Re: Drivers for Sharp BP20M31

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On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 04:24:17PM +0300, Efe Edizer via Gimp-print-devel w=
rote:
> I am in desperate need for a working Mac driver for my Sharp printer=20
> as the manufacturer supplied ones do not work (installs, print job=20
> disappears without error) and they likely are trying to exort money=20
> from me to buy a PS license.

Postscript would alleviate all need for a manufacturer driver, as you=20
can then use the Sharp-supplied PPD directly with CUPS.

That said, the printer does claim support for PCL6 as well, so you=20
should be able to just use a generic PCL6 driver that supports=20
large-format prints (ie 11x17"), such as Gutenprint's "Generic PCL 6 LF=20
Printer wide margin".  That should get you the abilit to at least print=20
properly, but anything unique to your model (eg additional input bin=20
selection, and whatever else it does) probably won't work.

> Could you please help me with this issue?

Gutenprint's PCL driver hasn't seen any meaningful work since 2018. =20
What exists today is likely all there ever will be.

But perhaps more importantly, for years now, we haven't had anyone with=20
the technical _ability_ (much less the necessary skills) to produce a=20
native MacOS package, much less one that runs properly on post-10.14=20
Macs.

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy			      pizza at shaftnet dot org (email&xmpp)
                                      @pizza:shaftnet dot org   (matrix)
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