Print Jobs Being Put On Hold in Queue

Regardless of the error message, there is a more fundamental problem:

Mac OS X 10.6 no longer provides any support for AppleTalk -- over any medium.

Do you have any computers on your network still running 10.5 or older?

If you have a computer still running 10.5.8 that will likely be ON when you want to print to AppleTalk Printers, you can set up the printers on that Mac, then declare them "Shared" from that Mac.

They will be seen from the rest of your Macs as Bonjour Shared printer that reside on the 10.5.8 Mac.

Re-Install those printers on your other Macs, using Bonjour Shared @ 10.5 computername to Install them. You can print again!

If this solution will not work for you, post your Printer model numbers are readers can help find other approaches to get them going in a "no more AppleTalk" environment.

Make sure AppleTalk is ON in the Advanced Network pane of your 10.5 Mac.

Where do the files back up? which Mac shows them still in its Queue?

On your Mac Pro, did you Delete the old AppleTalk printers and Add new printers using the entries labeled:

Printername @ <your10.5computer_name> . . . Bonjour Shared . . AND

... make certain that the "Shared" checkbox in NOT checked on the Mac Pro?

What does the Queue on the 10.5 Mac say about the Printer? Is it "Paused" on the 10.5 Mac?


Message was edited by: Grant Bennet-Alder

On the 10.5 Mac:

1) System Preferences > Sharing > \[√] Printer Sharing

2) System Preferences > Accounts > Guest ...
... make sure you HAVE a Guest and at least the "Allow guests to connect to Shared Folder" is checked

Another user on a different thread reported he only had success only after "Resetting the Printing System" on the 10.6 Mac -- that de-installing and re-installing the printers was not sufficient for him. Others agreed this seemed to help them as well. Resetting the printing system will also de-install all your printers, so only do it when you have a few minutes to fiddle with it.