Printer prints PS header when starting after upgrade to 10.8

You could talk to Kyocera to see if they will release an updated driver.

One possble fix is to use the CUPS page to see if there is a way to turn that page off. http://127.0.0.1:631

Another workaround is to use the Generic PostScript PPD.

Hope this helps.

Upgrading to Mountain Lion should have no ill effect to your printer when all you do is switch it on. So disconnect the cable to the printer from the Mac and then turn on your printer. Same thing happens? Alternative while you're waiting for Kyocera to get back to is keep the printer on all the time.

To turn on the web interface, launch Terminal and type "cupsctl WebInterface=yes"

When you add the printer in AddPrinter, use the "Use:" menu and select the Generic PostScript PPD.

Hope this helps.

I am sorry that didn't help. I checked Kyocera's site, and they don't seem to have any support for this printer. Looking for 1250DN didn't show any results. The closest model listed, the 1370DN, only has support until 10.5. You could try that driver. If that doesn't work, I would call Kyocera.

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Thanks John.

Also, even with the generic PS PPD, I still got exactly the same problem of the PS text appearing on a page ...

%!PS-Adobe-3.0 Query
userdict(`004_cvn{(`004) print flush}put
%%BeginFeatureQue

Which is all I get at the top of the page.

The printer, a FS-1350DB, supports PS 3 according to its webpage.

The specifications actually say that it can Emulate PostScript 3 (KPDL3) along with PCL 6 and some other languages. The only true controller language is PRESCRIBE IIe.

I took a look at the PPD from the Kyocera site. I did not fully understand it but it looks like it issues a JCL (job control language) directive at the beginning of a print job to set the printer to "PostScript" mode.

It may be that when you power on the printer, it is trying to find out what language it is supposed to use. Is there a way to specify a printer language via the control panel or a web interface for the printer?

I also did a Google search for "%!PS-Adobe-3.0 Query". I did not get a chance to go through any of the hits, but rest assured you are not the first person to have this problem. It certainly does not appear to be stricly Mountain Lion related.

At this point I don't have any answers for you either, but perhaps some leads as to where to look to see what others have done to try to resolve the problem.

Glad to hear you found a solution to your problem.

I'm suing a mac os 10.8.2 and a canon ir 1600/2000 printer.

Everytime I connect to the printer, I get an error message printed on a blank page as "%!PS-Adobe-3.0 Query userdict (004)cvn{\004) print flush}put %%BegininFeatureQue"

Please help me.

Thanks!!

I'm suing a mac os 10.8.2 and a canon ir 1600/2000 printer.

Everytime I connect to the printer, I get an error message printed on a blank page as "%!PS-Adobe-3.0 Query userdict (004)cvn{\004) print flush}put %%BegininFeatureQue"

Please help me.

Thanks!!

The iR1600/2000 series supported PCL5e/PCL6 by default and had an optional Postscript Module-B1. With your iR printing the Postscript code, it indicates that you don't have the optional Postscript Module-B1 installed in the copier.

To print to this machine, delete the current printer in Print & Scan and create a new printer, this time selecting Generic PCL Laser in the Use menu.

The OS automaticaly selects the Generic PCL Laser. But still the same error page is printing. Any solutions?

That does not make sense. The Generic PCL driver should not give the PS output you mention.

Since it is not working you could try a reset of the printing system. Note that this will remove all printers from Print & Scan so only do this if you are prepared to add all your printers again. With the reset completed, add the printer again selecting the Generic PCL Laser driver.

If this still prints the PS code then you could try an alternate driver called pxlmono.