I'm using a 12" rev B powerbook, running OS X 10.3.4, connected to a router. The router also has a Windows XP SP1 desktop connected to it. The two computers can see each other on the network (and are in the same workgroup) with no difficulties, and sharing files is relatively faultless.
The XP machine has an HP Deskjet 5550 printer connected by USB to it. The latest HP drivers are on the XP machine, and it prints with no problems. The printer is shared, and when I go to Add printer on my mac, it shows up. If I look at the drop down list for HP printers in the add printer dialogue, the 5550 doesn't show up, which is strange as it's listed on the Apple page as an OS X supported printer. If I select the Generic printer driver and send a file to print, it prints out one page, with "% ! PS-Adobe-3.0 %RBINumCopies: 1 %%Pages: (atend) %APL_DSC_Encoding: UTF8 %%Title: (M" and then proceeds to spit out all the paper loaded into the printer until I switch the printer off and back on again. If I go to Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/Printer Model Data Files/ and select hp deskjet 5550.plst and then send a file to print, it sends ok from the Mac, but nothing at all comes out of the printer (or shows up on the PC).
This is driving me nuts. I think I got the deskjet 5550.plst file by downloading the Mac OS X drivers from the HP website, but to be honest I can't remember. This is about the 3rd or 4th time I've attempted to fix this problem since I got my laptop in November '03. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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