Macintosh How To » printing http://macintoshhowto.com ...the art of macintosh maintenance... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to install an Imagerunner printer in Snow Leopard http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-print-to-an-image-runner-printer-from-snow-leopard.html http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-print-to-an-image-runner-printer-from-snow-leopard.html#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:48:36 +0000 admin http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=664

Image Runner on 10.6
Canon have finally released drives for Snow Leopard for their Image runner printers!!!
For some reason they are not available on the Australian Canon site, but you can download them from here. The file is called CanonPPD_v2.80.zip and it contains the drivers for all the Image Runner printers. Read on for how to install.

1. Run the program called PPD installer in the MACOSX folder.

2. Go to System Preferences, Printers & Fax, and click the little + button on the bottom left to add a printer.

3. Select IP Printer, LPD, then type in the IP address of your printer. Then select “Select Printer Software” as follows:
Install Image Runner in Snow Leopard

4. Select your printer form the list, click OK.
Screen shot 2009-11-03 at 11.44.14 AM

It works. In fact it’s simpler to setup than it was in Leopard which is nice. Thankyou Canon.



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This hint is not strictly Macintosh, but it’s so good I have to write it up. Did you know you can get what they call a Continuous inking system (CIS) for most big name inkjet printers? It continually feeds the ink into the printer so you don’t have to change the cartridges! You can see the big containers of ink in the photo above – they sit next to the printer.

Here is a picture of the inkjet cartridges which replace the old inkjet cartridges. These new ones have little tubes running from the ink tans into them to deliver the ink.

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I purchased mine from RIHAC in Melbourne, Australia. They have a good unit, with good instructions as well as good phone support, the sell the CIS system for about $150 and it comes with I think it was 100ml of ink per color. Installing the CIS system is about the same complexity as changing a pushbike tyre, or sewing a button on a shirt. If you can follow instructions, you should be able to install it OK. Mine’s been going about a month with no problems at all.



Share]]> http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-make-your-printer-run-cheaply.html/feed 0 How to print a booklet. http://macintoshhowto.com/pages-and-publishing/how-to-print-a-booklet.html http://macintoshhowto.com/pages-and-publishing/how-to-print-a-booklet.html#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:52:21 +0000 admin http://macintoshhowto.com/software/how-to-print-a-booklet.html This nifty application gives you a little option in your print menu called ‘Make a Booklet’.

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This produces a neat little A5 booklet from 4 A4 pages or it can even do an A6 booklet as follows:

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You can download this neat little application from here.



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