Mac OS X 10.5: HP LaserJet 1200 prints "error" message at end of each print job

Issue or symptom

An "error reporting" message may be printed after each print job sent from Mac OS X 10.5 to an HP LaserJet 1200 printer.

Solution

As a workaround, you can turn off error reporting in Mac OS X 10.5:

  1. Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities).
  2. Execute this command on a single line:
defaults write com.apple.print DoPostScriptErrorHandler NO

Note: To re-enable print error reporting, you can execute this similar command in Terminal:

defaults delete com.apple.print DoPostScriptErrorHandler 


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Published Date: Oct 11, 2016