Q: why cant i print, why cant i print
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May 23, 2012 2:13 PMby Linc Davis,Here are some suggestions for getting the best results from this site.
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May 23, 2012 3:23 PMby John Galt,You normally have to use the printer hardware disk that came with the printer.
Such installers have not been generally required for Mac OS X, those that were usually included utilities such as scanning interfaces for multifunction devices. Lion made even those utilities obsolete; in some cases it renders them inoperative. Some Macs (MBA, Mini) no longer have optical drives anyway.
As a rule, if a printer came with a CD the best advice was to throw it out. That advice is even more applicable today. The "driver on CD" era is already over.
