1. For Macintosh

Manually Adding a Printer

If you cannot find the RasterLink PC in the browser list, perform manual installation according to the following procedures.

  1. In the toolbar of the [Add Printer] window, select the [Details icon] or [] icon (advanced settings).
  • If there is no [Details icon] icon (advanced settings) in the toolbar, add one according to the following procedures.
  1. Press and hold the [Control] key while clicking on the toolbar, and then select [Customize tool bar] from the displayed pop-up menu.
    Add Printer screen with pop-up menu
  1. Drag the [Details icon] or [] icon (advanced settings) to the toolbar.
  1. Click [Done].
    Drag the detail icon to the tool bar
  1. In [Type], select [Windows printer via spoolss].
Add Printer screen with two menus
  1. Input the following address for the [URL] and the printer name displayed on the Mac OC for the [Name].
  • "Host name/Shared printer of smb://RasterLink7 name
    or
Add Printer screen
  1. Select [Other] for [Use].
Add screen with "Other" selected from the driver menu
  1. In the mounted PPD7 folder, select "MKR71001.gz", and then click [Open].
Image in the mounted PPD folder
  1. Check that [MimakiInkjetPrinter(for macOS)] is displayed, and then click [Add].
Add Printer screen showing MimakiInkjetPrinter (for macOS) in the driver section
  • The added printer is displayed in the list.
Print and Scanner screen showing the selected printer