ML-1710 and Tiger

My favorite little $50 printer suddenly stopped working when I upgraded Donna’s Mac to Tiger (actually, I upgraded Donna’s Mac completely; she now has the iBook G4 I talked about a few posts down, while I’ve since acquired a PowerBook G4 12-inch), and went hunting for answers. Found it here:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/foomatic/

a tip I got from here:

http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.php/q4597/Printer-Not-Werking-In-Tiger.html

Once installed, the trick is to set up your ML-1710 (in Print Utility you should double-click the ML-1710 and then select the Print Using menu) so that you’re using the Samsung 4500 Foomatic+gdi printer driver. There isn’t a 1710 driver, unfortunately, but the rumor is that the 4500 driver works fine.

(Actually, there is a 1710 PPD out there, but rumor has it that it’s Windows-focused, and it doesn’t actual lead to any printerly behavior…something I learned the hard way.)

August 11, 2005 · Filed Under General Stuff