Printer drivers and Snow Leopard: possible general workaround

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If drivers for your printer do not show up in Snow Leopard, and there is no option for a generic driver (that you can use until original ones arrive), then you might be in luck if you've got your Leopard disc handy.

Insert your Leopard disc, and then click on Optional Installs. Then in the next window you might have to click on Optional Installs again. From the new Window, select Printer drivers. Select the appropriate brand, and then install.

So really, we're trying to use Leopard drivers here, moved from your Leopard disc onto Snow Leopard.

If you're in luck, usable drivers might show up in your System Preferences, or perhaps a generic driver that will work.

Best of luck!

 

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So has this worked for anyone yet?

It certainly worked for my Brother HL-5370DW under Snow Leopard.

 

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UPDATE:

An alternative method, and potentially one that solves the problem completely:

Visit the manufacturers website and just download the Leopard drivers.

Now my Brother HL-5370DW has complete, fully-featured drivers, and I can print in full HQ1200. Including duplexing. The works, really.

That was almost too easy.

 

[Freyqq]

captain murphy? I was wondering where you went..

 

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captain murphy? I was wondering where you went..

I miss Sealab 2021. Wasn't as funny after Captain Murphy, but I'll even take that.