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Okidata on OSX problems adding printer
Authored by: SimonDorfman.com on Sep 20, '02 10:07:49PM

I have an Okidata OL600e printer connected to my Mac G4 via a Parallel to USB cable (DH-200P Print Cable). I am running OSX 10.2. I installed Gimp-Print-4.2.2-rc3. My printer is listed here (http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3) as: "not officially supported, but they have been reported to work with the listed driver."

Printer Model Driver Compatible Printer
Okidata OL600e pcl-2 HP LaserJet II series

I am trying to add the printer in Print Center. After option-clicking "Add" and going to "Advanced", there is no USB selection under the "Device" drop down menu. I think device I need to use is: "AppSocket/HP JetDirect" but after selecting this, "socket://"; appears in the "Device URI:" input space. I think the "Device URI:" I need should start with "usb://";. So I was trying to guess what my this address would be.

My printer shows up in Apple System Profiler with the following info:
USB Device
Product ID 8214 ($2016)
Vendor ID 2024
Device Speed Full
Power (mA) 500

Guessing from what is shown in the Setting up printers.pdf, I thought:
"usb://2024/8214?serial=0"; might be the correct "Device URI:" for this printer. Then I selected "HP" from the Printer Model and then "pcl-2" from the "Name" list below it. Then I try to add the printer and I get this error:
"An error occurre while trying to add the selected printers.
Error 1028"

I have tried every different setting I can think of and nothing works. There must be something I don't know about. Someone please help! Any help greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

simon<at>simondorfman<dot>com



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