Driver for SHARP MX2700N doesnt work

Question

Hi Ia have problem with this driver. My Sharp doesnt work with this driver. Only way to print from my Mac is PCL Printer, byt only black & white ;-( Ive the same problem with all mac computers. Could you help me?

Answer 1

Hi hlessig,
I am having the same problem as well and I'm on Mac OS X 10.8.3 on a 13" MBP Retina.
However, I can print to a SHARP MX-3100N printer just fine with the MacOSX10.8.x PS PPD 10.8x Driver for MX-3100N driver that I downloaded from the sharpusa.com website.
I downloaded and installed the MacOSX10.8.x PS PPD 10.8x Driver for MX-2700N driver and I am able to add the printer fine in System Preferences/Print & Scan.  I added the printer as an IP printer using the HP Jetdirect - Socket like I did for the MX-3100N.  Jobs appear to print to the printer just fine.  However, the printout I get is:
%! PS-Adobe-3.0 Query
                                    userdict(\004)cvn{(\004) print flush}put
                                                                                                  %%BeginFeatureQuery
I tried deleting and adding the printer using the IPP and LPD protocols with no change.
I was able to print black and white to the MX-2700N by downloading and installing the latest Gutenprint driver set and choosing the SHARP AR161 printer.  However, I couldn't print color which is what I really need.
I thought perhaps that the PS3 expansion kit needed to be installed on the MX-2700N.  However, the MX-3100N does not havfe the PS3 expansion kit installed and I can print B&W and color to it just fine.
It appears to be a SHARP driver issue.  My printer service company has a ticket opened with SHARP. So, we'll see what happens.