Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Peter Crowder

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Hi,

I've been trying for the past three hours to get this printer working under OS X!

It's shared from a Windows XP PC. I can see it in Print and Fax, I can add it alright and I've installed the latest drivers from the Epson site (which also installed the EPSON Print utility). However whenever I try and print, the utility opens but the print job is always 'stopped'. I've tried with the Generic PostScript driver but the most I get is pages and pages of code, whatever I try and print.

I've gone as far as deleting everything EPSON, restarting, reinstalling the drivers and trying again (this includes things from the /Library/Printers folder, if it makes any difference) but it still doesn't work.

Ideas and input would really be appreciated; I'm at my wit's end!
 
Apologies for double posting, but I've got a solution, albeit a bit MacGyvered.

I'm using the Gutenberg drivers which came with OS X for the Epson Stylus DX4800. Printing occurs without any problems, so need I be bothered about using another printer's drivers or not?

Thanks!
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.