Hello everyone! Brand new mac user here and I just found out that my Canon MF5750 printer is not compatible with my new Mac. After doing some research, I read up on something called Gimp Print and Ghostscript.  Can anyone tell me if it’s even possible to get an incompatible printer to work with a Mac?  Does Gimp Print and Ghostscript make drivers for these? Thanks All!!

You’re probably hosed. This is one of those super duper double deluxe does-everything (except work with Macs) printers that does nothing real well.

Try using one of the standard Canon bubble jet drivers using OS X to see how far it will go.

Danny Boy - 01 February 2008 10:03 PM

You’re probably hosed…

What he said.

Try any Canon bubble jet driver that looks generic.

Some Linux folks decry Canon’s decision to ignore the Linux market, but the Linux desktop market is ultra small, barely half a percent based on server log data for most web sites. Mac users are much larger in number, but still some printers are not supported, particularly the all-in-one do-everything printers.

I have been going four years on an $80 Samsung laser printer (second toner cartridge, currently). Unless you absotively, posolutely need to have color, cheap laser printers about at a price-per-page that makes inkjet printers faint.

Well Gimp Print might for printing. In Leopard you have to click + button and find a compatible driver. For the scanning function something like Vuescan might help. If you don’t already have this printer then try a one that has OS X drivers.