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

[Luís Sequeira]

> On 27 Oct 2025, at 20:53, Herbert Schulz <herbs2 at mac.com> wrote:
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>> On Oct 27, 2025, at 2:05 PM, Luís Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>> 
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>>> On 27 Oct 2025, at 15:12, Herbert Schulz <herbs2 at mac.com> wrote:
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>>>> 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
> 
> 

I did try, unsuccessfully. 
But now I just decided to try and reset the printing system. 
After doing it, I added the same network printer, and it worked.

Thank you again for your help.

LS