Using a Dell Printer on a Mac

just installed everything on 10.6 (without rosetta)
first ghostscript, then foomatic rip and then then samsung driver. after that i created a new printer as described here. works VERY WELL!

Thanks a lot. already thought I would need to get a new printer.

I have a dell 1100 printer and I just bought a mac with the newest version of Snow Leaopord 10.6.1, and i really want to be able to use it, the instructions seemed to work for everyone else but I can not figure them out. I am not very computer savy. Can someone please explain in more simplier terms. I click on number 1 in the directions, and I get a new window with this page: OpenPrinting/MacOSX/samsung-gdi. Under the download section, there are 5 different things (maybe drivers) that I can download, I do not know which one to download. But I think I should use the Foomatic-RIP for Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther) - Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) or this one Ghostscript for Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther) - Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard).

After I install the right one of these, do I need to download the printer too. If so, I click on the Samsung 1210, then this page really confuses me. Which one of these do I need to download.

Samsung ML-1210
BW laser printer, max. 600x600 dpi, works Perfectly
Recommended driver: gdi (Home page, view PPD, download PPD)
Generic instructions for: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler

If anybody can please help me out I would be really thankful. Thanks

Just did this after installing Snow Leopard and worked. Thanks for taking the time to put this out there!

I've been looking for a solution for this problem for years! It works great, worked with the samsung 1210 driver.

Thanks again!

I have done all downloads and installed drivers but printer just sends data and then says no job printing. Any help welcome ta. I have a Mac G4 and a Dell 810 printer.

@Sarah, @Kage you're very welcome!

Thanks mate. I thought for a second that I finally found something wrong with my new MacBook pro, but you saved the day!

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!

I also had to use the 210 driver but with that change, it works very well. Thanks!

@eric You're welcome. Unfortunately, using the same set of drivers at that site, I've been unable to get my HP OfficeJet k80 to work.

Wow,
THANKS SOOOO MUCH!! This worked perfectly on my new MacBook Intel Core 2 Duo 2ghz. I was a ***dows user before, never thought Mac would be this easy to use.
Thanks again!

This worked for me too, but I had to use the ML-210 driver instead of the ML-1210.

thank you so much bro, no idea who you are. know how we've all be in a major printer jam...and NEED to print...i was just in one...i hve a mac...roomate has dell 1100..thought i was screwed, found your site..haha..thanks

thanks for posting. google brought me right to you!

Wow thanks so much for posting this, I'd given up on getting my 1100 to work with my G5.

Sorry it was so difficult to install. Most peripherals are very easy - just plug into the USB and go to town, your machine should find all the plug-ins and stuff you need. My wife likes to say the "i" in a lot of Mac's products stands for intuitive, everything just works. Haven't installed any Dell peripherals, but am using a Jabra headset, HP laser and Brother laser printer right now - all three just plug and play.

Hope you're enjoying your Mac odyssey !