Intel-based Macs: Problems with printers (#2)

We continue to receive reports from readers who have issues with printing on their Intel-based Macs.

The most problematic area is printing through AirPort Base Stations -- a function that seems to be broken for several devices in the Intel version of Mac OS X.

MacFixIt reader Chuck writes:

"I cannot print with an iMac Core Duo 20" & Epson 2200 wireless through an Airport Express. I get 'Communication Error' even though Print center detects it through bonjour. I can hook it up directly to the computer and it works fine."

Other users are reporting issues with garbled output from connected printers. In some cases, it appears that re-installing the old, PowerPC-based driver for some printer models can alleviate printer imaging problems.

MacFixIt reader Geert Docter writes:

"My HP Deskjet 920 doubled the height of several different fonts I tried, without changing the distance between lines, resulting in half characters, stretched out vertically, all over the page. In Preview, and as PDFs, the same documents looked fine.

"Surprisingly, the problem was solved when I re-installed the old driver version 2.7.1 for PowerPC instead of the new one, 3.3 (which isn't listed on HP's web site, by the way)."

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