larger, but off-brand printer manufactures like Samsung do not make a driver for MAC os10.x systems. if you use a generic driver (postscript of IPP) it will just print blank pages.
HP does make MAC drivers, but they often fail. the linux Debian driver (dpkg) installed will trick the system into seeing the MAC driver, install the mac driver first, then the debian. then from printer settings (super button - system settings - printers and faxes) you can then search for the printer and it will automatically assign the driver.
Speaking of printers!!
if you have an HP printer, your aware of the annoying little pop-up every time you print, that blocks the bottom rights side of the screen....well, guess what, i have a little help for you:
when th pop-up comes up, click settings on the bottom of the window.
uncheck the option to show printer warnings and information.
if that does not work, do the following (this has to be done to each indavidual machine):
Click the "Start" menu and open the Control Panel.
Double click the "Printers and Faxes" icon (in Windows XP) or the "Printers" icon (in Windows Vista or later).
Press the "Alt" key on your keyboard to display the menu bar (Windows Vista users only).
Click the "File" menu and choose the "Server Properties" option.
Open the "Advanced" tab.
Uncheck the box labeled "Notify when remote documents are printed."
Uncheck the box labeled "Show informational notifications for local printers."
Click "OK."
the final solution is to go the properties of the printer (right click the printer, and go to Printer Properties"
then when that window comes up, select the tab "Device Settings"
in that window, there is an option "show printer status" change that to "Disabled"
click "OK" and all is well.
OK that's it for today.
