blim Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Daughter has a MacBook OSX and a Dell 720 Color Printer. "Ohhhhh, just plug it in and it works"Nope. Not according to her.I did some googling and looks like it won't work.Any suggestions besides her buying a new printer? "Infant tech" explanations please, I know nothing about Macs, and Katie is a blonde Thanks!!Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Dell never made a Mac driver. But may not be out of luck, older Dell printers are just rebranded Lexmarks. I think this is the driver she needs http://downloads.lexmark.com/perl/downloads/downloads.cgi This means she may have to add the driver manually. After installing the lexmark driver she will need to go to system preferences > print & fax hit the + button highlight the printer (should show up) and choose the driver from the drop down. There may be a chance that after adding the driver if she plugs the printer in it may just work. If it was a Lexmark branded printer it would, don't know with Dell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted May 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thanks, ISteve! Certainly worth a try!!Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Wellllllllll....discovered Daughter left her printer's connection cord at her college apartment. So it may be a while before I find out if your suggestions work. Like maybe as late as August. Will give a report when one of the kids goes down there and grabs the printer cord, though! Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I eagerly await the outcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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