May 2026
My printer/router is saying its no longer supported.
I turned on the Dymo label software this AM and got the message that it would no longer be supported by newer versions of Mac software. The message came up so quickly and faded quickly so that is about all that I got out of it.
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I’ve been seeing this new message from various printer manufacturers lately. I think it’s a new strategy they’re all using to try drive new purchases. You saw this yourself a couple weeks ago with Netgear! In most cases, the print drivers each company uses typically continue to work in newer operating systems even after the company stops supporting them. Once the driver dies due to some coding change related to the OS, then there are other options. Just switching to a generic driver like CUPS or AirPrint. Then, a couple years later after even those stop working, you’d be forced to either not upgrade your computer or buy a new printer.
This message is probably being prompted due to Apple moving from their intel chips over to Silicon chips. The good news is that software that was written for intel chips will still run on Silicon through a background process Apple built in called “Rosetta 2”. They did this once before in the early 2000’s when they abandoned PowerPC chips from IBM. Thus the “2”.
As you know, I’m a big fan of “sticking it to the man” and not spending money if you don’t absolutely need to. So your print driver will very likely continue to work for the foreseeable future as Apple will continue to support Rosetta for a while.
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I’ve been seeing this new message from various printer manufacturers lately. I think it’s a new strategy they’re all using to try drive new purchases. You saw this yourself a couple weeks ago with Netgear! In most cases, the print drivers each company uses typically continue to work in newer operating systems even after the company stops supporting them. Once the driver dies due to some coding change related to the OS, then there are other options. Just switching to a generic driver like CUPS or AirPrint. Then, a couple years later after even those stop working, you’d be forced to either not upgrade your computer or buy a new printer.
This message is probably being prompted due to Apple moving from their intel chips over to Silicon chips. The good news is that software that was written for intel chips will still run on Silicon through a background process Apple built in called “Rosetta 2”. They did this once before in the early 2000’s when they abandoned PowerPC chips from IBM. Thus the “2”.
As you know, I’m a big fan of “sticking it to the man” and not spending money if you don’t absolutely need to. So your print driver will very likely continue to work for the foreseeable future as Apple will continue to support Rosetta for a while.
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