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Dated: July 27, 2012
Mountain Lion (Mac OS X.8) Instructions for OKI printer
drivers, related software and utilities :
Printer Drivers :
OKI Lion (Mac OS X.7) supported drivers can work with Mountain Lion
(Mac OS X.8) with workaround as follows :
After downloading the Lion (Mac OS X.7) supported OKI driver from
the Okidata website, users will face two possible restrictions under
Mountain Lion (Mac OS X.8).
Before the Lion driver can be installed and added, following two
restrictions need to be removed :
1. Mac Installer restriction (Web Downloaded Only).
2. Driver files access permissions/authentication restrictions.
These two restrictions can be handled by the following workaround.
Printer Driver Instructions:
1.
Mac Installer restriction (Web Download).
Lion (Mac OS X.7) supported installers downloaded from
the web will bring up a message under Mountain Lion (Mac
OS X.8) similar to the following :
The reason being with the default settings of OS X
Mountain Lion.Gatekeeper, a function installed in OS X
Mountain Lion for the first time, causes this message.
To avoid this message, follow the procedure as
described below:
Printer Driver Instructions (Cont’d):
Run “System Preferences” under the Application
folder:
Click “Security & Privacy”
Click “Lock” to make changes
Enter System/Admin Password
Select “Anywhere” under Allow applications
downloaded from:
Now Click “Allow From Anywhere”
Note: Default is “Mac App Store and Identified
developers”
After making the above security change, user can properly launch OS X
Lion supported installers and software.
Note: After the installation, security can be set back to default.
Printer Drivers Instructions (Cont’d):
2.
Driver files access permissions restrictions.
After the installer has finished installing, user will run “Print and Scan” to
add the printer.
The following message will pop up when user clicks the [Add]
button during adding the printer as shown below :
The printer software was installed
incorrectly.
Would you like it to be repaired ?
Press [Repair] button to repair the permissions for the driver files.
After making the above mentioned repair, Driver can now be added
under the “Print and Scan”.
Utilities Limitations and instructions:
Scanner Driver (Image Capture):
The current OS X Lion supported scanner driver (Image Capture)
does not operate under Mountain Lion. We are presently
investigating this issue in details. We will update the users as soon
as a support plan and procedure is clarified.
Please wait for our announcement regarding this issue.
Utilities Limitations and instructions (Cont’d):
Color Correct Utility and PS Gamma Adjuster Utility:
User may not be able to register an adjustment result created with the
current OS X Lion supported Color Correct Utility and PS Gamma Adjuster
utility on OS X Mountain Lion in printer driver (PPD file).
Workaround Instructions:
It is necessary to change the access privilege of the PPD file per the
Change Procedure of Access Privilege of the PPD File below to use these
utilities on OS X Mountain Lion.
Change Procedure of Access Privilege of the PPD File:
(1) Open [Library]-[Printers]-[PPDs]-[Contents]-[Resources] by Finder to
confirm there is a PPD file of a model name in question.
(2) Launch [Application]-[Utility]-[Terminal].
(3) Enter the commands below on the Terminal and select a correct file by
Finder to drag to the Terminal. A file path is copied.
(4) Press the Return key to run the commands.
Utilities Limitations and instructions (Cont’d):
Workaround Instructions (Cont’d):
For EFI (Fiery) base OKI models i.e. C930, CX3641 MFP,
C9850, C9800, ES3640e MFP, ES3641e MFP GA :
OS X Mountain Lion does not support printing via USB.
Please use it via Network connection.
Fiery Applications:
As per EFI, Customers can use the current versions of the Fiery Extended
Applications Package Release 3e with OS X Mountain Lion. The package is
available for download at efi.com/cws5 and includes:
• Command WorkStation® 5.3.1
• Hot Folders 3.3.1
• Color Profiler Suite 3.0.1
• Fiery Remote Scan 5.7
The Fiery Extended Applications Package Release 3e requires installation
with Apple’s Gatekeeper security feature disabled. After installation of this
package, the Fiery software can be run with the Gatekeeper security feature
enabled.
Please Note: EFI is planning to release an updated version of the Fiery
Extended Applications Package this fall which will include an installer that is
fully compatible with Apple’s Gatekeeper security feature.
Please Note:
OKI is planning to release an updated version of the
software later this fall which will include installers, utilities and drivers
that will be fully compatible with Apple’s Gatekeeper security feature.