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

[Mike Poppleton]

Thanks for your work on this Jules - and Taz -
I¹ll have a go when I¹m back in tomorrow
Mike

On 24/11/2013 18:48, "Jules Field" <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

>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 aren¹t encouraging e.g.
>>>> https://discussions.apple.com/message/23663966#23663966
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>
>>
>> Jules
>>
>
>
>Jules
>
>-- 
>sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>