HT203343: Resolve printer issues on your Mac
Learn about Resolve printer issues on your MacQ: Is there a way to recover documents that were printed 2 and 3 years ago. They are listed in the drop down for my printer (xc500 ep ... Is there a way to recover documents that were printed 2 and 3 years ago. They are listed in the drop down for my printer (xc500 epson)? more
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Jan 6, 2014 9:32 AM in response to Con1043by Klaus1,★HelpfulIf the documents are still on hard drive, then yes. If they have been deleted after printing, no.
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Jan 6, 2014 9:34 AM in response to Con1043by Con1043,Where do I look on the hard drive to find the documents?
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Jan 6, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Con1043by Klaus1,Start where you normally save documents to, presumably your documents folder. If not there, do a search in Spotlight.
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Jan 6, 2014 9:44 AM in response to Con1043by Con1043,Thanks so much for your help! I'll give it a try with Spotlight as the documents are not saved.
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Jan 6, 2014 9:53 AM in response to Con1043by Klaus1,If the documents were not saved they are not on your hard drive and Spolight will not find them!
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Jan 6, 2014 10:03 AM in response to Con1043by seventy one,Always worth picking up the phone and calling the manufacturer. Costs little and should get another viewpoint ... (Though you won't normally get better than Klaus ).
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Jan 6, 2014 2:57 PM in response to Con1043by Klaus1,It is just possible that the printer still has those documents cached (as they are still listed). Did you try to print them?