RE: [Fed-Talk] Printer Driver using Rosetta
RE: [Fed-Talk] Printer Driver using Rosetta
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Printer Driver using Rosetta
- From: "Sanderson, David C CTR USA" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:07:54 -0400
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Printer Driver using Rosetta
Well despite several return calls from people at Fuji, each telling me
there was no compatable driver, and no workaround (at least one used the
word imposible), I just got it to work. I loaded 10.5 on a G4
Powerbook, the printer loaded fine on that. I then used ccCloner via a
firewire cable to image that Hard drive to a HD in a Mac Pro and the
printer works fine from that.
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On Behalf Of Sanderson, David C CTR USA
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:06 PM
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Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Printer Driver using Rosetta
Thanks but been there, done that :-(
The appletalk version doesn't work at all on Intel machines, even with
the Rosetta workaround in 10.4. When working as designed, on a PPC
machine neither the AT version nor the TCPIP version, install like a
"regular" printer with a regular PPD. Running the installer program
from fuji creates a new category in the print utility under other
printers and only recognizes PG4500/4000 printers. They never show up
under appletalk/bounjour. When I run the installer program in 10.5 the
print/Fax utility gets the new category but selecting it just hangs. On
an Intel machine under 10.4 the same thing happens, but if you run the
print utility under Rosetta, it works. Once the printer is installed,
it no longer needs the utility running under Rosetta. I've tried
putting 10.4 on a second hard drive on the machine, installing the
printer, and using the migration wizard from 10.5 but it doesn't bring
over the printer.
What I haven't tried, is installing 10.5 on a PPC machine and seeing if
I can get it to install on that. If that works, maybe I can move the HD
to an Intel machine, and UpGrade the OS. If I can just get this on one
machine, to use as a master image, I'll be home free.
-----Original Message-----
From: Monahan, Jim R Mr CTR USA TRADOC
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:24 PM
To: Sanderson, David C CTR USA; Apple Fed Talk
Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Printer Driver using Rosetta (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Try this:
The 4500N has appletalk ...enable apppletalk on the printer. (It may be
called Ethertalk.)
I forget the path (on the mac) to the installed printer PPD folder -
spotlight search for PPD. Since you already have the drivers/PPDs, copy
the PPDs to the appropriate locations.
Then in prin center, use appletalk/bounjour, when the printer is
discovered, configure as normal for any other printer.
Jim Monahan, MCSA, Security +
CIBER Defense Technology Systems
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Behalf Of Sanderson, David C CTR USA
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:43 AM
To: Apple Fed Talk
Subject: [Fed-Talk] Printer Driver using Rosetta
While this really isn't a Federal issue, there's a bunch of smart people
here, and maybe someone can help.
We have a Fuji PG4500N Dye Sub printer. Though it is still a supported
product as far as Fuji is concerned, and we have a maintenance and
support contract on it, the latest Macintosh driver for it, claims to be
compatible only up to a G5, running 10.4.7, or lower. There is a work
around to get it to work on an Intel machine and I have gotten it to
work reliably on Intel machines running 10.4.11. In order to make that
work you have to install it with the printer utility using Rosetta.
Once it's installed, Rosetta is no longer needed. Under 10.5, as far as
I can figure, you can't run the print utility using Rosetta and I can
not get the printer to install. I believe if it is possible to manually
transfer the necessary files and settings from a 10.4.x machine to a
10.5.x machine that it would probably work, or if I can run the print
fax utility under Rosetta, in 10.5, that too should work. Can anyone
steer me to some documentation on what is stored where for a printer.
Fuji USA tells me that all printer drivers come from Japan, and they
can't do anything until the parent company provides one. I ran into
this with the predecessors of this printer (PG4000), which didn't have
an OSX driver for well over a year after OSX came out, keeping us at
OS9. I've escalated it twice now, trying to get this to the attention
of someone who can rattle a cage in Japan someplace, but in the mean
time I have 12 computers that I either can't roll out, or have to roll
back to 10.4, as not using this printer is not an option for those
users.
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