Go to 'system preferences', 'print and fax', click on your printer,
click 'Options & Supplies', click 'Driver', click 'select printer
software', and finally select 'Sony DPP-EX5 - Gutenprint v5.2.3'.
To get software for printers that were not installed during the Mac OS X installation process, choose Software Update from the Apple
menu, allow it to complete the process of "Checking for new software,"
and then connect your printer or add it using the Print & Fax pane
of System Preferences. If software for your printer is available
through Software Update, you will see a prompt asking if you would like
to download and install this software. If you do not have access to the
internet, you can insert the Mac OS X Install DVD and use Optional
Installs to install the printer software available from the DVD.
Printer compatibility drivers (CUPS, Gutenprint)
Some of the included drivers were developed through the Gutenprint
and CUPS open source projects. You can identify these drivers by looking
for "Gutenprint" or "CUPS Sample Driver" next to the model name. You
might use one of these drivers if no Snow Leopard-ready driver is
available from a printer's manufacturer. Please note that these
compatibility drivers may not support all features of your printer, and
the printer's manufacturer does not provide support for using these
drivers.
If all else fails, you may want to contact Sony for a driver disc replacement:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=CONTACT
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I have a terrific Sony dpp fp55 dye sublimation printer
that worked great until Sony decided not
to update the drivers for Windows 7. This is the second time I have had a Sony
product, the last was a laptop Vaio, and Sony stopped keeping up with drivers
for new operating systems.
I did make a work around. First I hammered the VAIO until it was flat and the
disk drive could not be used to gather any information. With the sony dpp fp55,
I did better. I used my desktop computer with Windows 7 professional to pass
all the photos that I wanted to print to a memory card on my Toshiba laptop.
That was easy. Then I moved the card to my sony dpp fp55 printer and printed my
photos from the memory card. Works fine. Not a big convenience. I also decided
to take that hammer to my thumb if I ever bought another Sony product with
their Sony Corporation plan of obsolescence, by not keeping up with drivers for
their products. I know they have the
ability but when you call, they just offer you a new printer. No way, baby.
I don't like their business philosophy or their hand in my pocket.
Len.
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