[X Newbies] Upgrading To Panther Tommorrow Tips? SUCCESS

Ken Poppers kpoppers at comcast.net
Sat Dec 27 10:13:50 PST 2003


It is an officejet.  That would make a difference in the driver, would 
it not?

On Dec 27, 2003, at 8:47 AM, Norman Cohen wrote:

> You might want to try the HP Laserjet 6 driver for the 5110, as the 
> 5100 and the 5000 can by driven by this driver. This is one of the 
> Gimp Print drivers. Alternatively, you can download the HPIJS drivers 
> and install those. They include a driver for the HP Laserjet 5100 
> series. I am assuming that the 5110 is a Laserjet (you didn't state 
> which line the 5110 is in - officejet, laserjet, deskjet, etc.). To be 
> able to use these drivers, hold down the option key when selecting 
> "Add" in Panther's Printer Setup Utility. Choose Advanced from the 
> pop-up menu and then choose the type of printer (USB, SAMBA, IP, 
> etc.). You might want to check Apple's help files and knowledge base 
> as well as the Gimp Print and HPIJS sites for details on getting this 
> to work.
>
> Norm
>
> GimpPrint (note that this is installed standard in Panther) 
> <http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3>
> HPIJS <http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/>
>
> On Dec 27, 2003, at 8:34 AM, Ken Poppers wrote:
>
>> I went from 10.2.8 to Panther and then updated it and the only issue 
>> I've had (so far) has been printing.   I use a HP 5110 and there 
>> isn't a Panther driver upgrade yet.
> Norman Cohen
> nacohen at mac.com
>
>
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