Panasonic KX-p7105 printer won't work on new mac - has disk for Mac OS 9.2

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Panasonic KX-p7105 printer won't work on new mac - has disk for Mac OS 9.2

I finally switched to a Mac and am so disappointed that my great laser printer won't work. It prints pages of gibberish. My driver disk is for an older version of mac and won't open. I get a message saying "You can't open the network setup tool because the classic environment is no longer supported." I've since searched the net for drivers and can only find windows versions. Is this hopeless? Should I return my Mac (I'm still within the 14 days and don't want to buy another laser printer).
Any options?

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Sep 16, 2008 9:13 AM

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Sep 16, 2008 9:26 AM in response to going loca

I saw on linuxprinting.org that one user had success using the HP_lasesjet5100 driver for this printer. It may be worth a try.

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Sep 16, 2008 9:35 AM in response to John Blanchard1

I have the Mac OS X version 10.5.4. I can only find drivers for that HP printer for earlier versions. Should I download the version for Linux?

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greg sahli

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Sep 16, 2008 10:02 AM in response to going loca

Here's what John was talking about:
http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Panasonic-KX-P7105

You need the 3-part hpijs driver:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs
(these are standard Mac installers - .dmg disk image files)

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Sep 16, 2008 10:46 AM in response to greg sahli

That would have been helpful to include. Thanks, Greg.

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Ham

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Sep 17, 2008 2:54 PM in response to going loca

It is a PCL 6 printer, so try an equiv HP Model from GutenPrint

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Sep 18, 2008 5:13 AM in response to Ham

I spoke with Panasonic and they basically said there is nothing to do. I need a postscript key and nothing exists for the KXP7105. It only exists for the 7110 model. They said it is an external key that needs to be added to the computer. SO I guess none of the solutions above will work? I tried downloading the printer for the HP model, with no luck.

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Sep 18, 2008 5:44 AM in response to greg sahli

I downloaded that gpl ghostscipt (the hpijs driver) but cannot find it on my driver list. Should I use it instead of the HP laserjet 5100 driver?

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Sep 18, 2008 12:12 PM in response to going loca

If the printer shows up in your printer list, and it supports PCL6, open the print queue. Click on the Info button, and then the Driver tab. Where the name of the driver is, choose Select a Driver to Use, and then choose the PCL6 - CUPS + Gutenprint driver. That should work.

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greg sahli

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Sep 18, 2008 1:58 PM in response to going loca

What Bruce recommends should also work.
If you've installed (not just downloaded) the 3 parts of the hpijs driver set, then the HP 5100 driver will be found in the HP drivers group (in Print & Fax), named Laserjet 5100, foomatic/hpijs - or something like that.

The info the Panasonic "expert" gave you is what someone who doesn't know anything about Macs would say... It is wrong.

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