Stumped on OSX Printing Issue (Garbage at the tops of pages)

[BlueScr33n]

Getting what looks to be high ASCII charactors printed on the top 7-10 lines of the page.

Networked printer, the G3 running OSX is conencting to it via IP printing.

Error occurs while using all applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, Word, Acrobat, Mail, Outlook 4.5..)

I've already removed and reinstalled the printers. Tried updating the drivers, I'm downloading a OSX service pack - that's supposed to have a fix for this in here (although I've heard that it may not solve this).

Would ideally like help on:
* Can I ever totally remove a printer/drivers from the Print Center? Or Can I search for the preference files and wipe out all traces of the damned thing & later reinstall the printer?

* Are the printing preferences for each application stored in a separate file, or is there one master file that I can edit/kill/replace?

Any other suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks again!

 

[nrb501]

Can you supply the following info:
1.What printer are you using
2.Do you know if is capable of handling postcript
3.Is the network connection by means of an internal network adaptor (in the printer) or an external print server - if the latter, which one
4.Can you print to it from OS9 , if so with what result?

Printer support files can be found in /Library/Printers, /System/Library/Printers and ~/Library/Printers. Delete the printer from Print Center first though!

"~" = Users Home folder

 

[BlueScr33n]

Turns out someone while trying to "fix" it had altered the one of the Personality Settings (wasn't accepting PS input switched it to "Auto&quot.

The printer is an HP 4500 N with an internal Nic, and I couldn't print from OS9.

Thanks for the response!