Olympus P-10 Printer

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Olympus P-10 Printer

Is anyone using an Olympus P-10 Dye Sub printer successfully with Leopard? I have tried the printer reset, using the CUPS utility to completely delete the queue, and numerous re-installs of the print driver. The driver from Olympus is pretty old (OSX Panther) but the Leopard built-in one doesn't work either.

Sam

8 Core MacPro 16GB RAM X1900 3 TB Internal Storage- 15" MBP, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 9, 2008 4:39 AM

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Answer 1

spumoni

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Jan 19, 2008 11:21 AM in response to SamKva

I'm having the same problem with the same printer.

I can print from iPhoto when booted into 10.4.1 but not when using 10.5.1.

I'm using iPhoto 7.1.1 in both cases.

I did an "archive and install" installation of Leopard so some necessary files may have not been moved. But I did move the Olympus printer folder.

Please post if you find a solution to this problem.

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SamKva Author

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Jan 19, 2008 11:57 AM in response to spumoni

I also did an archive and install from Tiger and the printer worked fine until the upgrade. I have not bothered to boot up my old Tiger partition since I know it worked fine before. It appears to be a printer queue/spooler problem in Leopard. Considering this printer is now out of production, I'm not sure I would expect a solution from Olympus. In my case, it does not print from any application: iPhoto, Aperture, or PS CS3. I hope someone fixes it since I bought 3-100 packs of ribbon/paper when I bought the printer.

Sam

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spumoni

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Jan 19, 2008 1:14 PM in response to SamKva

I feel your pain. And thanks for the new info. Have you called Apple for Leopard support with this problem?

If I'd known I was disabling this printer I probably wouldn't have upgraded. Olympus hasn't issued any driver updates since 2004. But I hope we're not out of luck.

Let me know of any new developments. Thanks.

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SamKva Author

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Jan 20, 2008 8:14 AM in response to spumoni

I have not called Apple yet but I plan to this week.

Sam

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MrB

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Jan 20, 2008 12:00 PM in response to SamKva

I too found that my Olympus P10 failed on doing a fresh install of Leopard. However, I have found that patience is needed. If I print using the Apple supplied driver, the printer shows it is receiving the data and then the print starts approximately 4 minutes later. It seems as though the system is waiting for a timeout. Also, after successfully printing, the print is NOT removed from the print queue.
The P10 is on an Airport Express. I have yet to test it directly connected to my laptop's USB port.
I am also disgusted at Olympus's lack of support in not releasing a Leopard compatible driver, since I have been delighted with this printer. It's successfully delivered well over 400 prints for me, so far.

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spumoni

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Jan 20, 2008 12:41 PM in response to MrB

Thanks for your reply. I'm glad the printer is working better for you than it tis for me. When I wait that long, I get all three lights blinking which, according to the book ,means a communications error of a paper jam. Funny thing is, the printer doesn't respond that why when I've booted into 10.4.11.

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spumoni

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Jan 20, 2008 12:47 PM in response to SamKva

Gutenprint 5.something includes a printer driver for the P 10. Every time I used it, the printer indicated a paper jam. But that was closer to printing than I was getting with the old Olympus driver. Maybe it'll work better for you.

Let us know the outcome of your call to Apple. Thanks.

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Answer 8

spumoni

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Feb 22, 2008 8:58 AM in response to SamKva

Did you ever reach apple?

I ended up buying a refurbished an Olympus P-S 100 dye sub printer at amazon for twenty bucks (less than 40 shipped.)

It doesn't use the same paper or ribbon cartridge as the P 10, but it does print from Leopard.

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