WOW ! I just managed to get my 16 year old Canon A3 format B/W ( LBP-1610 ) laser printer ( non postscript ) printing in the last High Sierra Beta 17A360a.
I bought this printer in Feb. 2001 in Japan ( I live in Japan ) it has been a real workhorse for my English school here.
Canon sells replacement cartridges for ¥29,490 ( US $263 ! ) . . but in the past 16 years I have only bought one one recycled cartridge for around US $50 and I get toner shipped from the US which comes with a handy tool to burn a hole in the cartridge to add toner - the toner package comes with a nice plug for the hole too.
The first time I ever used this printer was in Mac OS 9.2.2 !
In Mavericks 10.9.5 I discovered by accident and despair that an old, original Canon original driver for Leopard 10.5 allows installation in Mavericks ( and High Sierra ) and actually works perfectly without any hacking at all. Not so in any OS X release higher than Mavericks.
I scoured the internet and came up with this solution but bear in mind that you must FIRST have a printer driver that will allow you to install it in High Sierra. ( I'm using a driver designed for Leopard in High Sierra ! ).
My solution for my Laser printer
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1. DELETE the currently installed printer from System Prefs/ Printers
2. Re-install the driver but do not yet add it to your available printers list.
Disconnect the printer's USB cable.
3. Repair permissions up to OS X Mavericks ( Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra do not have “Repair Permissions “ in Disk Utility ) .
4. Start Terminal and enter these commands
sudo sh -c 'echo "Sandboxing Relaxed" >> /etc/cups/cups-files.conf'
and . . .
sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
5. Connect the printer and NOW “ADD” the printer to your available printers list.
Good luck.
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Obviously the solution involves changing the way OS X handles CUPS.
I haven't tried this solution in Yosemite, El Capitan or Sierra (I don't like El Capitan at all ). and I have no idea how this will work with other branded lasers or inkjet printers but it is certainly worth a try. If your printer is still working but has no updated drivers . . . save $$$$$$$ or ¥¥¥¥¥¥
I bought this printer in Feb. 2001 in Japan ( I live in Japan ) it has been a real workhorse for my English school here.
Canon sells replacement cartridges for ¥29,490 ( US $263 ! ) . . but in the past 16 years I have only bought one one recycled cartridge for around US $50 and I get toner shipped from the US which comes with a handy tool to burn a hole in the cartridge to add toner - the toner package comes with a nice plug for the hole too.
The first time I ever used this printer was in Mac OS 9.2.2 !
In Mavericks 10.9.5 I discovered by accident and despair that an old, original Canon original driver for Leopard 10.5 allows installation in Mavericks ( and High Sierra ) and actually works perfectly without any hacking at all. Not so in any OS X release higher than Mavericks.
I scoured the internet and came up with this solution but bear in mind that you must FIRST have a printer driver that will allow you to install it in High Sierra. ( I'm using a driver designed for Leopard in High Sierra ! ).
My solution for my Laser printer
============================
1. DELETE the currently installed printer from System Prefs/ Printers
2. Re-install the driver but do not yet add it to your available printers list.
Disconnect the printer's USB cable.
3. Repair permissions up to OS X Mavericks ( Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra do not have “Repair Permissions “ in Disk Utility ) .
4. Start Terminal and enter these commands
sudo sh -c 'echo "Sandboxing Relaxed" >> /etc/cups/cups-files.conf'
and . . .
sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
5. Connect the printer and NOW “ADD” the printer to your available printers list.
Good luck.
=============================
Obviously the solution involves changing the way OS X handles CUPS.
I haven't tried this solution in Yosemite, El Capitan or Sierra (I don't like El Capitan at all ). and I have no idea how this will work with other branded lasers or inkjet printers but it is certainly worth a try. If your printer is still working but has no updated drivers . . . save $$$$$$$ or ¥¥¥¥¥¥
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