Ricoh MP C2500 not printing after upgrading to Yosemite

I am trying to print on a DP-C265, installed pxlmono, foomatic-rip & ghostscript packages.

From there, I had the "Filter failed" error.

I then found this post, with the CUPS patch, which I tried.

I don't get the "Filter failed" error anymore, but when sending a document to the printer, I can hear the printer getting heated-up, but the document will never get printed.

Any other tip I could use/try ?

I am also on Yosemite.

Thank you so much.

One month without printing. Since I upgraded to Yosemite. I looked for information and I found no solution.

Yesterday I came across this thread and VOILÁ !!! It works!!!

Thanks so much from Spain!!!!

Great!

It works!

Thanks

Thank you Matt Broughton. Fixed Ricoh Aficio MP C7501.

Thanks Matt.

This was driving me crazy, I thought I was going to have to by a new printer. (Fixed PagePro 1350w)

Thanks Again.

I still have problems with my mp c2500, when i run the script it reads

but i have installed the driver for my Ricoh MP C2500 so ...

Last time when i installed Mavericks it wasn't compatible with my HP Scanjet which is now OK with my Windows system. Any suggestions?

and the MP C2500 now works with Windows so guess where this is going ...

Apple upgrades = nightmare!

Nigel Nigle wrote:

I still have problems with my mp c2500, when i run the script it reads

but i have installed the driver for my Ricoh MP C2500 so ...

So...

Which driver did you install, the one from Ricoh or the one from OpenPrinting?

For the script to be of help, you must have Foomatic-Rip, Ghostscript, and the pxlmono/pxlcolor packages from OpenPrinting installed AND you must have added you printer using the appropriate pxlcolor PPD. At the very least, the script is telling you that you do not have added a suitable printer that it can modify.

Thanks Matt, Unfortunately i have been defeated on this one. Time to get in the computer doctor in. Just hugely frustrating that on both occasions i have 'upgraded' the operating system it takes apart everything that was working swimmingly well on Mountain Lion.

Indesign is also sluggish after this upgrade as well

Hello!

I'm hoping Matt or someone else can help me out. I updated to Yosemite like everyone else and now the Ricoh MP C4500 and C2500 printers we have at work are not printing (Correction: The 2500 printer does say "Kind: Ricoh Aficio MP C2551 PXL" as Matt stated it should. I have yet to try out that printer because it is at a different location, but the provided script seems to have installed correctly.) When I print a document, no errors show up on my Mac or anything, but nothing is printed. I have downloaded the pxlmono, ghostscript, and foomatic packages from LinuxFoundation like everyone else (that's how I first figured out how to print with my mac with older OS's a few years ago).

I have read through your suggestions Matt, here is my info that you have been asking for from other users.

Under Printer & Scanners in the System Preferences:

"Kind: RICOH Aficio MP C4502 PS" - Not PXL as it should with the script.

Terminal info with suggested commands entered:

Last login: Tue Dec 9 11:58:29 on ttys000

Mac-109add68eb14:~ markguerin$ /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip --version

foomatic rip version 4.0.6.230

"man foomatic-rip" for help.

Mac-109add68eb14:~ markguerin$ /usr/local/bin/gs -v

GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (2010-02-10)

Copyright (C) 2010 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

Mac-109add68eb14:~ markguerin$

Console Error Log Info (/var/log/cups/error_log):

E [07/Dec/2014:17:08:25 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:10:11 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:11:56 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:13:42 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:15:27 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:17:13 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:18:58 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:20:43 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:22:28 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:24:14 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:25:59 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:27:44 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:29:29 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:31:14 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:33:00 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:34:45 -0500] [Job 6] The printer is not responding.

E [07/Dec/2014:17:35:12 -0500] [Job 8] The printer is not responding.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Latest Edit: When I run Matt's script, I noticed it asks me if "Printer Queue _192_168_0_60 should be modified." That's the IP for my 2500 printer that seems to already be set up properly, again though I have yet to test it as stated above. How can I change it so the script runs on the IP set up for my 4500 printer as well?

Hey Matt,

Just wanted to say thanks for your help with printers, mine too was a Ricoh and after days of trying to debug the problem myself I found your reply. Only wish I could have found it earlier and saved that time I wasted. Cheers mate, free beer on me 🙂

Hey Mark,

I was having a similar problem with our Ricoh Aficio MP C4502A. I couldn't seem to get things to work until after I installed the printer. That is, I installed it with the generic driver and then followed Matt's procedure. I had to use the driver for a Ricoh Aficio MP C4501A, but so far I've encountered no problems. Hope this helps. Have a great day!

God bless,

Bill

Hey Bill,

I appreciate the response. So you downloaded the driver for your C4502A from Ricoh and then ran Matt's script?

Mark

Hey Mark,

No. I actually used the Generic Post Script Printer driver that is include in Yosemite, but I assume any driver that allows you to complete the printer install would suffice. The issue that seemed to be preventing me from successfully completing Matt's procedure was that the target printer was not installed prior to following the steps Matt provided. I hope that helps. Have a great day!

God bless,

Bill