cwa107,......thanks for the reply. You are definitely right. I fiddled with this issue when I first got my macbook back in February of this year. (First time mac user.) I felt that I didn't know the system well enough to really futz with it. I'm much more comfortable with it now, but the issue seems to be that if the printer is not compatible, then that's it! You're s*&t out of luck. These approaches I've tried should have worked.

Anyone have luck with Samsung laser printers? I was looking at the CLX-3175FW.
Seems like a very nice color laser all-in-one. And it's wireless!!!!!