Hi all,
hopefully an easy question,
We have lanier LD328c printer connected via ethernet to the network.
All the windows machines are connecting to it just fine and printer off it no problem. However we have got a mac running mac os x 10.5.8 in the office and need to be able to print off on it.
i downloaded the drivers for the mac os x from here;
http://driverscollection.c
i then (bear with my i'm new to macs!) went to the printer dialog and selected the + button to add the printer
i then selected IP from the top menu, entered the IP and then selected the driver (Lanier LD328c PCL 5) which was detected automatically actually.
however when we then try to print a document from the printer, it just spews out rubbish, code etc.
Now just to add the other printers whoprint off this are all windows machines, and they connect to it through an sbs 2003 server.
have i done something wrong? is there any way i can correct this?
many thanks in advance,
Matt.
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I just looked and they do have the driver on their website:
http://www.lanier.com/down
A good rule of thumb is to always look on the manufacturer's website before going to 3rd party driver sites. They can cause problems.
Also, try downloading the Gutenprint drivers from here: http://gimp-print.sourcefo
great thanks guys.
how do i remove the old driver then. As i installed the one from the link and its installed two with exactly the same name.
i tried changing the driver to both of them but i still get the same problem.
i want to remove both and then try installing afresh. how do i do this please?
many thanks for your quick replies.
Matt.
right i removed everything to do with the ld328c from the printers folder this included
library -> printers -> lanier -> profiles
library -> printers -> PPDs -> contents -> resources -> lanier LD328c .gz
and
lanier -> pritners -> PPDs -> contents -> resources -> en.lproj -> LANIER LD328C
also i installd the gluprint drivers (latest gutprint-5.2.4.dmg) and there doesnt seem to be a driver for the LD325 to try?
any ideas?
many thanks,
Matt.
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by: socratesphiloPosted on 2009-11-03 at 09:55:23ID: 25731593
It looks to me like that driver is not actually made by Lanier.
I would look around on their website for the driver you need, and make sure it's actually for Mac OS 10.5. Once you have that you should be in working order.