Using a Sharp AR-C260M Printer/Scanner in OSX

I have frustrated for some time about using the Sharp AR-C260M we have in our office. I'm the only Mac user and can't get others on board because of troubles like this. Windows users can print in color and use advanced features like the duplexing, but because the printer does not have the expensive postscript setup (it uses PCL) I can only print in black and white using the Gutenprint Sharp drivers (either one). How do I print in color? Is there any way to use the scanner?
Thanks in advance.

Try using the Generic PCL 5c driver from the hpijs driver package. You need to install three components -- Ghostscript, Foomatic-RIP, and hpijs. They can all be found at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/hpijs
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