Brother MFC-J430w – A Budget-Friendly Printer for the Mac

by Tom Nelson For years, Apple provided a credit of up to $99 when you purchased a qualifying Mac and printer at the same time. The days of buying a Mac and getting a free printer are over, which means if you’re looking for an inexpensive printer, you’ll need to do some comparison shopping, to [...]

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Windows 7 and OS X – A Guide to File and Printer Sharing With Windows 7 and OS X

by Tom Nelson I’ve gotten quite a few questions recently about getting a Mac and a Windows 7-based PC working together on a small business or home network. Usually, I answer the question by pointing the individual to one of the network sharing guides for Windows 7 and OS X that are available here at [...]

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Snow Leopard Printer Drivers Make a Surprise Appearance

by Tom Nelson A funny thing happened on my Mac today: I noticed printer driver updates available in Apple’s Software Update system. What’s funny about that? Well, it’s the first time I’ve seen Apple make printer driver updates available via Software Update. Snow Leopard was supposed to bring third-party updating capabilities to the Mac, starting [...]

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Apple and HP Release New Printer Drivers

by Tom Nelson Apple has posted new HP printer drivers for use with OS X 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard). The update includes new versions of drivers for a wide range of HP printers and scanners (multi-function devices). Read more on About: Macs.

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Apple Releases New HP Printer Drivers

by Tom Nelson Apple has released a collection of HP printer drivers for OS X 10.6.1. Apple didn’t provide any information about what, if anything, has changed in the new HP drivers, but an incompatibility with some HP printers was a sore point for some Mac users upgrading to Snow Leopard. Read more on About: [...]

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HP Will Provide Real-Time Support for Customers Upgrading to Snow Leopard

by Tom Nelson Last Saturday, I posted about upgrading my Mac Pro to Snow Leopard, and the minor problem I had with an HP 5000n printer not showing up after the upgrade. I noted that I was able to correct the problem by making a simple change to the printing protocol I was using. Since then, [...]

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First Day With Snow Leopard: Getting the Printer Working

by Tom Nelson I installed Snow Leopard yesterday, on the day of its release, and wrote an installation guide to help anyone else who is in a hurry to play with the latest OS from Apple. Today I spent my time getting things working the way I want them to. First up: getting my network laser printer [...]

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