[OS X TeX] Problem printing from TeXShop in Tahoe?

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Oct 27, 2025, at 2:05 PM, Luís Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Herb
> 
> Thank you so much for your answer!
> 
> I hardly ever print anything nowadays.
> I had to print a document this morning, that I had just typeset in TexShop.
> I got an error with just the TeXShop icon, and "Error in printing".
> The same document printed fine from Preview, on the same mac and printer.
> 
> I am using TeXShop 5.57 on an M4 Pro Macbook Pro 14",
> running Tahoe 26.0
> The printer is a network printer at my University, one that I have routinely used.
> 
> I did not think much about it, until a colleague asked for my help with the exact same problem, on an iMac (not sure if an M1 or M3), also running Tahoe, and he also could print from Preview.
> 
> I went back to my office and tried the same on an M1 Max Mac Studio, running 26.0.1. TeXShop version was 5.49 (I think), and the same occurred.
> I updated to TeXShop 5.57 and again, same problem.
> 
> But THEN a weird thing happened... I notice an older TeXShop version 4.*, and tried that. Guess what... it printed! 
> But weirder still: then I tried again on TeXShop 5.57 and it TOO printed!
> 
> It seems that running the older version of TeXShop "unblocked" something...
> 
> I did not have a chance to test on my laptop, will have to try that tomorrow, as I did not have it with me at the time and now I don't have a printer for testing. 
> 
> Thank you again
> 
> 
>> On 27 Oct 2025, at 15:12, Herbert Schulz <herbs2 at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 27, 2025, at 9:46 AM, Luís Fernando Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have seen this happen in three different computers running Tahoe: in TeXShop, press Command-P, select the desired printer, and make adjustments, then click Print.
>>> Result: an error window just saying "Error while printing".
>>> 
>>> But doing the very same thing with same pdf file open in Preview results in printing quite normally.
>>> 
>>> Can anyone reproduce this, or hint at what may be happening?
>>> So far, I have not encountered this error in other applications.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> LS
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I haven't seen this problem and I'm using the latest release of Tahoe.
>> 
>> Is this occasional or does it happen all the time? What Printer(s) are you using (I have a HP Color Laserjet)?
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> herbs2 at mac.com
> 
> 

Howdy,

WEIRD indeed. Did you try to print from TeXShop after a successful printing from Preview?

PS: did you ever notice that the spelling of `weird' doesn't follow that old rule ei/ie use? It is indeed weird! :-)

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com