Feb 27, '04 09:51:00AM • Contributed by: P.R.Deltoid
Out of curiosity, I switched on printer sharing in the "Print & Fax" section of System Preferences and discovered a partial workaround. Though jobs will still get stuck and must be deleted manually from the print queue once they are complete, having printer sharing on apparently allows the system to reset the connection when attempting to start the next print job. Although it does not solve the problem completely, it does eliminate the extra wear and tear on USB connectors from resetting the connection manually.
The only serious draw back of course is that it opens the printer sharing port in the built-in software firewall, which System Preferences does not allow you to close.
