Mac OS X | Drivers | Printer | HP PSC 2200 | will not print straight black and white but there is a solution

HP PSC 2200

drivers for the all-in-one series

Version: 7.9

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will not print straight black and white but there is a solution

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Contributed by: decadence Tuesday, January 23 2007 @ 08:02 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

Recommend Product: YES

I bought the HP C3180 as a backup printer (ink cartridges are too expensive to use as a primary printer) and to have scanning and copy handy in a pinch. Very nice looking printer. Very Apple white look.

Alas, I couldn't print black and white documents after installing the behemoth drivers (54 MB) and software package.

But there is a solution:

HPIJS for Mac OS X:

A major advantage of using this driver over those supplied by HP is the direct interface between HPIJS and the native CUPS spooler, which allows printing from any printer over any available connection such as USB, AppleTalk, TCP/IP (via LPD and IPP), HP JetDirect, and shared windows printers via SAMBA. Additionally, this driver utilizes the existing Mac OS X USB "backend" and thus does not install any software that might interfere with standard USB operation.

The HP PSC drivers are still useful for using the printer utility software.

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