Hi.
I have been trying, without success, to get a HP Officejet to work with my 7500
which has been upgraded with a G3 processor. I finally emailed HP and after
several meaningless replies they said:
"Due to the limitations of an upgraded Macintosh G3 processor, the printer cannot support this. The G3 Mac must have a native processor and not an upgraded one for the printer to work with the Mac."
I have been spoiled of the years by having a LaserWriter Select but I now need
a good quality color printer (a stand alone is now preferred) and never
realized having an upgraded 7500 was going to be a problem. So, my question is,
what is a good printer out there that is known to work with my system? I have a
7500 with a PowerMax G3 processor, 256 MB RAM, a Keyspan USB card with 2 ports
(HP also says not having a built-in USB port prevents the printer from working
too.)
Surely others with similar setups are using color printers. Suggestions greatly
appreciated.
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Lexmark told me the same thing. about my Z 35 printer. What a bunch of [EMAIL PROTECTED] !
When I bought the Z 35 I had a standard 604 CPU. A kind lister with a G3 sent me the software as Stufit files so I installed it manually. It wouldn't work . The error was " not enough memory " But what memory. After a long search and ZIP from Lexmark another lister told me I needed hard drive free space as memory. That got it to work. Later I bought a Z 45 ( which ended up costing $ 2.38 delivered after rebate ).
It works even better.
They are both USB.
They work fine. It's just that some people even at the manufacturer think you need a high speed CPU just to run a small inkjet.
If my 16 MHz Amiga can do it a Power mac is over qualified. Period ! !
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