On 2/10/06, Jim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 9-Feb-06, at 9:24 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if any of the printer manufacturers still makes a Mac
> > OS 9 compatible inkjet?
> But, assuming that you have a Mac running OS 9 that has USB ports, I
> would expect that there would be lots of printers available.
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. At FutureSlop I've
only been able to find _one_ inkjet (a $599 Canon... orders of
magnitude more expensive than the iMac 233 to which it will connect
;-) and one black and white laser ($130).
> It may be that a new USB inkjet printer purchased today MIGHT not
> come with printer driver software for OS 9. I have found that most
> new USB inkjet printers that I have tried lately do not require any
> special printer drivers for OS X - the system just seems to sense
> that the printer is there and often identifies it properly and prints
> to it without any added effort on my part, but for an OS 9 system I
> can imagine that one might need to access the printer manufacturer's
> web site and download appropriate driver software. This is something
> I would think one could check out before actually buying a printer.
Apple includes printer drivers from many manufacturers, and also
includes the GIMP open source printer drivers -- this means that OS X
supports pretty much anything under the sun.
Alas, OS 9 support is going the way of the dodo.
The query is actually FutureShop specific since this printer is a
replacement for another printer that my father bought last year that
went belly up. He got a new fandangled Canon iP4200 as an equal-value
replacement, but, unfortunately it doesn't work with OS 9.
I'm wondering if they could be talked into ordering an old Canon
(perhaps one of the i### series... I love my i550... separate ink
tanks for each colour... has saved us a bundle on colour consumables)?
Hey. Hmm. Perhaps I could swap my i550 for my father's iP4200 :-)?
Eric.
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