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I am helping a client setup his new Mac mini, upgrading from an old Dell tower. The one thing we didn't think about in this transition was printer support. He currently has a Sharp AL-1641CS (combo copier/scanner/usb printer), which is not officially supported under Mac OS X.
I have searched for gimpprint/CUPS support, etc. with no success. All we are looking for here is basic printer functionality as he can use as a standalone copier...scanner function not needed.
At this point I don't know what to do and am looking for similar experiences or other solutions.
In theory I've thought something up that could work so please give feedback if anyone has tried something similar:
* Wireless USB print server to connect the printer via a windows machine on the network. This way the windows machine has the proper drivers to print directly to the Sharp.
* Share the Sharp printer via the windows machine to other computers on the LAN.
* With printer now shared, use Mac OS X client to connect thru the windows machine to the printer. In other words, send all print requests thru the windows machine to the unsupported Sharp printer. Keep in mind, no drivers for the Sharp under Mac OS X...so this would have to work without any drivers on the Mac.
Does this sound do-able? Any known problems I should be aware of before we put the money down on a print server? Should I check with Sharp first to make sure this printer would work via print server?
Thanks in advance for your expertise!
Nathan
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