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Scanner possessed by haunted drivers? :D

Yeah, as a printer it's useless for Mac. :) Though the scanner for it works right now with the software I got from old installation CD. Would be no harm to use scanner whenever I need it?

Ah, that explains why they disappeared then. So it is fine to delete the "Library/Printers folder with the MP160 files? And that would delete drivers? Sorry, I'm still getting used to Mac's system.

Haha, Rule of Cool. :) Thank you for that advice. If old software won't become a security hole, I won't worry. Who knows, maybe I'll want to keep something cool looking in future myself! Well, scanner software still works. But the printer drivers that came from CD were useless. So I was...

Thank you! Didn't know about the Apple's native scanning software. So if keep the old installed scanning software on Mac, it wouldn't be dangerous, dragging system down or being weakening to security influence due to its old age?

Hello and sorry again! Regarding the old printer, I didn't mention I used decade old installation CD that did not work for printing, but it did get scanner to work. But should I even use so old software in Mac? Could it's old nature cause security holes (some not patched up security holes etc)...

I'm just learning ins and outs of Mac, so for me it was a bit confusing. :D Thank you for all the help! This answers my question!

Well then, tech seems to move faster than I can keep up! :D So this repair permissions thing I got when installing that freeware driver software Gutenprint came from simple incompatibility and not from something dangerous or malicious to Mac?

Couldn't get to work! :D Sounds like incompatibility issue? Not like something actually broke or was corrupted - the word "fix" in "fixing permissions" got me nervous. :D I can't find anything from App Shop. Thanks for the idea, I can use this for newer printers in future! :D But... this...

Tried installing printer driver software. There was some message, that might have been about "software for the printer was installed incorrectly", then asked if I want to repair the thing, I agreed and it started repairing permissions. In the end it still didn't properly work. The question I...