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Printers not recognised in Mac OSX 7.5

My Epson R1800 print drivers are not recognised in Print & Scan Preferences. I just can't print. I can't access any drivers. Don't understand what I am doing wrong. Everything was working OK and suddenly my printer went off line. I removed it from the print scan section and reinstalled but have been unable to add or even find any printers I have installed. Just desn't work.

What do I do?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Nov 13, 2012 7:16 PM

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Nov 13, 2012 9:33 PM in response to gaborneo

Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...



http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US



10.5/10.6/10.7 instructions...



In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.

if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.



http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486



Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions.



Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.

Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X 10.5.x+++

1. To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X 10.5.x, follow these steps:

2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.

3. Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.

4. Control-click on list of printers on the left side of the window, then choose "Reset printing system" from the contextual menu. If you don't see a list of printers, Control-click on the text "Click + to add a printer or fax" and select "Reset printing system..." 
 
 As an alternative, if you currently have one or more printers listed, you can Option-click the "-" (Remove printer) button.



http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1341



Reboot.

Printers not recognised in Mac OSX 7.5

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