I've installed a trial version of PrintFab 2 on my old G4 PowerBook running OS X Tiger 10.4.11 to see if I can print to an EPSON XP-442 network printer, for which there are no native PPC Tiger drivers but which is supposed to be supported by PrintFab.
As it's a network printer I'm installing through the Printer Setup Utility and, looking at the PrintFab User Guide, I was expecting to see a load of new 'PrintFab' drivers appear in the driver list but they're not there! NO extra drivers appear to have been installed for any type of printer so I don't see any point in having PrintFab installed. I've tried reinstalling with no success. Am I missing something obvious?
No PrintFab drivers available in Printer Setup Utility
Re: No PrintFab drivers available in Printer Setup Utility
Hello,
I just checked PrintFab network printer installation on OS X 10.4 and can confirm this - the PrintFab drivers are not visible in "Printer Setup Utility".
After installation of PrintFab, the PPD files for printfab printer drivers (filenames starting with "pf_") should be visible in the directory
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources
OS X 10.4 expects the PPD files in the sudirectory
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj
You can move the required PPD files to this subdirectory using the Finder - then you will be able to install your network printer with Printer Setup Utility:
Print Using: EPSON PrintFab
Model: Epson_XP440series PrintFab
I just checked PrintFab network printer installation on OS X 10.4 and can confirm this - the PrintFab drivers are not visible in "Printer Setup Utility".
After installation of PrintFab, the PPD files for printfab printer drivers (filenames starting with "pf_") should be visible in the directory
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources
OS X 10.4 expects the PPD files in the sudirectory
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj
You can move the required PPD files to this subdirectory using the Finder - then you will be able to install your network printer with Printer Setup Utility:
Print Using: EPSON PrintFab
Model: Epson_XP440series PrintFab