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BlakIce · Jan 21, 2004, 05:27 PM

i talked my boss into getting me a powerbook now i need to do printer and come to find out that there are no drivers for the printer in OSX. we have a minolta 2300dl hooked to a wireless print server and i see the print server just fine i just dont have any print drivers, do you guys have any suggestions

new newton · Jan 21, 2004, 09:24 PM

Look at Minolta's documentation and see if it emulates a printer you can find a driver for.

OreoCookie · Jan 21, 2004, 09:57 PM

Congratulations, that is a GDI printer (aka Windows only).

I think, if a PC shares it, and you install DAVE, DAVE can act as a Postscript RIP. But other than that, I think this is a no-go.

BlakIce · Jan 22, 2004, 12:49 AM

ill give dave a try when i get to the office in the morning thanks, anyone else

OreoCookie · Jan 22, 2004, 01:29 AM

Originally posted by BlakIce:
ill give dave a try when i get to the office in the morning thanks, anyone else

That means the Windows machine has to share the printer, i. e. it mustn't be shut off.

Didn't you think about this before buying the printer? I wouldn't recommend a printer that isn't capable of at least some sort of PCL, but Postscript is of course much better than this.