Hi Carlos, Gimp-Print drivers are the best thing since sliced bread. It?s interesting to note that OS X 10.3 installs the gimp print drivers by default.
You will find that the drivers do work with the Z53. Any other details can be found at the links below. Should you wish to attain postscript output from your non-postscript printer, you will want to download and install esp ghostscript too. Gimp-Print Drivers http://www.versiontracker.com/redir.fcgi/lid=340060/gimp-print-4.3.18.ppc.dm g Source-Forge web site http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3 Supported Printers http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3 ESP Ghostscript http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-print/espgs-7.05.6.ppc.dmg?download Ward Oldham Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: Carlos Nazario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:30:05 -0500 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Print Prob (GIMP Drivers) Hello, Will the GIMP drivers work with a Z53? If so, are they easy to install? Lastly, where can I find them? I have a Z53 and have had difficulty getting it to work with OS 10.2. I am at a state where it will not print at all. Print Center constantly stops the work. Ironically, a Z23 I bought at Target on clearance for $30 and it works just fine in OS 10.2 (OS 9.1 is a different matter). Carlos On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 02:02 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Nov 18, 2003, at 1:22 PM, Stephen Ellis complained: > >> I am new to the world of OS X. My printer is a Lexmark Z52, which I >> also used with my former computer (a Gateway PC). I frequently >> prepared a Word document that has a line to a bitmap file. When I >> print, the copy is not as clear and sharp as I would get before. >> What is most curious is that if I use the same bitmap in ax Excel >> file, the image is a sharp as it was before. I created the bitmap >> file with Finale (music notation software), printed out the page >> (which was sharp), then scanned that into a bitmap file (which when >> printed is also sharp). Since the same printer is being used for all >> of these applications, it would seem to be something within Word. >> Does anyone have any thoughts on the problem? > > I also have a Z52 printer, and it worked fine in Mac OS X until > version 10.2 came along. At that point the Lexmark software really > started acting strangely. The colors weren't as bright as before, and > printing really slowed down. Finally, the software decided I had > inserted a new ink cartridge and told me to calibrate it over and over > again. > > I switched over to the freeware GIMP Print driver and all works as it > should. I did have to mess around with the density settings when I > first started using the GIMP driver, but once that was set, the > printouts were as good or better than they ever were. > > Another advantage to the GIMP drivers is that they don't care if you > refill a cartridge with fresh ink. I can get two or three refills on a > cartridge before it starts to look sloppy. > > By the way, I'll never own another Lexmark printer, unless they stop > trying to use the DMCA as a means to make refilling ink cartridges > illegal. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20031119/1bcf2eb6/attachment.html
