toomanyhandles_1
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HI, I am trying to use my existing laser printer on my new Mac, running 11.2.1.
Printer is Dell 3010cn, I'v e used it in the past on older versions of Mac OS X using Ghostscript / CUPS / Foomatic RIP and a Foomatic ppd file. Network printing not local USB.
It looks like foomatic-RIP pkg hasn't been updated since 10.8 or so. I looked to see if it was now incorporated by default but it doesn't look that way.
The most recent Foomatic-RIP pkg available (source is below) won't install.
I put on Brew, used Brew to install ghostscript-9.53.3_1.big_sur.bottle.tar.gz.
I pulled my ppd from the open printing location (below) and placed it in: /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources
When I'm adding a new IP print, via LPR, I can chose this printer, and the OS X printer setup can see the printers IP. I am able to query it for supply levels and they look right.
However attempting to print anything I get an error that the printer is not installed correctly.
The fact that foomatic-RIP hasn't been updated since 10.8 makes me think something else is available for RIP printing and I am not finding it.
I have the working Foomatic PPD so it should be possible to use that information and make a ppd that works with another solution.
Am I missing something that makes this easier and I just need to find it?
Or has something changed and I could be quite stuck with support for this printer under modern OS X versions?
Thank you for thoughts- I have a post pending approval for a while now that has links to the software and how-to's that worked in other versions of OS X, but that post doesn't seem to be getting released.
Brian.
Printer is Dell 3010cn, I'v e used it in the past on older versions of Mac OS X using Ghostscript / CUPS / Foomatic RIP and a Foomatic ppd file. Network printing not local USB.
It looks like foomatic-RIP pkg hasn't been updated since 10.8 or so. I looked to see if it was now incorporated by default but it doesn't look that way.
The most recent Foomatic-RIP pkg available (source is below) won't install.
I put on Brew, used Brew to install ghostscript-9.53.3_1.big_sur.bottle.tar.gz.
I pulled my ppd from the open printing location (below) and placed it in: /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources
When I'm adding a new IP print, via LPR, I can chose this printer, and the OS X printer setup can see the printers IP. I am able to query it for supply levels and they look right.
However attempting to print anything I get an error that the printer is not installed correctly.
The fact that foomatic-RIP hasn't been updated since 10.8 makes me think something else is available for RIP printing and I am not finding it.
I have the working Foomatic PPD so it should be possible to use that information and make a ppd that works with another solution.
Am I missing something that makes this easier and I just need to find it?
Or has something changed and I could be quite stuck with support for this printer under modern OS X versions?
Thank you for thoughts- I have a post pending approval for a while now that has links to the software and how-to's that worked in other versions of OS X, but that post doesn't seem to be getting released.
Brian.
