When I upgraded to Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4), I started getting all sorts of problems printing to my HP 6100. It would shoot out 4 or 5 blank pages or pages with only one line printed on them – a real mess. Thankfully, all these problems went away when I upgraded to 10.4.1.
I couldn’t find anything that covered this online, so hopefully this will help someone.
UPDATE: This problem resurfaced in 10.4.x – possible solution in the comments.
We got an HP LaserJet 1012 recently, and it worked fine with Tiger, 10.4.0. Or maybe 10.4.1, I don’t remember.
The problem, however, was with the Windows machine. It could sense and install the printer via the Windows version of Bonjour (previously Rendezvous), but all that printed out was a blank sheet of paper, with “Incompatible Personality (PCL)” or something along those lines. Haven’t gotten it fixed yet.
The same thing happened with the Linux machine. At first it was printing fine, but then it started doing the same thing as the Windows machine. Recently I hooked it up directly via USB, and it worked perfectly.
Oh, and this was all done over an AirPort Extreme network.
I had a similar problem, the printer would crop the top 2 inches or so. SOOO annoying….
I am also having problems with the HP 6110 AiO and an iMac with OS 10.3.9 – the printer spits out blank and partially printed pages of a MS Word document. I deinstalled HP and deleted all HP stuff as advised by a colleague, then reinstalled the latest version of the printer software downloaded from the web – giving the HP Device Manager – but the problem persisted. So HP Mac help said to change the paper setting to A4 and the printer now prints whole pages. Don’t know if this is a long-lasting solution – seems strange to me. The support person said the printer just needed a boost so it could print an entire page… We’ll see.
Wow, this seems to have worked for me too – thank you!
wow the A4 setting worked for me also
Thanks Jeannette. The A4 worked for me too. I spent hours trying to fix this (install/uninstall, engaged in online tech support chat with a couple of reps to no avail. They basically send you out to different support websites and seem to want to get off the liner with you and move on as quickly as possible. When they email me back, I’ll let them know about this cure and hopefully others won’t have to go thru this.)
Thanks Jeannette. The A4 works for me too.
I had tried using the “Printer Setup Utility / Reset Printing System” suggested on the HP site, which briefly worked.
Then I tried re-installing the print drivers, that didn’t work, either.
Same printer and OS – I have a different problem. At some point the printer stopped responding to my computer (a G4 PowerBook). In retrospect, it may have been when I upgraded the OS, but I print so rarely that I didn’t notice at the time.
No on my new computer (MacBook Pro) I can’t even get the HP Setup Assistant to recognize the printer. This is doubly annoying b/c the assistant pops up every time I restart the computer, reminding me that the printer still doesn’t work.
Anyone have suggestions?
Jeannette, if you were here, I’d kiss your feet. A4 worked for me. I didn’t have luck with my local apple folks or hp. And I’ve lost soooo much time.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
It is 2009 and Jeannette you da woman! I just found the help comment about changing the paper to A4 so the HP 6110 would print. Now our printer seems to be printing pages it wasn’t before.
THANK YOU!