AppleTalk, a long-lived protocol for printing and file sharing, saw it’s final iteration in Leopard, and is now completely gone in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. For other manufacturers, you can keep checking for updates in the first link above, and the respective manufacturer’s website.Ī big change in Snow Leopard is the discontinuation of AppleTalk support. Now instead of getting individual updates for each device from manufacturers’ websites, printer driver updates come directly through Apple’s Software Update mechanism. Check your device against Apple’s list to see whether it is compatible for printing and/or scanning in Snow Leopard.Īpple’s knowledge base also has an entry called Mac 101 – Printing that details the exactly how to set up your printer.Īpple is also providing driver updates through Apple Software update for devices from Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, and Lexmark (and possibly others in the future). Here is some useful information if you are about to make this upgrade.Īpple has bundled printer drivers with recent versions of Mac OS X and has taken things a step further in Snow Leopard, currently including software drivers for multifunction devices from Apple, Brother, Canon, Epson, Fuji-Xerox, Gestentner, HP, Infotec, Lanier, Lexmark, NRG, Ricoh, Samsung, Savin, Tektronix, Xerox, as well as selected drivers for some other manufacturers. However, changes to the Print and Scan architecture will affect users of older printers, scanners, and all-in-one units. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard brings a multitude of under-the-hood improvements, most of which are invisible to the normal user. Reprinted here because it’s very useful for Mac users in general. Note: this article originally ran in Small Dog’s Tech Tails newsletter.

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