Did 10.5 kill my Lexmark E210?

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Did 10.5 kill my Lexmark E210?

Hi,

I'm trying to get my new iMac to print on my Lexmark E210. I know it's an old printer, but I was able to get it to work with a Samsung driver on my ibook (running Panther 10.3.9)

Now I can't seem to get the samsung driver to work with Leopard. Should I start shopping for a new printer?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.1), used to work on my iBook G4 10.3.9

Posted on Feb 11, 2008 7:36 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 17, 2008 2:38 PM in response to DiggyLaVicious

Lexmark site says the printer is windows and linux compatible only. Under 10.5 I can get the printer to 'wake up' to a print request but nothing else happens. None of the logs in /var/log/cups show anything not OK. The printer status pane shows jobs going through successfully, including test pages. But no paper from the printer, unless, of course, I use the test-page button on the front.

BTW I tried several Lexmark drivers in the E-series: E230 to E340

I'm curious why you chose a Samsung driver. If you got this cute little printer to work I'd love to know how.

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Answer 2

Mar 21, 2008 9:40 AM in response to michael werth

I'm pretty sure that the Lexmark E210 was actually manufactured by Samsung and is functionally identical to their ML-1210. Though there are no Lexmark drivers for the E210 you can use the Samsung drivers to use the E210 with your Mac.

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Answer 3

Mar 25, 2008 7:41 AM in response to John Parker6

Wow! Thanks! I gugled your suggested printer model and found this bit:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-61787.html
which led me here:
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/samsung-gdi#Ghostscriptfor_Mac_OS_X_10.5.x_.28Leopard.29.2C_Mac_OS_X_10.4.x_.28Tiger.29.2C_and_Mac_OS_X _10.3.x.28Panther.29
so i installed ghostscript and the samsung drivers and BAM, the Lexmark worked! Thanks again.

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