you should use Stephanie Hole's arguments for Ghostscript in the redirected port (see the note in the guide).Ĥ) Go into System Preferences/Printers and Faxes back in OSX.ĥ) Add a new printer and select Windows. when you get to the step where the guide tells you to install a Colour Laserjet 4550 PS, install an Apple Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS instead. If, like I, you're going to have an installation solely to use as a print spooler, you can set its hard disk and memory usage to absolutely minimal (128Mb will be enough RAM).Ģ) Boot up your VM of XP and install your printer under it.ģ) Follow the guide, inside the Virtual Machine, with the following amendments: You don't actually need GSView.ġ) Set up your install of XP in your virtualised environment. If all you're going to use it for is printing, then XP will probably be best.Ĥ) The software from the guide, Ghostscript and Redmon. I used VMWare Fusion, but see no reason why the open source VirtualBox shouldn't work.Ģ) some kind of Windows in your virtualisation software. ![]() So I thought I'd post this so others in the same boat as me can get something working, and don't have quite the same Google trawl as I did.ġ) some kind of Virtualisation software. Having bought the printer and made a point of noting that the packaging in no way said "this only works on Windows, we have no Mac drivers", I was furious to get home and find that was the case (despite confusing references on the HP website to troubleshooting the driver installation!). ![]() ![]() I'm posting this more for the benefit of people who, in the future, might be Googling around for a solution to get this printer working on their Mac. ![]() EDIT: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE CP1217 OR OTHER INCOMPATIBLE HP LASERS, THERE IS A "BETTER" SOLUTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS THREAD
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