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11 April 2005
Mac compatible printers
If you're buying a printer for a Mac or buying a Mac and wanting to know if your existing printer will work, there are a number of places you can go to find out the answer…
Apple's web site contains a list of compatible printers [1] but it isn't a very up-to-date or comprehensive list, so if your printer isn't listed here it may still work fine.
Another location is a Mac OS X supported printers page [2] on a web site about Mac's Maps and Geography! This page isn't so easy to read, but if you scroll down you'll find some useful links to printer manufacturer's web pages which hopefully provide Mac OS X support information.
[1] http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/printers.html
[2] http://www.macmaps.com/printersx.html
April 11, 2005 in Mac, macosx, Printers | Permalink
Comments
I have a dell printer that is only one year old and i just got a MAC laptop, is it compatible??
Posted by: Deborah Shumaker | 22 Jan 2007 16:43:03
Hi ya,
I've changed my mac from ibook to macbook and my epson stylus photo R265 doesn't work. I've down loaded drivers is it not compatible!!??
Sandra
Posted by: sandra clarke | 12 Sep 2007 17:26:06
i just got a macbook about a month ago and i have a dell printer and it will not hook up... any suggestions?
Posted by: Pierce | 26 Jan 2008 17:50:26
I have a Dell printer and a MacBook as well. My Dell printer/fax/scanner works just fine, and I didn't want to get rid of it. So, I end up dragging/dropping documents from MacOS to my virtual Windows XP (using the VMware program to set up the virtual machine). With microsoft for Mac and pdf documents, its compatible. That's how I've avoided purchasing another printer.
Posted by: Susan | 19 Jun 2008 23:08:17
I have an OKI C3200 printer and an iMac computer. There is no printer driver available which will drive the printer from a Mac.
Posted by: Joe cornford | 3 Feb 2009 09:46:20
Iam a truck driver Im looking for a scanner that is small but can do the job. I have an apple computer and need to scan documents into computer. Then e-mail them. It needs to be small but will do what I need
Posted by: Leslie Weis | 22 Apr 2009 20:00:36
I have two Ricoh all-in-one printers, and I found out the hard way that they require a special chip from Adobe for something called post script in order to support MAC. It's something you need a Ricoh specialist to do and purchasing a part that costs about $80 is involved. When downloading drivers didn't work, MAC didn't know what to do, and it took talking to the national Ricoh support line to find out.
Posted by: Laura Weinberg | 26 May 2009 23:06:46
I have a mac and a Kodak camera printer and I am having issues getting it to work. Anybody have any suggestions'
Posted by: darlene bergman | 22 Aug 2009 13:56:25
