HP Photosmart Plus B210 Inkjet8 Failed Error Message

[kerb]

I cannot print from my Mac & get the following message:

Error: /Library/Printers/hp/cups/Inkjet8.driver/Contents/MacOS/Inkjet8 failed

The printer is a Photosmart Plus all in one B210.  

Mac OsX 10.6.8

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thks 

[PrintDoc · Accepted solution]

If you are using Snow Leopard or Lion and have HP software for pre-Snow Leopard (either from a CD not marked as compatible with 10.6 or you recently upgraded to Snow Leopard or Lion and had the HP software on your Mac before you upgraded - even if you did a standard uninstall of the old software or installed new software over the top of it) you must uninstall the software using the 'scrubber' option:

Go to Applications/Hewlett Packard/ click on HP Uninstaller
Click on Continue
Highlight your device on the left pane
Press and hold Control + Alt + Cmd keys on the keyboard simultaneously while you click on Uninstall <<<< This IS the Scrubber Option, there is no button labeled "Scrubber"
There will be a pop up that asks if you are sure you want to uninstall ALL hp software. (At this point, if you continue, any HP printers you have installed will need to be reinstalled)
Click Continue and let it finish

Restart your Mac

Download and install this: support.apple.com/kb/DL907

Now reset the printing system:

- Sys Prefs, Print & Fax
- Right (control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add it. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.

[fpm2000]

I used this procedure to solve the issue of the HP inkjet8 process using almost all of my system memory on my imac (mountain lion), making my computer extremely slow. Sofar seems to solve the problem.