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Jan 14, 2010 8:37 AM
I just purchased a ricoh copier printer c2050 and cannot get it to print from my computer. I went to ricoh download page and downloaded driver. But printer does not show on mac. Printer shows being commented to computer.

What do I need to do?
DUAL 1.42GHz POWER MAC, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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Re: Problem with Ricoh MP C2050 Printer
Jan 14, 2010 2:10 PM (in response to Charles Joiner)
Look for another topic here with reply from Matt Broughton.
A lot of the high-end Ricoh printers have postscript as an option - but the driver available from Ricoh for Macs ASSUMES you have the option installed. The good news is we don't really need the option. Install ghostscript and foomatic from:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org...inting/macosx/foomat ic

and pxlmono-ricoh from:
http://www.openprinting.org/sh...driver=pxlmono-Ricoh

Your exact model isn't listed - hope the 2051 choice works.
G4-867-DP
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Re: Problem with Ricoh MP C2050 Printer
Jan 14, 2010 4:05 PM (in response to Charles Joiner)
If your printer does not have the PostScript option installed, then you will need to use the "pxlmono" driver. Everything you need to print is available from _http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/pxlmon o_. A driver for your C2050 is included in that package.

Your printer is not listed in the link Greg cited as you have a color printer http://www.openprinting.org/sh...river=pxlcolor-Ricoh


Mac Mini G4 and Intel C2D; B&W G3
Original Post
There are some workarounds to printing without the PostScript option from Mac OS. However, like most workarounds they have limitations. It is frustrating that you can buy a printer for a few hundred dollars and print from Mac but a $5k+ MFP requires an additional $700 -$1000 investment.

Does anyone know if you have a Mac with OS X Lion or Mountain Lion (which has AirPrint built in) if you can print without the PostScript option?

I've recently had a lot of iOS (iPad and iPhone) customers wanting to print. The newest hardware comes with AirPrint and may just need a firmware update. For product that don't have this capability I install a Lantronix AirPrint server...sometimes I have to use a different driver than the OEM driver and that can be a crap shoot.

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