[OSX-Users] Re: Preview 7.0 crash in MAvericks

[Jules Field]

Okay, I've got what appears to be a working solution for using Managed 
Print from OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
(It at least gets the printed file into the print queue pretty reliably)

This is using Dave Tarrant's lpd-based method, designed before 
iSolutions produced their latest lpd-based method.

1) First thing to do is delete the MFD printers from System Preferences, 
or you'll get lost.
2) Then clear up /Library/Printers.
     In there you'll find 2 things you want to delete
     a. The /Library/Printers/KONICAMINOLTA directory in its entirety.
     b. The files KONICAMINOLTA*.gz in 
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources.

Now your Mac should know nothing about KM printers any more.

Then go to
     https://secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk/kb/entry/232/
and carefully follow the instructions.

I have tried to make the instructions as simple and obvious as possible, 
but please follow them precisely.

Then you should be able to get a document as far as the print queue.

And, of course, many thanks to Taz for doing the hard work on this, I 
just made the instructions pretty.

Note: you can easily find the web page given above by searching the ECS 
intranet for "managed print mavericks".

Jules.

On 24/11/2013 17:23, Jules Field wrote:
> Les Carr created a tiny print plug-in in Automator that sends a PDF 
> file to the Managed Print Queue, bypassing most of the printer driver. 
> That fixed it for him. Whether it will print things other than PDF to 
> it, I don't know.
>
> Personally my Managed Print driver works, so I'm not quite sure what 
> is wrong. I'll try to recreate the fault if I can to do some digging 
> for you.
>
> Jules.
>
> On 24/11/2013 17:12, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> I'm getting similar issues with Preview; seems to be related to the OS X
>> driver for the managed printers, because I get similar crashes from the
>> print dialogue in other apps.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On 24 Nov 2013, at 14:42, Mike Poppleton <mrp at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Manipulating jpegs (from Mac screenshots) is crashing Preview. 
>>> Sometimes on opening, sometimes after entering print dialog and 
>>> configuring the print.
>>> Has anyone else see this ?
>>>
>>> The forums aren’t encouraging e.g.
>>> https://discussions.apple.com/message/23663966#23663966
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>
>
> Jules
>


Jules

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