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Zebra Eltron LP 2844 printer: will it run on a Mac? - tuqqer - 05-08-2008
I need to get a second Endicia postage account for our office and I want to get a second Zebra printer for it.
Does anyone have any knowledge on the Zebra Eltron LP 2844 version of their printers, like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Zebra-Eltron-2844-Thermal-Label-Barcode-Printer-Nice_W0QQitemZ170215671230QQihZ007QQcategoryZ178QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
My only question is if it will work on a Mac.
Re: Zebra Eltron LP 2844 printer: will it run on a Mac? - Buzz - 05-08-2008
gotten them to work before, but I have a buddy that hacked the driver to get the margins to play nice on a mac. after that, no probs whatsoever. IIRC, one of the settings had to reduced smaller than "allowable", and another one had to be set negative (left and top?), and some sort of checksum-like thingy had to be set to ignore the otherwise out of range values to allow it to print, but after that, pure happiness w/ the printer. but try Zebra, they may solved the issue on their own already.
Re: Zebra Eltron LP 2844 printer: will it run on a Mac? - jesse - 05-08-2008
We have a Zebra TLP 3844-z and use this print driver with it:
http://www.peninsula-group.com/driver/
Without it, I don't believe you can print from a Mac.
Re: Zebra Eltron LP 2844 printer: will it run on a Mac? - tuqqer - 05-08-2008
Got an update from Endicia: Endicia themselves build drivers for all of the Zebra line. They obviously only work with their postage program, but it makes the entire Zebra line compatible with Macs. Very cool. I'm switching from Hasler to Endicia once we run out of postage on their machine.