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User profile for user: DWR33
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Xante Excel-a-Writer 3G Printer

I have a MAC G5 and cannot connect my Xante Excel-a-Writer 3 G printer to the Ethernet Port. It works fine on my G3 MAC but will not work on the G5 even though I downloaded a new driver from Xante for the 10.4.6 OS. Xante technicians and Apple technicians cannot seem to make it work. Anyone having a similiar problem? How do you do it?

G-5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 15, 2006 9:36 AM

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User profile for user: greg sahli
greg sahli
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May 18, 2006 6:46 AM in response to DWR33

Tech Support people are the lowest-paid and least-trained in the computer business - don't always count on their answers!
Did he give you any other info? It's true Xante drivers aren't built-in on OS X. Did you tell him you downloaded and installed an OS X driver? Since it's a postscript printer, I'm nearly 100% certain it will work (even I could be mistaken, and I don't have that printer to experiment with). I have downloaded the manual and that tells me it will work.

Did you try setting the manual IP address and setting up in Printer Setup Utility or in Print & Fax prefs?
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Xante Excel-a-Writer 3G Printer

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