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After more searching than I thought would be needed, I found the steps for getting my Dell 1100 laser printer to work with Mac OS X. From a thread on MacRumors.com, I followed these steps:

1) download and install both drivers on this LinuxPrinting.org page: http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/samsung-gdi/
2) setup the printer as a Samsung ML-1210

These steps worked great and I’m back in business! The Linux Foundation also has a good reference for many other printers.

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Written by Tom Markiewicz

February 20th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

Posted in Apple, Technology

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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 !

Jeremy Hart

21 Feb 07 at 5:06 pm

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

Zach Swanson

14 Apr 07 at 5:28 pm

thanks for posting. google brought me right to you!

Zach

28 Jul 07 at 2:16 pm

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

kdog

1 Sep 07 at 3:46 pm

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

Joe

23 Oct 07 at 1:07 pm

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!

eric

17 Dec 07 at 10:06 pm

@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.

Tom Markiewicz

29 Dec 07 at 9:44 am

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

Andrew Rich

19 Jul 08 at 12:39 am

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!

Sarah

19 Aug 08 at 11:31 am

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

Kage

7 Sep 08 at 3:43 am

@Sarah, @Kage you’re very welcome!

Tom Markiewicz

11 Sep 08 at 12:22 pm

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