Q: Kodak printer will not work after upgrading to Yosemite.. Please Help

Thanks for going to the effort to find this.

Unfortunately it was too late for me. I went to use the printer as a copier on Friday and it wouldn't copy (it went through the motions but the paper came out blank) so I assume its a print head problem (it's happened previously). I couldn't see the point in paying £50 for a new print head when there was no guarantee as to when (if at all) Kodak would issue a solution.

So I bit the bullet and ordered an Epson XP-760 what arrived yesterday - I must say I'm quite impressed by it so far - and it at least Epson had already updated for Yosemite.

Shame really, as for the cost I thought the Kodak was a good bit of kit.

Thanks, did exactly as you said and my Kodak ESP 5250 now prints.  I was on the verge of giving in and buying a new printer, so timing was perfect.

barolo55  Thank you very much!  Worked perfectly.  Made my day!  Kodak ESP 5250

Many thanks for the fix.  My Kodak printer is now printing again, although it is at a skewed angle, even though the paper is loading squarely into the printer.  Any ideas?

Hello,

and thanks so much!
This solved the problem for me! (ESP 7250)
I was dealing with KODAK, lost a lot of time and was about to dutch my printer and buy a new one.

You saved me a lot of money and troubles!
Thanks again!
Great.

Best

Michael

I've spoken to Kodak twice and they have no timeline for a fix.  So basically, unless you have another computer to use the Kodak printers, you basically have a rock.  I told them that it is unacceptable as they've had months to get the drivers updated for Yosemite.  I'm giving them one more week, then I'm going to buy a new printer, probably an Epson since they had their drivers updated on the day of Yosemite's release.

Thank you barolo55, the solution worked perfectly on my Kodak ESP 5250.  I don't print that often, which is why it took me a week to try this, but now I'm happy to report success.  I'm not sure of the value of the increased "security" on Yosemite, but I never had a problem with Mavericks security and I doubt that I will have any problem with it now.

Thank you! Worked like a charm and saved me from buying a new printer.

Hey guys this video helped me maybe it will help you too.

-crazy

Thanks for the answer barolo55. First time I entered the commands in Terminal nothing changed. The second time I noticed there is a space before and after >>  in the first command and I restarted my Mac and the printer. The problem was fixed.

Kodak has this suggestion if using their printer. It worked for me!

Do the following steps to address the issue:

1. Go to Spotlight, then enter Terminal and press Enter.
   The terminal window/program opens.
2. Enter sudo sh -c 'echo "Sandboxing Relaxed" >> /etc/cups/cups-files.conf' in the terminal.
3. Enter your system OS login password when prompted.
   Note: The password you enter will not appear, which is normal. Be sure to enter the correct password.
4. Enter sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
   Your screen will look similar to the following:
   
   Last login: Mon Nov 10 16:34:57 on console
   Macintosh:~ lindaterry$ sudo sh -c 'echo "Sandboxing Relaxed" >> /etc/cups/cups-files.conf'
   Password:
   Sorry, try again.
   Password:
   Macintosh:~ lindaterry$ sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
   Macintosh:~ lindaterry$
   
5. Try to print again.
   If the issue continues, contact Kodak for further support.
6. http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1695/~/all-in-one-printer-so ftware-compatibility-with-mac-os/selected/true

hey guys,

I have a Kodak 5200

printing A4 is fine, but not photos since Yosemite, the only way I can do it is by copying the photos to a SD card, inserting it to the printer and printing from there.

not ideal but works

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It too me a few goes but eventually the fix in terminal did work!

Yes, the terminal workaround works. Thanks for the post.

Good to hear! You're welcome!