Can apple provide drivers for older printers?
Can apple provide drivers for older printers?
MacBook & PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.5.7)
That would be the responsibility of the printer manufacturer(s), not Apple.
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That is/was my thinking. When I spoke to a Canon printer tech rep before submitting the question to the Apple Support Community he indicated that Canon no longer provided drivers for one of the older Canon printers I own but noted that some computer companies provide "mini drivers" for some of their printers. He may have been blowing smoke. But not all was lost. Additional research introduced me to a software company that provides printer drivers to the Apple/Mac community. The company is PrintFab. I signed up for the 30 day trial and will be paying for the permanent software version before the trial is up. My 15 year old Canon BJC-85 couldn't be happier and I do not need to get a new portable printer. And no, I do not have any relationship with PrintFab. I hope my reply is helpful to others.
You may be able to get old printers to work with OS X using the "Gutenprint" resource
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php
I have a REALLY ancient Epson printer that has no driver in the standard OS X installation. But by installing Gutenprint, an appropriate driver comes up for it when I try to add the printer in System Preferences.
Can apple provide drivers for older printers?