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Newly switched with printer problems
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 317589" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Are you sharing the printer out from your XP machine? If so, it might be the machine acting as a print server that is the problem. Try connecting the printer directly to your Mac.</p><p></p><p>Also, check to be sure that you are indeed using a printer driver specific to that printer model. Sometimes, when Mac OS can't find an appropriate driver, it will use a "Generic Postscript" driver that in most cases will not work.</p><p></p><p>I can't seem to find that particular printer on the <a href="http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi" target="_blank">Unix Printer compatibility guide</a> charts. Usually you can find a compatible driver with this website if there isn't a native version.</p><p></p><p>Mac OS comes with a Linux-based driver package for printers known as Gimp-print. You may need to update your gimp-print package to find the right driver:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3" target="_blank">http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 317589, member: 24098"] Are you sharing the printer out from your XP machine? If so, it might be the machine acting as a print server that is the problem. Try connecting the printer directly to your Mac. Also, check to be sure that you are indeed using a printer driver specific to that printer model. Sometimes, when Mac OS can't find an appropriate driver, it will use a "Generic Postscript" driver that in most cases will not work. I can't seem to find that particular printer on the [URL="http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi"]Unix Printer compatibility guide[/URL] charts. Usually you can find a compatible driver with this website if there isn't a native version. Mac OS comes with a Linux-based driver package for printers known as Gimp-print. You may need to update your gimp-print package to find the right driver: [url]http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3[/url] [/QUOTE]
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