On Feb 27, 2010, at 7:29 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:
Greetings,
I have an Intel MacBook running 10.5 at one of my schools and I want
to connect an old HP Photosmart 1115 printer. The problem is HP no
longer supports this 9 year old model and the last driver they made
for the 1115 only works up to OS X (10.4x).
Because of the outdated driver, I can't get the printer to work. I
can see the printer in my System Prefs/printers, but the Mac wants
me to choose a driver.
Is there a way around the problem?
You can try this: (it may or may not work)
Go here <http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/> and download the
package.
Double-click on it to ungzip/untar it. Go into the resulting folder
and find the PPD folder. in there open the hpcups folder.
Find the file hp-psc_1500_series.ppd.gz, drag it to your desktop or
someplace else you can find it easily.
Double click on that file to ungzip it.
Back in system preferences, select the HP printer, and when it asks
for a driver, select 'Other'. Navigate to the ppd file you just
uncompressed and select it.
See if it works. It may not support all the printing functions, and
scanning and faxing won't be supported but you'll be able to print if
it works.
--
Bruce Johnson
"Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD
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