Installing Printers on Intel iMac

I think I may have a relatively easy solution: try replacing your USB cable with a new, high quality one.

I have 17" iMac Core Duo and when printing to an HP LaserJet 3330 (all-in-one) I kept getting the error "The process "hppostprocessing" stopped unexpectedly with status 13"

After switching to a different (newer) cable it now work flawlessly. For whatever reason, the iMac wasn't communicating fully through the old cable. It knew the printer was there, but not enough of the message was getting through and I believe the error above is some sort of timeout message.

Hope this works for you (and others having this issue).

Hi, I have an Epson Stylus Photo R300, and found this on the epson UK website

http://esupport.epson-europe.com/ViewFAQ.aspx?lng=en-GB&ID=KB060002EN&data=2BBD7 393A6E3A6512CAFD5039BF4C7404DB6C6E63BB2E03FCE0176B704C28545

Seems some of the epson drivers are already on the Mac CD, others will be released in April

I have a kodak printer dock as well. According to kodaks web site the printer docks do not work with the intel Macs at this time. They never say when or were working on it. I guess we will just have to wait or buy something else.

You might find this site helpful....I did!

http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/tiger.html

I just used the steps you posted and i was able to use my hp printer without it crashing in Word. Thank you!

I just bought a Canon LBP 5000 (connected via USB 2). Could not find OS X Driver on the CD ROM so I downlodaded the English version from their web page. After installing three times the printer eventually showed up in the list together with the right driver. When printing everything looked fine until after 5 seconds the tool said JOB STOPPED.

For Intel based Macs you seem to need the Japanese version of the driver
The installer is in Japanese, no problem just click the default buttons and then add the printer via system preferences. My LBP 5000 prints just fine although not all the functions seem to be available.



Mac Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 GB, 20 inch

Mine, too, thanks to Roger!
Problem was to connect a hp1320nw via AirPort. Printer could be selected in the print menu, choosing the "bonjour" option, and could be safed in the list of printers.
When printing an error message occured: "The process "hppostprocessing" terminated unexpectedly on signal 5".
Now I am printing fine. Only thing, minor problem but still annoying: For printing I have to change to a computer-to-computer network ("hpsetup") and then back to my AirPort network for internet and e-mail use. I guess I'll now try to find another discussion solving that problem.
Thanks again to Roger.
D.

Bluemoon and Rogerdee are 100% correct with printer advice. These Intels hate drivers that aren't specifically intended for Intel. I bought an Epson RX620 and hooked it up with no problem. However within a couple weeks I could see that the print quality was getting worse. I looked on the website and it stated that Intel users must download the correct driver and twain. Works great now.

Just making comments - Doesn't seem that these new Macs do a whole lot right, I have ran into many different problems. I wished I would have done more research on macs, I probably wouldn't have bought it and stayed with PC's So much for the commercial - "It Just works right out of the box"

"Doesn't seem that these new Macs do a whole lot right, I have ran into many different problems."

Your philosophy is rather startling, as my iMac has not yet acquired the ability to do a single thing without me instructing it to do so.

Just had simnilar problems with Lexmark X1190 printer/scanner and my new iMac Intel on 10.4.6. The Lexmark worked fine on my old iBook running 10.3.latest.

I found that by getting a driver from downloaddelivery.com and making Printer Setup Utility open with Rosetta the problems appear to have been solved. Details below incase they are a help to anyone else.

Installing and using was problematic. Couldn't find a driver on the website. Tried a new USB2 cable. Contacted Lexmark in France and they sent me a link for the driver at http://www.downloaddelivery.com/srfilecache/CJMX1100L1.hqx

The installation was still a bit wierd and I can't remember exactly how I got it going - but I did. I remember I couldn't find the printer, but after a restart (that wasn't suggested by the installer) it was there. EXCEPT that my iMac went into a hang when I wanted to restart or shutdown with the Lexmark plugged in, even if it was turned off by hand. That had been my original problem.

Lexmark (France) have kindly sent me a replacement printer as I 'proved a fault' by having the same problem with my new MacBook on 10.4.6

However I got an idea from reading about the need for Rosetta to make my Mail run the hotmail http plugin (Get Info on Mail app and open in Rosetta) and after a lot of footling around saw the option to open the PSU with Rosetta. Go Finder/Applications/Utilities and single click on Printer Setup Utility. Go File/Get Info and check the box to open with Rosetta. I then restarted the iMac, in case it was useful, and the Lexmark is working fine.... so far.

Hope this is useful