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Problem Instalation Dell v305W - no drivers

It does so that I have bought the macbookpro and do not manage to install my printer wireless Dell v305W.
Can someone help me?
PS: Dell does not have drivers of this printer for mac.

MacBook Pro Intel Core i5, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 17, 2010 2:40 AM

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Sep 17, 2010 8:01 PM in response to mante

mante wrote:
It does so that I have bought the macbookpro and do not manage to install my printer wireless Dell v305W.
Can someone help me?


The answer to your question is in your next statement:

PS: Dell does not have drivers of this printer for mac.


As Dell does not have Mac OS X drivers for that printer, the only thing you can do is to check the standard 3rd-party sites for drivers. Unfortunately most 3rd-party sites, such as Gutenprint <http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p SupportedPrinters.php> do not support Dell printers at all. You should know that most (but not all) Dell printers are really Lexmark printers rebranded. This means that if you can work out which Lexmark printer it is and if Lexmark has a driver for OS X for that printer then maybe the Lexmark driver will work, or, failing that, maybe one of the 3rd party sites will have a driver for the Lexmark which will work. Gutenprint does support a few Lexmark printers.

If you can't find 3rd-party or Lexmark drivers for that printer, you have a paperweight, as Dell will never support OS X. Period.

Sep 21, 2010 7:42 AM in response to mante

Although it sounds like a good idea, NO ONE has gotten Lexmark drivers to recognize Dell branded printers. Many suggest it, but no one has done it successfully (or, at least no one comes back to tell us!).

I hope it will be different for you and you can come back and tell us!

PS - Sorry, I don't know which model it is similar to.

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