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DELL 720 printer: drivers to work on a Mac???

  1. 20-12-2004 #1
    samhawcroft
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    DELL 720 printer: drivers to work on a Mac???

    Hi all,

    I was recently sold a Dell 720 Photo Printer, and was told it would work on a Mac. Annoyingly, I have found that this is not, on the face of it, entirely true - it only works on Win XP and 2000, the manual says.

    I was told that the Dell 720 is equivalent to the Lexmark z615, but after getting a driver from the Lexmark site, my iMac - which is running OS 10.3.6 - still won't recognise the printer. The Lexmark installation program doesn't give me any options of which printers to install, and if I tell my iMac to recognise the Dell as a Generic Postscript Printer it doesn't do anything either.

    Is there anything I can do to make the Dell work on a Mac, or should I be resigned to just having it work on a PC?

    Would appreciate any ideas - thanks very much in advance.
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  2. 22-12-2004 #2
    spud
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    Re: DELL 720 printer: drivers to work on a Mac???

    sorry bad news i found this on the web i think it awnsers you question

    Purchased this printer in a Dell PC Package and successfully installed Linux
    Fedora alongside Windows XP. But cannot find any reference to printer in
    foomatic database and no sign of any Linux drivers/PPD files on the (Windows
    XP) printer installation disk. Have tried many possible alternative printer
    drivers but none work. Linux recognises printer as /dev/usb/lp0 "Dell Deskjet
    720" but always get the same message "Media Tray Empty" whatever generic
    printer/filter I try. Printer works fine with Windows XP. Have seen many
    complaints about this printer on Dell Website. Has anyone any knowledge of how
    I can make this printer work with Linux please?


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  3. 22-12-2004 #3
    Bear
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    Re: DELL 720 printer: drivers to work on a Mac???

    Sorry looks like it's not supported. As you said only Windows 2000 & Windows XP are supported.
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  4. 27-12-2004 #4
    ben_jamin
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    Re: DELL 720 printer: drivers to work on a Mac???

    ok thxs anyway
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