Re: Beware mac os x if you have a kyocera printer.

In article <43380c11$0$1024$8fcfb975@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Stolz <china_rider@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >>More fool me for not checking first, but it seems that Mac OS X is not
> >>compatible with kyocera printers.
> >>
> >>I just spent an hour on the phone with Applecare and this was their
> >>conclusion - 'its not on the list'

They're talking crap.

> >>I used the drivers on the disk which came with the printer, but to no
> >>avail, I downloaded the latest drivers from the kyocera site and jobs
> >>still remain stopped in the queue indefinitely
> >>
> >>So if you rely on these excellent robust economical kyocera printers, on
> >>your own head be it if you buy a Mac.

We've been installing networked Kyocera FS1010 and 1020 lasers for Macs
(OS9 and OSX) with no problems at all. Great little printers*.


> Its an FS1010 with a network card.
> I'm sitting on the phone with kyocera technical support now waiting to
> see if they think its compatible.

The trick is that when you ask OSX to find the drivers, they are NOT
stored in the same place as the usual 'supported' printers.

Follow this pathway: In the Print dialog scroll down to Add Printer.
Print Setup Utility will boot. It should spot the Kyocera if its IP
number etc have been configured correctly. At the bottom of the
PrintBrowser window select Print Using "Other". The Finder then kicks
in, go to [Your Hard Drive] > Library > Printers > PPDs > Contents >
Resources > en.lproj > Kyocera FS-1010.PPD

The en.lproj is assuming you want the English version.

God only knows why a whole bunch of printer drivers are parked way down
at this level rather than in the Printers folder (above). Bend the ears
of the AppleCare and Kyocera people to see if they have any
explanations.

* I haven't investigated this but apparently you can set them up to
email you when their toner is getting low or they are out of paper. All
sorts of possibilities, because the friggin expensive network card is
the same one that is installed in the big industrial
photocopier/printers.
--
....IRO
(any problems email me on irotemp<at>ihug.co.nz)
.

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