Compatible Stationary Color Laser Printer:

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Compatible Stationary Color Laser Printer:

Which printers that are color laser printers
with stationary cartridges (cartridges that do NOT move when printing) lol.
that are compatible with Apple Mac OS 10.4.11
AND
A Power PC G3 Processor????????????????

I have a Samsung CLP 300 Color Laser Printer with stationary cartridges ("NO-NOIS")
But the software says "Sorry this software requires a G4 Processor which this system does not have".
Very Annoying. }=[
It works...but the printing comes out terrible. Everything is smashed together on the left side of the page. Whether it is text or images.
I recently learned that Samsung, even with their "NO-NOIS" stationary cartridges, has very limited Mac compatibility. =[ It is just like google software. (excellent software but not made for macs).

I do not care if the printer is big or not. I just want a compatible color laser printer with not moving cartridges. (I had an HP color laser printer with moving cartridges...which is the component that broke). So which printers are similar to Samsungs, but with better compatibility????????
I have an idea that makes sense: Since I am using Apple computer, then why not connect an Apple Printer???? lol. I can get an "old" Apple Color Laser Printer. However, do the cartridges move? I hope they do not move.

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PowerMac Blue & White G3 Motorola PPC 350MHZ Heavily Upgraded..., Mac OS X (10.4.11), Several Other Machines...

Posted on May 11, 2009 1:55 PM

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Answer 1

May 11, 2009 2:51 PM in response to In-Correct

Do you have the CLP or the CLPn. The CLPn seems to use PCL printing, which should be well-supported. Setup on these printers can be really wacky because they answer readily, and seem to be set up correctly, but are not always responding to the correct protocol.

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May 11, 2009 4:07 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

It says CLP-300 on it.

Is this a link to download things? (Do the "Other Printing" drivers need to be downloaded?)

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA48312

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Answer 3

May 11, 2009 4:06 PM in response to In-Correct

STOP THE PRESSES!!

There is a firmware upgrade for that printer, here:

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/notice/clpnotice.do

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May 11, 2009 5:56 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

That link is to only EXE files.

I will just look for other color laser printers.

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May 12, 2009 2:52 PM in response to In-Correct

Our Oki C3200n prints in colour from OSX Tiger which is running on several Macs including the G3 Pismo I am writing from. Can also do duplex, but OS 9 is not supported if I remember correctly.

Stationary carts? Sorry not familiar with that term. The Oki has separate toner and drums so when you replace a cartridge you only replace the toner and not the entire assembly. A lot cheaper than the all in one designs.

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May 12, 2009 7:44 PM in response to Niteshooter

http://c3200n.okionline.co.uk/index.asp?menumode=2&content=30005000toner

According to the drawings, OKI CLPs have individual toner cartridges that do not move.

I am probably going to get one. =]

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May 13, 2009 6:18 AM in response to In-Correct

http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDisclaimer.aspx?Model=hl4040cdn#SysReqs

Brother Printers also will work.

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May 27, 2009 9:41 PM in response to In-Correct

Very Important Update!!!!!!! =] =] =] =] =] =] =] =] =] =]

I got it to work. I had it plugged into the original USB 1.0 ports and all I did was plug it into the USB 2.0 PCI Card that I added to it recently.

And that is all that it needed. Everything prints perfectly... word processor documents, images, and anything else. So this means that whenever I need to get a color laser printer I will just get anything that I can find on ebay. ( I am going to put a color laser printer for each desktop and perhaps a few for the laptops when I repair them. ) I am very happy about this; I was probably going to have to spend $400.00USD for a confirmed compatible color laser printer but now I don't have to worry about that expense. I really like color laser printers because they are easier to print because the fused toner won't run like ink would. I have HP PSCs, which print (in ink) so I don't use them to print, only to scan...so I have one connected to a USB 2.0 port and I am downloading software to see if it will scan. I am probably going to post a question about scanning... but this question about printing has been solved. =]

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