I am honestly not sure if the problem is with the OS or with the printer. I can use this printer with a windows machine without any trouble. However, when I try to use it with my Mac, is just complains that I don't have any color ink…which is true. I only have black ink in the printer. I just want to be able to print and cannot seem to tell the printer to just use the black ink and ignore the fact that no color ink is available.
MacOS – Trying to use a Canon MP210 printer with OS X running 10.8.2
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Have you installed the latest Mountain Lion ready drivers for the unit?
When you are adding the printer, what options are you using to choose the drivers?
If you choose "Auto Select" from the "Use" drop down that may be your issue.
If you choose "Select Printer Software" does the Canon software show?
Ricoh has a page that links to general printer drivers:
http://ricoh-usa.com/downloads/downloads.aspx?utm_id=18&d=ds
That has a link at the bottom to show that they bundle the PPD and Apple provides the actual drivers to end users.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Ricoh_Printer_Drivers_for_Mac_OS_X_v10_6
Assuming you didn't get prompted to download the drivers when you added the printer using the System Preferences, you can manually download the driver and try configuring the printer again after deleting the faulty definition from your Mac. Unfortunately, the SP 1200 isn't listed as an explicitly supported printer, so hopefully the official drivers still work. If not, you might need a print server to translate or modify the official drivers.
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Best Answer
Go to System Preferences/Print & Scan and click on Open Print Queue. This will open a window that includes Settings, both under the Printer menu of this app (which in my case is named Epson320) and in the toolbar (customize toolbar, if not.)
Another way to access this window is to go to ~/Library/Printers and double click on the printer icon you will find there, which is actually an app. Or if your printer is in the dock (and this icon can be dragged to the dock, like any application) Settings will be in the dock menu.
In Settings, at least with my printer and I suspect yours as well, under the Driver tab, there is an option "Permit Temporary Black Printing."
See if that doesn't do it.