Panasonic DP - C322, DP 1820E

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Panasonic DP - C322, DP 1820E

Hi all,

I wish to figure out a solution for printing to a Panasonic printer. the models are: DP-C322(color) and DP 1820E. both do not support macintosh (no ps chip installed) and I want to figure out a solution on how to print to them. Both are network printers.

would a viable solution be to print via a windows printer share?

thank you

imac snow, Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Posted on Oct 27, 2010 9:10 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 27, 2010 10:43 AM in response to louis ardolino

We print to DP-322s via LPR connections to their IP addresses using the PPDs supplied by Panasonic's website.

If you need them I can post them online

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Answer 2

Oct 27, 2010 10:53 AM in response to Templeton Peck

That would be great thatks. The printer according to the vendor only supports windows printing or pcl. Would ppd installer be appropriate?

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Answer 3

Oct 27, 2010 10:58 AM in response to louis ardolino

The vendor is dead wrong. Here's a link to the PPDs: http://cs.psn-web.net/support/mfp/dp-c322/ps/mac_ae/PPDInst.dmg.zip

when you add the printer, set it up as an LPR connection. At least that's what works for us.

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Answer 4

Oct 27, 2010 12:11 PM in response to Templeton Peck

thank you.

when adding the printer however, under IP printing I do n ot see the lpr option. only ipp, lpd and hp jet direct

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Answer 5

Oct 27, 2010 12:15 PM in response to louis ardolino

that's what I meant... LPD

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Answer 6

Oct 27, 2010 12:43 PM in response to Templeton Peck

Ok added the printer as per above. Seems like its printing but the printer keeps pausing. Also, apparently there is aq printing code that needs to be added when printing. Doesn't ask for the code.

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Answer 7

Oct 28, 2010 9:19 AM in response to louis ardolino

There may be security settings on the printer itself that need to be adjusted. It's been a couple years since we set ours up so I don't remember exactly what needed to be done. I would go through the screens on the printer and see if there are options to allow/deny printing from certain protocols.

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Answer 8

jaymitt

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Nov 22, 2010 2:17 PM in response to louis ardolino

Any luck with this? I am having the exact same problem with a Panasonic DP-1820E. Trying to get printing working from an iMac with OS X 10.6. Same symptoms you describe. I can install the printer with the proper PPD file from Panasonic, but when I try to print, the print goes to the queue and pauses the printer. If I try to resume the printer, it pauses immediately again. Once I delete the print job and resume the printer, it resumes fine and is at Idle status.
The Panasonic manual for installing the driver only mentions up to OS X 10.4 or 10.5 depending on which manual, and they both refer to using Appletalk as the compatible protocol. Well, unfortunately OS X 10.6 has done away with Appletalk, so I think I might be out of luck. The manual does say "Selecting LPR connection is available, however the operation is not guaranteed".
If there is anyone out there who has gotten this working with LPR/LPD, please let me know. Thanks.

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