Compaq A3000

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  1. TrenchMouth, Aug 26, 2003

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    Hey could someone offer me a little help here? A friend of mine got a new iBook and is trying to get an all-in-one printer from Compaq (A3000 is model) to work. So far I have been unable to get a driver, they dont have one for Mac at their site. So does anyone have a way around this? All she really wants is the printer to work, it doesnt need to scan and all that, just print. Thanks for the help.
     
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  2. themadchemist, Aug 26, 2003

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    doesn't OS X have some generic/open-source drivers? It doesn't work with them?
     
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  3. TrenchMouth, Aug 26, 2003

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    you would think it would, but i have tried plenty of things and none of it has worked yet. total pain. though i swear i saw some third party one a while back, just cant find it now.
     
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  4. MisterMe, Aug 26, 2003

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    Re: Compaq A3000

    According to these people, the A3000 isn't compatible with much. No Compaq printer is explicitly supported by GIMP-Print. It may emulate something else for which there is a GIMP-Print driver or even a standard MacOS X driver. However, that will require some research on your part.
     
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  5. Lanbrown, Aug 26, 2003

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    Lexmark made it for Compaq. You might try using Lexmark drivers and see if any of them will work.
     
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  6. TrenchMouth, Aug 26, 2003

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    thanks for the tip
     
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