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Printer Driver for RICOH Aficio - only PostScript?

Found the office RICOH Aficio MP C4500 printer on the office network via IP# and the driver (v. 1.3) was installed automatically on my MB! Success!

BUT when printing to the printer from my MB all I get is a postscript dump, eg. text + blank pages. Searching the forums I get the idea that the driver is only for Post Script. And I guess (but don't know for sure) that the printer is lacking the postscript module/feature ...

From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669?viewlocale=en_US I see that the RICOH Aficio MP C4500 is supported by OS X Mountain Lion (and as I mentioned, it did install without any problems). But I can't see that it should be only PostScript?

From http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/re/model/mp35/mp35en.htm I can only find driver (v. 1.0) for OS X 10.7, not any for OS X 10.8 – haven't tried it – and still I can't see that it should be only for post script enabled printers ...

My office windows pc is printing fine to the RICOH Aficio. The driver on here is a RPCS Printer Driver (v. 8.60). The office tech-support will only take care of pc setup - thus I'm on my own when it comes to setting up the printer from my MB!

Do I need a RPCS driver for OS X Mountain Lion? And what does RPCS mean?

Any help is most appriciated!

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion, iPhone 4 w/ iOS 5

Posted on Aug 14, 2012 1:42 AM

89 replies

Apr 30, 2015 3:20 AM in response to bergonzzi

Hello,

Thanks for the help.

I tried your method for a Nashuatec MP C2800 network printer (Yosemite). It prints regular text just fine, but the coloured images are printed with a surrounding black blur. Do you have any recommendation for this issue?

Jun 29, 2015 3:41 PM in response to bergonzzi

Thanks, Really helpful. I thought it would take a while and would be complicated but followed step by step and was fine. Thanks again!🙂

Sep 15, 2015 4:30 AM in response to mfog

Hi there,

Could anybody could help me?

I'm running 10.9.5 (Mavericks) and I have a Ricoh Aficio MP C2800 photocopier/printer. So I downloaded the three files:

Foomatic 4.0.6

Ghostscript 8.7.1

Ricoh-Aficio_MP_C2800-pxlcolor-Ricoh.ppd

All from here: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/pxlmon o

I installed the first two and saved all the files including the driver in a folder within applications. I plugged in the printer via usb (I figured I'd make the networking work later) and found the printer easily. I selected the above ppd driver from the folder I'd saved it to. It let me customise some features - extra paper trays/finishers etc. So good so far.

When I tried to print a test page, it just gets stuck sending the data. I can see the test print in the print queue. It says 'Printing - sending data to printer.' And that's as far as I get.

Can anyone give me some pointers please??

Many thanks,

Will

Sauva

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Oct 1, 2015 6:17 AM in response to bergonzzi

I'm happily printing following the instructions @bergonzzi simplified on 10.10.5 Yosemite. Before I upgrade to El Capitan I wanted to ask if this work-around was still functional.

Oct 2, 2015 11:47 AM in response to Sauva

If there's anyone round who could help with my query - I'd really appreciate it. Otherwise I need to buy a new photocopier 😟

StefVR81

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Oct 17, 2015 7:48 AM in response to mfog

It seems the pxlmono/pxlcolor drivers are not working in El Capitan ?

Anyone who can confirm ?

c_buck88

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Oct 20, 2015 5:46 PM in response to StefVR81

Not working for me, either. 😟

StefVR81

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Oct 21, 2015 4:34 AM in response to c_buck88

Yeah but Gutenprint black and white printing still works though 😕

c_buck88

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Oct 21, 2015 4:37 AM in response to StefVR81

How did you get it set up?

StefVR81

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Oct 21, 2015 5:17 AM in response to c_buck88

Use the gutenprint generic PCL6 driver or just the default generic PCL driver already included in the add printer / IP section. You can print in black and white, no colors.

You can find the gutenprint drivers for El Capitan here : http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

c_buck88

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Nov 7, 2015 10:26 AM in response to StefVR81

Thank you for the advice. I am able to print now in black and white. 🙂

Mar 3, 2016 11:47 AM in response to mfog

Has anyone found of a way to get color printing working again under El Capitan? Ricoh discontinued the Postscript add on for our multifunction printer so I can't use their native drivers for El Cap. Everything still works great under Yosemite.

Apr 4, 2016 2:06 PM in response to Aaron Stovall

I know this is an old thread but I was able to get color printing for the Ricoh MP C4501 and MP C4502 printers working under El Capitan using a Generic PCL/PXL PXLcolor driver. I have an example script located here: https://github.com/TheFritz01/Ricoh-MFD_10.11_Color_Print_Support/blob/master/Ma pRicohColorPrinter.sh

Hope this helps someone.

Jun 2, 2016 11:21 PM in response to jmillet89

OMG. this really work!!!

i tried all the other ways, this is like the only way it will work!

thanks so much!

Printer Driver for RICOH Aficio - only PostScript?