Just upgrade to 10.8 and now cant print to windows Share
Hi, I just took the plunge and upgraded to 10.8 My old system was 10.6. The problem is the college I work for has a mandate on printing that all print jobs must print through the windows print server. The printer vlan is not accessible to the general public, the queue must be accessed through their 2008 server. My previous installation procedure requires using the LPD path such as this lpd://server_name/queue_name We cannot print via SMB as this would require embedding your password into your key chain. We are forbiden to do this (i dont make the policies, i just follow them)
The type of printer is a xerox 7556, and I am using the latest driver version that supports 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 (it is version 2.71 from the xerox web site here is the link)
I have tried this exact driver with 10.6 and it works flawless
the problem is this:
when you are in your application (ie: safari, word, preview) and "File Print".... before you then verify your print settings and hit print there are 2 files already in the print queue called "Printer Status" and these will not print. They will fail with the error of 'Filter' failed 0 copies. once you then press Print the print job will get stuck behind these "printer status" jobs and if you delete the "printer status" jobs the actual print job is released and prints.
Its and odd one... I have checked a few other of the xerox drivers (7120 and 7755) and they seem to work without this problem. I am forced to use this driver as the machine requires accounting information and the accounting seems to be model specific.
Any thoughts?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion