Hi all: Not worth starting a new thread, but can someone tell me where the printer drivers are stored?
I've just got an old HP 2100m - a good solid printer that could do with a service but is otherwise sound. The drivers on a new machine with 10.9.4 are pretty poor, but the one on another machine that was updated from 10.8.x make far more use of the printer features. I can't see any reason why I shouldn't swap the drivers. The relevant one is already working with 10.9.4 it's just that the basic install on a new machine doesn't include it. Cheers, Chris >Hi Steve, > >I had not even thought about buying an old, used laser printer, but I >could imagine that some of them are sturdier than many of the new ones. >Thanks for the fixyourownprinter.com link -- I will check it out. > >A friend recommended Samsung laser printers, and you mentioned them as >well, so I will look into those. > >As you said, I bet the inexpensive color laser printers are finicky and/ >or cheaply made (and probably require a lot more maintenance). > >Thanks, > >Gregg > >On Aug 13, 2014, at 6:11 PM, steve harley <st...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > >> on 2014-08-12 21:18 Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] wrote >>> I need to buy a laser printer that works well with the latest >MacOSX. Can you please recommend one (or more)? >> >> if you are willing to learn about them and have some patience, you can >get tremendous value from older used laser printers; my favorites from >personal experience have been the HP LaserJet 4mv, which prints on >tabloid paper, and the HP LaserJet 4xxx series (i have 4000tn), which >are very reliable and somewhat newer "office-oriented" models; there are >many more out there, and most older models can use generic toner which >saves a lot of money (newer models tie you into the manufacturer's >toner); drivers for these are still built into OS X afaik, but aren't >hard to find otherwise >> >> for years i have maintained my own vintage laser printers with help >from fixyourownprinter.com >> >> otoh, for something new and cheap, i just bought a family member a >Samsung M3320ND; it is compact, prints duplex, and has Ethernet; there's >a problem on OS X 10.5 (it's connected to a PPC machine): some large >PDFs printed from Preview fail with a network timeout problem, but i >believe that goes away on new OS versions; it was 50-some dollars at >newegg, which is less than the replacement cartridge will cost, but the >person i got it for is unlikely to print 3000 sheets in the next three >years (because of low volume, she had had recurring head-clogs on inkjet >printers) >> >> i would stay away from color laser printers unless you really need >them; they are more expensive to run and low-end ones are finicky >> >> i prefer to connect printers by Ethernet, perhaps because i've never >trusted USB printer sharing, and i need my printers to be accessible to >several devices > >_______________________________________________ >MacOSX-talk mailing list >MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
