta driver for your device that you used before (that is compatible with Big Sur).
If the third paragraph does not work, you may have to update your Konica-Minolta printer drivers from the vendor site for macOS 11.* compatibility and you would be looking for drivers released after Nov 2020, the more recent the better.
Seems an odd message, but your clarifying that others can print to it eliminates the printer hardware issue. Couple more thoughts…
Open this link to Apple's AirPrint-supported network printers list. When the site has fully loaded, press ⌘+F to open a search window, enter Konica, and press return. This should position you at the beginning of a long list of Konica-Minolta bizhub, and workplace devices. Is your leased unit matched with any of these model numbers?
If you find an AirPrint match, visit System Preferences > Printers & Scanners, right-click on the printer, and select Reset printing system… This will allow you to re-add the device, by either selecting AirPrint (if supported), or the specific Konica-Minolta driver for your device that you used before (that is compatible with Big Sur).
If the third paragraph does not work, you may have to update your Konica-Minolta printer drivers from the vendor site for macOS 11.* compatibility and you would be looking for drivers released after Nov 2020, the more recent the better.
This may simply mean that it is time to service your printer since the error message is reasonably clear about the part of a printer that eventually needs replacement on older printers.
Well - nobody else at the office is getting the printer - and it is leased and only 1 year old......Just my mac - looking in the forum this has been a version related problem in the past...not a printer problem. Thoughts?
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I meant nobody else is getting this printer message and is printing just fine. As is my IPad.....
MacBook Pro working with Konica Printer "Optical Photoconductor Life Over"
