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mopinko

(72,150 posts) Thu Mar 8, 2012, 08:30 PM Mar 2012

need a generic driver for an old printer. thanks lion. [View all]

thanks again lion, for the many useful things which no longer work for me.
after a huge battle to get a beloved old tektronix laser printer back in business turns out xerox is not bothering to update quite a few drivers.
it is running with a generic driver that my macbook found somewhere. but i do not really have access to things like paper sizes. the conflicts are making me nuts.
so, anyone have any suggestions? i am thinking of stripping my old macbook and making it snow leopard. i lost a lot of stuff moving to lion.

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need a generic driver for an old printer. thanks lion. [View all] mopinko Mar 2012 OP

Not knowing which model printer, here are some links to try Stinky The Clown Mar 2012 #1

nope mopinko Mar 2012 #2

If its a sufficiently old printer, the driver may be a PPC app Stinky The Clown Mar 2012 #3

it works, but it is kinky mopinko Mar 2012 #4

Manufacturers often use the same drivers for multiple printers . . . . Stinky The Clown Mar 2012 #5

My Logitech trackball is dead thanks to Lion, too. klook Mar 2012 #6