Since Lion had dropped the Rosetta drivers, has anyone found a work around for installing the printer drivers for a Dell 3100cn laser printer in OS X 10.7 Lion?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
I have the same printer and had similar issues.
A few notes of interest - it now works fine using the Generic PostScript Printer driver, however I did have an issue with it only printing in mono. This was resolved by using the web browser interface (use the http address of your 3100cn) and then go to
Printer Settings (on the very left)
Printer Settings (of the tabs that appear)
PCL Settings
Colour Mode (the last option under PCL Settings)
For some reason Lion had set it to Black but once set to colour everything is back to normal!
Oh, and just in case you need to know the 3100cn ships with the default password settings
User name: admin
Password: password
This was great, the driver downloaded, but the printer is not responding and I think it has to do with the printer setting. It had been on an ethernet cable, but now it is on a 24-pin--USB connection. What setting should I use on the printer? Thanks!
Great to read that it is working for you and best wishes with the new baby.
I have a new MacBook with MAC OS 10.9 and an DELL 3100cn Printer.
Can you send me your solution to install this printer.
Thanks
It works perfect, many thanks
TWseal
Thank you! This is great. Sincere thanks.
You are very welcome. I'm glad to help. Feel free to share with anyone who needs this.
Hello,
I just did your download but when I double clicked to install nothing seemed to happen - I am not a techy so not sure what to do know?
regards
Norman
Just installed on Yosemite 10.10.1 - complained about some permissions when I tried to print but fixed itself. Document printed fine.
Many thanks.
Hey twseal1977! It looks like this file is no longer on your skydrive :-( can you post another link to it? or i can post my email if that is easier for you?
Thank you!
Hi! Please send the printer driver for DELL 3100n Printer. The link given is no longer working.
Many thanks.
Did some googling a found a PPD for your printer. Here's the link. This is the PPD saved in a GZip format. You can copy this file to /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources. Then you can open the existing print queue you have for the Dell and select Options & Supplies > Drivers. If the system allows you to change from the current Generic PS, drop the menu and click on 'Select Printer Software". With the window that appears, type Dell in the search window and see if the 3100cn appears. If it is not there, cancel this and do the same action, but this time select Other instead of Select Printer Software. This will then give you the ability to browse to the folder above to add the printer. With this PPD selected you can OK the change and then check that you have the tray and envelope sizes you need.
Dell 3100cn driver
