Dell 2130cn leftover from PC life--hot to install for Mac OSX 10.6.5?

I have this Dell color laser printer. Since I switched to Mac last year I have been unable to install for Mac. Read the threads about downloading Ghostscript and Foomatic etc., but still can't INSTALL the stupid printer, much less get it to print anything.
Is there a DUMMY'S GUIDE to INSTALLING and SETTING UP this stupid printer? Else I'll just put it out on the street and hope somebody takes it away.
Thanks.

Pier Rodelon wrote:
Is the sequence important/essential?
Should I have rebooted after the uninstall?
The sequence of installing the packages makes no difference. You do not have to reboot after the installation of the printing software.
I cannot say why you were getting the error message. I would have to see the CUPS error_log. If you are indeed running 10.6.x (you are posting in the forum for 10.5.x) then the foomatic error should have caused about 50 lines of debugging information to be logged. You can see the error_log by using a browser and going to http://127.0.0.1:631/admin/log/error_log?
Please note that the error message you are getting does not mean that the drivers will not work with your printer. Usually the type of message you are getting is during processing of the print file and before it is sent to the printer.

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