How to enable duplex printing for HP Photosmart printers on Mac

In the top left of the screen click the Apple icon. Click System Preferences. Click Print & Fax. Select your HP printer and click Options & Supplies. Click the Driver tab. Tick the ‘HP Two-sided Printing Accessory ‘Duplexer’ box. Now in Word (or other program of choice) when the print options come up, click the… Continue reading How to enable duplex printing for HP Photosmart printers on Mac

How to completely remove an HP Printer from Mac OS X

Reset printing system. Close the window. Go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Hewlett-Packard and run the Uninstaller. Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support and remove any HP folders. Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Image Capture -> Devices and remove any HP files. Go to Macintosh HD > Library >… Continue reading How to completely remove an HP Printer from Mac OS X

Problems with HP Printers on Mac OS X

Problems may include printing blank pages, faded print outs or poor print quality. Click the Apple icon in the top left. Go to System Preferences. Click on Print & Fax. Click on your HP printer. Then click the ‘Options & Supplies’ button. Click on the Utility tab and click the ‘Open Printer Utility’ button. For bad printouts… Continue reading Problems with HP Printers on Mac OS X

Asked for password of a user in the _lpadmin group when using a printer

Problem When attempting to add/remove a printer, change printer settings or pause/resume a print queue it may ask you to enter a username and password of the _lpadmin group with the following message: “Type the name and password of a user in the “_lpadmin” group to allow [printer name] to make changes.” Solution Logon as… Continue reading Asked for password of a user in the _lpadmin group when using a printer

Canon Printer Error 6A80

Problem You are unable to print and receive the message Error 6A80 on the computer or printer display screen. Solution Switch the printer off. Hold down the following four buttons for 10 seconds: (making sure you press the On/Off button last) Black Photocopy button Red cancel button OK button On/Off Button Then release the On/Off… Continue reading Canon Printer Error 6A80