[X4U] Dell printer driver for Mac?

[Stroller]

On 1 Dec 2007, at 01:15, Daly Jessup wrote:
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> Are you actually able to configure a printer through CUPS now?

I have to admit that I haven't tried it properly on a Mac; I think I  
managed to add my mother's Brother MFC network printer using the  
<http://localhost:631/> page, but that was in desperation when  
Brother's official GUI installation utilities were failing, so I  
can't warranty how well it worked.

I've used CUPS a little more under Linux but even then a USB printer  
has already been automagically detected by the time I've visited the  
<http://localhost:631/> page.

> As far as I can figure out, Tiger killed CUPS...

It's certainly present here on 10.4. I'd be surprised if the web- 
admin interface is completely impotent.

> ... I've been trying to access my old LaserWriter 16/600 through  
> CUPS but get error messages when I click the Configure Printer link.

A network LaserJet 4000 & a USB Canon iP3000 both allow me to follow  
that link, but again I have to confess I'm not messing with them  
further.

> It may be that some geeks have made workarounds, but if so, I can't  
> understand them. Here's what it says at the CUPS site (scroll to  
> the darkend rectangle under "Binaries" at the middle of the page:
> <http://www.cups.org/software.php>

I think this is simply because upgrading the version of CUPS manually  
breaks Printer Setup Utility & whatnot, the Apple version of CUPS  
(1.1?) being taken from an older release of the cups.org one (now  
1.2 / 1.3). There's an article here <http://www.macosxhints.com/ 
article.php?story=20070227212742511> about using CUPS 1.2.8 with Mac  
OS X 10.4.8.

It's all a bit moot, since we don't seem to have the right model  
number for M. Milligan's Dell printer. I'm extremely confident one  
won't find official Mac drivers for Dell printers, nor any other kind  
of support at Dell's site, so it's a fairly general statement I make  
when I say that CUPS is generally the direction I'd look in, were I  
in M's position.

Stroller.