Dell 1320c Laser Printer

I inherited a Dell 1320c from my father in law (too big for his study). My heart sank when I read about the lack of compatibility of Dell printers with Mac Osx. So I hit the web more in hope than expectation. After an hour or 2 of searching through some rather complex explanations of how to connect the printer using IP, I almost gave up as the inherited printer doesn't have the optional ethernet port. I then came across a usefull discussion forum, which did the trick for me by enabling me to link the colour laser using USB to my Airport Extreme.

If you are using an Airport Extreme it is very straightforward. I downloaded what appears to be the normal driver from this page http://www.justanswer.com/mac-computers/437pf-hi-need-connect-dell-1320c-printer -new-imac-27inch.html

I plugged the printer into the USB port on the Airport Extreme. I then installed the printer in the same way as any other printer through the Print & Fax option in System Preferences. I simply selected the + sign on the printer list. I then chose the Dell Color Laser 1320c whcih was on the list shown. I could then select the right driver in the Print Using pull down list, Dell Color Laser 1320c v1.1 - the one I had downloaded.

Voila!

If you don't have Airport then this might be a good excuse to upgrade to an Airport network. That way you get to keep using a fully functional colour laser printer and get the Extreme for the price of a fully Mac compatible printer. No page feed problems, nothing.

It is also worth noting thst through the addition of an old 4 port USB hub I had languishing in a box from my days of using a pc that by plugging that into the Extreme USB port I was able to continue using the HP Photosmart printer I used to have plugged directly into the Extreme USB port in tandem with the Dell laser.

Technology tales rarely end so simply and sweetly for me, so I thought I would share it.

Worked for me on MacBook Air with OSX 10.8.2. Plugging in Dell 1320c via USB. Thank you greg

I have been having problems printing with dell 1320c for the latest months, actually since oct 2012.

Today I reinstalled the driver from the dell website, under OS X 10.8.3,

reinstalled the printer under the system preferences

and everything worked just perfect.

Did this on one Imac, one MacBook, no problems anymore.

Don't know why, don't know how, but it works.

Hope this helps.

I downloaded the Dell 1320c driver successfully but when I go to System Preferances>Print & Scan, it doesn't show the printer. It's as if I have the driver but don't know how to make it work. Can anyone give me a suggestion?

Thanks.