RICOH Aficio 1515MF and Leopard

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Do you have the latest drivers from Ricoh for postscript? They appear to have released a driver in April for 10.5. While that wouldn't be necessarily good news for 10.5.7, it should work with 10.5.6, as 10.5.6 has been out since December.

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Strange they have postscript drivers on their website, yet they don't have postscript support. That sounds like the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing. IPP support comes from Guten-print commands. When you add the printer from the Printer Setup utility hold the Option key. Then additional printers should appear in the bottom, and you can change the connection protocol. You may find a guide that helps on my FAQ*:

http://www.macmaps.com/printersx.html

- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Make sure there isn't anything still in the queue before starting a new print job. Some printers don't let go of their jobs quickly enough to start more than one job at a time.

If the printer does not have the optional PostScript module installed, then you need to use the pxlmono drivers from _ http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/pxlmono_.

Matt

Great Thread.

I have the same problem as Jason with my Ricoh 1515 and can't print from my MB pro OS 10.5.7. I tried to follow the same steps but Mr. Broughton's solution did not work for me. What am I doing wrong?

1) I downloaded: GPL Ghostscript.mpkg, Foomatic-RIP.pkg,pxlmono.pkg
2) I Dragged each dnld to my application folder and ran each from there.
3) Then I added the printer and tried to print. Many blank pages printed and a few with code.

Please help. I would love to be able to call someone to walk me thru this step by step.

All the best,

Stephen

skorn724 wrote:
3) Then I added the printer and tried to print. Many blank pages printed and a few with code.

It sounds like you set up the printer as a Generic PostScript printer. Please delete your current printer and add a new printer. Be sure to choose the driver for *Ricoh Aficio 1515 PXL*.

Matt

Matt, I talked to my IT guy. No idea how to support the issue. I talked to the Ricoh folks, they said not possible if you do not have a post script driver language mod installed.

Your solution worked great. I just had to browse for the write driver. One that was not PS (postscript)

Thank you. Thank You.

I have similar problems with a different printer. The Aficio 3025 is a copier and printer here at my work. I just have no clue what to do. Will that linux website do the same thing for me? If so, could someone give me some basic steps? I am getting pretty upset about it. I'd much rather use my Macbook Pro for work than the stupid desktop PC that is getting slower each day.

I added the printer using IPP, and it printed out the couple pages of codes and blank pages. Should I still be adding it as IPP, or should I stick with LPD? It is a wireless copier/printer if that makes a difference.

If it is going to work, you are going to need another driver for it. If it is black and white, there should be a Gutenprint PCL driver that will work. If it is color, you may need a driver from that Linux site or somewhere else.

Once you have it, click on Options & Supplies, and then on the Driver tab and you should be able to change the driver there.

Where do I get the Gutenprint PCL driver?

It comes with the system. What you need to do is go to Print & Fax, click on Options & Supplies, and then on the Driver tab. You can then choose a different driver for your printer. If there is not one specifically for it, try PCL 5 or 6. If that does not work, you will need to search for a proper driver.

snaketheblake wrote:
I have similar problems with a different printer. The Aficio 3025 is a copier and printer here at my work. I just have no clue what to do. Will that linux website do the same thing for me?

Yes.

If so, could someone give me some basic steps? I am getting pretty upset about it. I'd much rather use my Macbook Pro for work than the stupid desktop PC that is getting slower each day.

Download and install Ghostscript, Foomatic-RIP, and the pxlmono package.

I added the printer using IPP, and it printed out the couple pages of codes and blank pages. Should I still be adding it as IPP, or should I stick with LPD? It is a wireless copier/printer if that makes a difference.

After you install the packages mentioned above, you should be able to use the Print & Fax preference pane and just change the driver from Generic PostScript to the Ricoh Aficio 3025. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Matt