Hi there, i have purchased a new MacBook laptop and notice that it does not have a printer driver for for my Lexmark X4270. I have also gone to the Lexmark Web Site and there is also no driver for mac on their site. Can you offer a solution please ? Many thanks from Mark
Hi,
You CAN you your X4270 with your mac, its just a bit of work.
You may need to download the gutenprint/gimp drivers and install them. Which you can find at this link: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gimp-print/gutenprint-5.2.4-rc1.dmg?use_mirror=superb-west
Once these are installed, do the following:
Before attempting this, ensure that your X4270 is plugged into your Mac and powered on.
1: Open "System Preferences" under the Apple menu in the upper left corner.
2: Click on "Print & Fax"
3: Click the "+" to add a printer
4: "Lexmark 4200 Series" should show up under the default tad of add printer, select it by single clicking.
5: If you wish you can change the name and give a location below
6: Where it says "Print using:", select: "Select a driver to use" This will bring up a list of printers
7: Search or scroll until you find "Lexmark Z43-CUPS+GutenPrint", select this by single clicking.
8: Press the "Add" button at the bottom and you should be done, if may
ask you to step through a few more things, but it will be trivial.
Please note that this is not a perfect solution. I seem to have to
print one page at a time, which is a pain, but at least I didn't have
to buy a new printer. This could be a problem with my printer only, or
it might just be a setting that I haven't found yet, so look around see
if you can find it.
Also, you will not be able to use the scanner on your mac as far as I can tell, and I don't remember if the copy/fax works.
Good luck!
You saved my day, I have an interview tomorrow, and get stuck by this, Perfect solution! million thanks.
Sorry, but I think you may be out of luck. The MFC that you have purchased is not on the Lexmark compatability list for Mac OS. List found here:
http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentialem/home/0,6959,204816596_666691854_1177082303_en,00.html
You may have to purchase another MFC if you want to use it with your MacBook laptop. If this is the case, please check the Systems Requirements on the brochure/side of the box before purchasing.
Good luck.
Hi - I have found a site that lists Mac compatible hardware, It can be located here:
http://macsoftware.apple.com/action.lass...
Good luck.
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