Just printed the doc on top of this 2002Canon A3 laser printer from within Mojave 10.14.5
I posted a similar report re: this ( Japan only ) Canon A3 LBP-1610 laser printer ( 64 mb RAM ) working in the Sierra forum. Anyway, tonight I got it working in Mojave 10.14.5 !
I bought it here in Japan in 2002 ( I think) for around US$930 ( I think ) so it is now 17 years old.
The Mac driver that came with the printer was for OS 9 ( pre-OS X ).
It is still a sound, reliable workhorse for my English school. Only a couple of the external paper guides have deteriorated but duct tape is your friend !
All of the internals work without fail.
The original toner cartridges cast ¥40,000 = US$370 but I got ( so far ) only two recycled cartridges off the Net for around US$50 including shipping & replacement toner ( only twice ) for about US$ 35 shipped.
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How I got this working in Sierra, Hi Sierra & Mojave.
I have EVERY OS X driver that Canon released for this printer .. quite a few. Official support finished with Mavericks.
.. . but . . . obviously one of their software team forgot about " planned obsolescence " - out of my many drivers there was just ONE that would install in any version of OS X ! It was coded for Snow Leopard only.
I still needed to do a bit of Terminal work to get it working every time with every new OS X release.
Here's how. ( probably only applies to Canon lasers )
1. Download ALL available Canon OS X drivers for your Canon - work backwards - try installing the last available OS X driver - this is the key - if mac OS won't allow installation of ANY of the available drivers - stop there - my hack can't be done.
2. if one ( or more ) drivers can be installed eg: into High Sierra or Mojave = Great !
Do not try to ADD the printer to your installed printers list yet.
3. Start terminal
Enter : sudo sh -c 'echo "Sandboxing Relaxed" >> /etc/cups/cups-files.conf'
Enter your password.
Enter : sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
4. Connect & turn on the printer.
5. In Printer Prefs you will have to do the " Select software" drop down menu.
6. ADD the printer.
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Shut down - turn the printer ON - and start up again.
7. Look at "Library/Printer/InstalledPrinters.plist"
if your printer is not in the list find this LINE from another OLDER OS X installation and
copy it into this plist.
You can see the BOLD type where I added the LINE from a successful prior installation.
NOTE : Occasionally I have had to repeat the Terminal commands after adding the printer.
NOTE 2 : Look in Users/ You/ Printers. Find your Print Monitor and put it on your Dock because if you cannot print a document the printer will be set to "PAUSE" - the monitor allows you to delete this.
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Warm reboot if necessary.
Print
Good luck
Disclaimer : I have no idea if this will work for any other laser printer besides the Canon LBP-1610
I posted a similar report re: this ( Japan only ) Canon A3 LBP-1610 laser printer ( 64 mb RAM ) working in the Sierra forum. Anyway, tonight I got it working in Mojave 10.14.5 !
I bought it here in Japan in 2002 ( I think) for around US$930 ( I think ) so it is now 17 years old.
The Mac driver that came with the printer was for OS 9 ( pre-OS X ).
It is still a sound, reliable workhorse for my English school. Only a couple of the external paper guides have deteriorated but duct tape is your friend !
All of the internals work without fail.
The original toner cartridges cast ¥40,000 = US$370 but I got ( so far ) only two recycled cartridges off the Net for around US$50 including shipping & replacement toner ( only twice ) for about US$ 35 shipped.
=====================================
How I got this working in Sierra, Hi Sierra & Mojave.
I have EVERY OS X driver that Canon released for this printer .. quite a few. Official support finished with Mavericks.
.. . but . . . obviously one of their software team forgot about " planned obsolescence " - out of my many drivers there was just ONE that would install in any version of OS X ! It was coded for Snow Leopard only.
I still needed to do a bit of Terminal work to get it working every time with every new OS X release.
Here's how. ( probably only applies to Canon lasers )
1. Download ALL available Canon OS X drivers for your Canon - work backwards - try installing the last available OS X driver - this is the key - if mac OS won't allow installation of ANY of the available drivers - stop there - my hack can't be done.
2. if one ( or more ) drivers can be installed eg: into High Sierra or Mojave = Great !
Do not try to ADD the printer to your installed printers list yet.
3. Start terminal
Enter : sudo sh -c 'echo "Sandboxing Relaxed" >> /etc/cups/cups-files.conf'
Enter your password.
Enter : sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
4. Connect & turn on the printer.
5. In Printer Prefs you will have to do the " Select software" drop down menu.
6. ADD the printer.
===========================
Shut down - turn the printer ON - and start up again.
7. Look at "Library/Printer/InstalledPrinters.plist"
if your printer is not in the list find this LINE from another OLDER OS X installation and
copy it into this plist.
You can see the BOLD type where I added the LINE from a successful prior installation.
NOTE : Occasionally I have had to repeat the Terminal commands after adding the printer.
NOTE 2 : Look in Users/ You/ Printers. Find your Print Monitor and put it on your Dock because if you cannot print a document the printer will be set to "PAUSE" - the monitor allows you to delete this.
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Warm reboot if necessary.
Good luck
IMPORTANT !
Bear in mind that all of the above relies on being able to actually have High Sierra or Mojave allowing the driver to be installed.Disclaimer : I have no idea if this will work for any other laser printer besides the Canon LBP-1610
( If it ain't broke don't fix it .. .or .. throw it away ! )
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