# Using a Dell B1160W Printer on a Modern Apple Silicon Mac

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**Created:** [October 29, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://demodisc.zone/t/using-a-dell-b1160w-printer-on-a-modern-apple-silicon-mac/163 "2024-10-29T14:19:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://demodisc.zone/t/using-a-dell-b1160w-printer-on-a-modern-apple-silicon-mac/163/1 "2024-10-29T14:19:06Z")

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Documenting here because this was a fucking nightmare.  
I have an older Dell B1160W Laser printer that I picked up cheap back when I worked at Staples. It’s 10 years old. I want to use it for some mixed media fuckery and found a place for it in my studio, hooked it up to my Mac, only to discover it wouldn’t find any driver for it.  
I tried using the [official drivers](https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/dell-b1160w/drivers), but the last update there was 2017, way before the Apple Silicon switch (and likely even before the forced 64-bit switch). So it just wouldn’t install at all.  
I found a forum post recommending a Samsung M2525 driver as a replacement, but same story - 2017 driver, won’t install. I tried just supplementing my existing HP LaserJet driver thinking generic printing functionality would still work - but the print queue would think it printed, but nothing actually happened.  
Finally, I landed on this [**beautiful GitHub Repo from 2021**](https://github.com/marmik18/Dell-B1160w-macOS) providing a modern-enough driver designed for Mac OS Catalina. Hurray! I copied the files to /Library/Printers as instructed.  
However, Mac OS security got in the way. Every time I tried to print, every part of the driver was rejected.

 ![Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 10.06.56 AM](https://demodisc.zone/uploads/default/original/1X/d4ebbb2b9b5d580d017aaf392c2048efbc046038.png)  
Thankfully, the fix was (mostly) painless. Go to System Settings - Privacy & Security. Then when you prompt the print, the most recently-rejected app will show near here:  
 ![Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 10.17.54 AM](https://demodisc.zone/uploads/default/original/1X/f5c6f82e3ed5eba284be8ed5b37fb0fcc8463a0f.jpeg)  
and you can choose to Allow, put in your password. You’ll have to do this a few times to catch all the different driver modules (I had 3). Huzzah! The printer works! It seems that despite giving this approval, I still have to manually approve the prompt every time I print via a pop-up security window where I click “Open”. Annoying, but at least I can use the printer now!  
Hope this helps someone, somewhere.