Dell Printer Software
Dell Printer Software
Short version of a long story:
My wife and I just got a Dell V313w. It's a great printer, we love it. We just can't use it.
We're a Mac family and it seems this printer requires it's Window's based software to fully enable it's capability (scanning and sending over WiFi for example).
Mac OS X will not print to it directly over any connection methods (USB, WiFi, SMB Share) due to lack of appropriate driver.
I could run Dell's proprietary software in a virtual machine but I would rather not use up that much memory just to print. And Bootcamping it would be silly.
Finally we get down to the question: What are the chances of getting Dell's software running on Snow Leopard using Wine? When I attempt the install, it says the Windows Spooler Service is not running.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
My wife and I just got a Dell V313w. It's a great printer, we love it. We just can't use it.
We're a Mac family and it seems this printer requires it's Window's based software to fully enable it's capability (scanning and sending over WiFi for example).
Mac OS X will not print to it directly over any connection methods (USB, WiFi, SMB Share) due to lack of appropriate driver.
I could run Dell's proprietary software in a virtual machine but I would rather not use up that much memory just to print. And Bootcamping it would be silly.
Finally we get down to the question: What are the chances of getting Dell's software running on Snow Leopard using Wine? When I attempt the install, it says the Windows Spooler Service is not running.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Dell Printer Software
On 16 February 2010 22:20, ajbarnes <[email protected]> wrote:
run fine in 128MB.
(which Mac OS X and Linux use, and Apple actually develops now).
But it appears you're talking about a userland program, i.e. what Wine
appears to run. So there may be hope! Even if I don't know what it is.
- d.
TinyXP is actually surprisingly small and, for a single program, wouldMy wife and I just got a Dell V313w. It's a great printer, we love it. We just can't use it.
We're a Mac family and it seems this printer requires it's Window's based software to fully enable it's capability (scanning and sending over WiFi for example).
Mac OS X will not print to it directly over any connection methods (USB, WiFi, SMB Share) due to lack of appropriate driver.
I could run Dell's proprietary software in a virtual machine but I would rather not use up that much memory just to print. And Bootcamping it would be silly.
run fine in 128MB.
If it's a printer *driver* you haven't a hope and should rely on CUPSFinally we get down to the question: What are the chances of getting Dell's software running on Snow Leopard using Wine? When I attempt the install, it says the Windows Spooler Service is not running.
(which Mac OS X and Linux use, and Apple actually develops now).
But it appears you're talking about a userland program, i.e. what Wine
appears to run. So there may be hope! Even if I don't know what it is.
- d.
Re: Dell Printer Software
Interesting thoughts David, thanks for your reply.David Gerard wrote: TinyXP is actually surprisingly small and, for a single program, would
run fine in 128MB.
If it's a printer *driver* you haven't a hope and should rely on CUPS
(which Mac OS X and Linux use, and Apple actually develops now).
But it appears you're talking about a userland program, i.e. what Wine
appears to run. So there may be hope! Even if I don't know what it is.
- d.
The driver is included with Dell's software suite that makes all the bells and whistles work. I really would like the feature of scanning an image, and it send via WiFi over my network.
When I try installing the Dell printing software using WineBottler on Snow Leopard, the setup starts and says:
"The Windows Spooler Service cannot be started. Installation of your printer cannot continue until you correct this problem."
Dell Printer Software
On 16 February 2010 22:47, ajbarnes <[email protected]> wrote:
http://wiki.winehq.org/Printing
This includes no plans to implement the Windows Spooler Service, as
CUPS does spooling just fine.
OTOH, you have a real-life application that claims to need it ... I'd
suggest filing a Wine bug! (Is the Dell software downloadable for devs
to test with?)
- d.
This is a page of developer notes from 2008 on printing in Wine:The driver is included with Dell's software suite that makes all the bells and whistles work. I really would like the feature of scanning an image, and it send via WiFi over my network.
When I try installing the Dell printing software using WineBottler on Snow Leopard, the setup starts and says:
"The Windows Spooler Service cannot be started. Installation of your printer cannot continue until you correct this problem."
http://wiki.winehq.org/Printing
This includes no plans to implement the Windows Spooler Service, as
CUPS does spooling just fine.
OTOH, you have a real-life application that claims to need it ... I'd
suggest filing a Wine bug! (Is the Dell software downloadable for devs
to test with?)
- d.
Dell Printer Software
On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 16:20 -0600, ajbarnes wrote:
CUPS it seems to be worth following up on. I'm a Linux person, not an
OS-X person so can't say more. See:
http://www.openprinting.org/show_printe ... Dell-V313w
Martin
It's at least partially CUPS-supported. As OS X apparently also usesShort version of a long story:
My wife and I just got a Dell V313w. It's a great printer, we love it. We just can't use it.
CUPS it seems to be worth following up on. I'm a Linux person, not an
OS-X person so can't say more. See:
http://www.openprinting.org/show_printe ... Dell-V313w
Martin
Not sure if this will work... VMs usually rely on the host operating system to access the hardware, especially since you need the extra rights and all... But I may be wrong.ajbarnes wrote:I'm installing the additional printer support from my OS X DVD that came with my Mac Mini.
If this does not include a driver that works, I may consider running XP in a virtual machine and just being done with it.
Re: Dell Printer Software
If that doesn't work...I'm installing the additional printer support from my OS X DVD that came with my Mac Mini.
Dell has Linux drivers for this printer on its website--there are binary packages for Ubuntu and openSUSE.
Now, my understanding (admittedly limited) is that all CUPS needs is a ppd file for the printer, and ppd files are platform-independent. If you can extract the ppd file from one of the Linux binaries, you might be able to install it in CUPS on a Mac.
Dell Printer Software
"dimesio" <[email protected]> wrote:
but others usually need something more -- sometimes a _lot_ more.
A ppd file may be all that CUPS needs to support a PostScript printer,...
Now, my understanding (admittedly limited) is that all CUPS needs is
a ppd file for the printer, and ppd files are platform-independent.
but others usually need something more -- sometimes a _lot_ more.
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