Why oh Why when I download a new OS from Apple does everything work well except the printer. Over the 20 years I have used a Mac its always the same. All latest updates not able to print even with generic printer. Scanner works okay but not the printer.
Any advice is extremely welcome as this is a deal end !
David
Lexmark hasn't upgraded their drivers for your printer for the Mac for 3 years. https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/printer/11134/Lexmark-CX517de
You are probably better off running Windows on your Mac, or getting another printer that is compatible with Big Sur. See also this tip on creating a second partition:
https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/partition-a-physical-disk-dskutl14027/mac
And then running the internet restore to install an older operating system:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204904 - especially the part about command-option-shift-R restore.
You might find an open source solution that works, but many of those lose duplex and other setting*:
http://www.macmaps.com/printersx.html
*Links to my pages may give me compensation.
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Here is what I did. I downloaded the color driver package from Download Color driver package . The mono package is at Download Mono driver package . I deleted my old printer and reset the printing system first. Then I used the Find Any File utility to find all the files with Lexmark in it and trashed all of them and emptied the trash. Some require an admin password to delete. For good measure I rebooted then. At that point I ran the installer that I had downloaded. Then I added the printer. In my case bonjour printer showed up and I selected that and for driver I selected under Use: the Lexmark universal driver. Voila! It printed. All printer options are there.
Many thanks my Lexmark MX517 is now working.
Big Sur AND LEXMARK PRINTER CX517DE
