Dell 966 Printer with MacBook

Trying to get my printer to work on my new MacBook and I don't have the CD anymore. I went to Dell's website and could only find drivers for Windows..

Is there anywhere that would have Mac drivers, or is there anyway to download a mac app that can open .EXE files?

Thanks,

Hunter

 

? noone knows?

 

Did you try and go into Utilities and choose printer setup and try to add a printer? OS X comes with Gimp print drivers. Dell may be on the list.

 

Ya I checked and no luck. Thanks anyways though..

 

Unfortunately, I don't think any newer Dell printers have OS X drivers. I have a 3100cn color laser and was very disappointed to find out it isn't supported either. Very frustrating.

 

Any luck? I am in the exact same boat. Have you found anything to help install the Dell 966?

 

OK guys, here it is...

These are the steps I took and am now wirelessly printing from my MACBOOK on the Dell 966 All-in-one

1. You need a windows machine to initially set this up.
2. Turn the printer on and manually set the Network Settings from the Setup menu on the LED to what you want the printer to be. I recommend not using DHCP. I pick the >= 200 range for devices such as this, EX:
Enable DHCP: No
IP:192.168.1.200
MASK:255.255.255.0
GATEWAY:192.168.1.1
NOTE:It will not let you set up the SSID here. I do not use security, but just don't broadcast my SSID.

3. Connect the USB to the windows machine and run the setup disc for the Dell as a Network install.
Select the USB device when searched, then choose to configure the internal network adapter. (This actually configures the printer's adapter)
It will ask you if you want to run the printer on USB or Wireless, choose whatever you want for the windows machine.
The SSID and security are set in these steps!

ON THE MAC
4. Go to Lexmark and download the LPD 9300 Series Driver:
http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-pe...&fileID=15502&searchLang=en&os_group=Mac OS X

5. Open this dmg and run the installer. It will not find your printer, so choose to install a remote printer and search for 192.168.1.200 (in our example).

6. It will show a Dell AIO 966, select it and continue.

I tried this with several web installers from Lexmark, but this one finally worked only after this process.

I am going to connect my MACBOOK PRO now, I was just excited to get the news out.

Good Luck
-Bob

 

I can't get it to work. I've tried everything. I can see it on my printer and fax but when I try to print to it it tells me it's not there......


I'm going crazy@!!!