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Mountain Lion (Mac OS X.8) Support 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 tworestrictions 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.

Doc Ver 1.1fDated: July 27, 2012

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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:

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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 Driver Instructions (Cont’d):

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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 :

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”.

The printer software was installed incorrectly.

Would you like it to be repaired ?

Printer Drivers Instructions (Cont’d):

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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:

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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):

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Workaround Instructions (Cont’d):

Utilities Limitations and instructions (Cont’d):

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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 OR

http://inform.efi.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=b72686ad0a2867faeehttp://w3.efi.com/en/Fiery/Products/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.

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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.


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