"unexpected EOF" - what is this and how do I fix it?

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"unexpected EOF" - what is this and how do I fix it?

I have an IBM Infoprint Color 8 I use as a network laser printer. I believe it is a postscript printer. It prints very sporadically. More often than not I get an "unexpected EOF" message. Also, it uses the "Generic Postscript Printer" driver because IBM does not seem to have a driver for this machine that is up to OSX.

Can anyone help here? I need to get a lot of use out of this printer and haven't even had it a year.

Thanks.

Pizmo, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Apr 14, 2006 6:32 AM

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Apr 14, 2006 9:17 AM in response to snowman1

EOF is "End of File" meaning that a file was not written and closed properly.

There is a Mac driver for this printer on the IBM website. It is pre-OS X, but all you really need is the PPD. If you install it in Classic, the system may be able to find it, or it may be uncompressed within the file, so you could install it manually.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=95&context=SRDTTS&dc=D430&q1=psd1*&u id=psd1P4000148&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

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Apr 14, 2006 10:57 PM in response to snowman1

I have this error often, especially with Microsoft Word on my Mac. Now that Bruce kindly explained the "EOF" error, how do I fix it? It happens much more often than not. Very frustrating.

I have installed the os9 driver in classic. Its not that I can't print at all, it is just so finicky and sparadic.

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