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Use an unsupported Canon IR3300 printer Apps
I have managed to get a Canon IR3300 laser printer without the optional postscript board to work with a G5/OS10.3.3 even though Canon say it can not be done. Here is how:

Using the OS X 10.3.3 Printer Setup Utility, select Add Printer and select IP printing from the top of the list. Next input the printer's IP address (download Netspot Device installer for Mac OS X from the Canon website to find/change the IP address and ports). Finally, change the printer model in the bottom box to "HP Laserjet 4 series, CUPS+Gimp-Print v4.2.5" (as installed by OS 10.3). Click on Add. When the printer gets added to the list of printers, select it and change its name to something like Canon IR3300.

This works because both these lasers use PCL5e. Hope this helps someone else.
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Use an unsupported Canon IR3300 printer
Authored by: Danni on Apr 23, '04 02:33:08PM

This hint should also work for the iR330/400 copiers, and a variation will get the unsupported PCL-only print board to work with Jaguar. I long ago used an almost identical set-up sequence under Jaguar, with the addition of GimpPrint and GhostScript, and selection of pcl-4. The only additional step that was necessary, at least for my iR330, was to change the queue name of the printer to "print_300-405".



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Use an unsupported Canon IR3300 printer
Authored by: tbabb on Apr 23, '04 04:30:02PM

Just so you know, the PCL board you have in your 3300 does in fact have PostScript emulation. You cannot purchase a PCL only Multi-PDL board for the 3300. You can use the PPD that Canon has for the Jaguar 10.2 installer or even the OS9 PPD.



http://usa.canon.com/html/ibeCCtdItemDetail.jsp?section=10035&item=889&t=10001&m=10033&group_id=2&type=Specification

http://usa.canon.com/html/download/imagerunner2200_2800_3300.html



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Use an unsupported Canon IR3300 printer
Authored by: macsolver on Apr 26, '04 08:39:32AM

Hi,

Thanks for the info - which contradicts what I have been told here in the UK. Maybe the USA spec machines were different.

The model we have is a 3 year old UK spec machine, and our official Canon supplier told us that there is no Postscript support, and indeed no postscript option is listed in the menu setup.

Sending a postscript job to the IR3300 results in raw postscript instructions being printed out in text. The same file sent to our IR C3200 prints fine (Postscript board standard on this model).

If you know of some method of enabling postscript on the board fitted, I would be delighted to hear about it as I have been quoted £400+VAT to make it postscript compatable by an authorised Canon agent!

Thank you for your interest.



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Use an unsupported Canon IR3300 printer
Authored by: wfolta on Apr 24, '04 11:36:04AM

I got the PPD from Canon for the 2200/2300 (CNIR22U1.PPD.gz) and put it into:

/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj

And then do the printer setup thing and the Canon copier/printer option is now available and works.



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Will work with a Konica 7135 also
Authored by: Anonymous on Apr 25, '04 03:37:35PM

I have used this same trick to print to a Konica 7135.



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I need advice for the Konica 7135
Authored by: jkaufmann on Jun 05, '04 02:56:07AM

Hello,

I have actually the same problem with a Konica 7135, which is installed in a Windows2000Server-network.
Could you explain which driver you place exactly in which directory?

Thanks
Joerg



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