10.8.3 does not support the Epson Printer Utility. Now no way to clean or align the heads on my workhorse R2400 printer?

Question

The Epson Printer Utility 4 still resides in the /HD/Library/Printers/EPSON/inkjetPrinter 2/Utility/UT4 folder but crashes the iMac when run.  I've also lost ability to use the Firewire connection like many others.  Frustrating.  Without being able to align and clean the heads on this printer, it's practically useless.  I have a couple hundred wedding photos to print.  What do I do now?  Rhetorical question ....

Answer 1

Customers have moved to the Mac platform because they "believed" it's better than Windows. I moved there for this same reason more than five years ago.  Prior to Mountain Lion, I agree MacOS was stable and I could download every update that "pops up as available" in "There's a new update for MacOS" and I would download it without checking the particulars of what was updated.  I trust them, it's Apple.  Everyone would likely chose the same option.
How many times do you, or anyone else, read all the detail about what gets changed when you download this update and mentally make a decison rather or not to download it?   Most people have no clue what this update changes, like me, and are going to download it because I trust "it" because it came from Apple. I don't want to find out later, and I may not notice this problem until a long time later, that something that used to work doesn't work now.  Is that my shortcoming or is it Apple's problem?
So what should customers do?  After every update, check to make sure that everything works that used to work?  Impracticle.  I have dozens of apps on my Mac. After every update am I supposed to check that eah one still works?
I won't go back and install a previous version from the TM and rebuild my Mac.  If Apple dosn't like previously intalled software, like the drivers for my Epson printer, they need to tell me upfront IN BIG BOLD LETTERS without me having to read all the fine print.  They also need to tell me that because THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH MY EPSON PRINTER any longer and I shouldn't download this update and any further updates for MacOS into the future because they have coersed Epson into only allowing Apple to update the drivers for this printer.  What am I supposed to do in the future?  I'm stuck with this old version of MacOS forever?
You and I both know this won't work.  Apple has to provide support for my Epson R2400 printer and every other device that doesn't work under 10.8.3.  Otherwise they will lose in the end.  Simple as that.  They need to provide support for the devices that people use whatever they are, or suffer the consequences.
Apple's successes have made them too "cocky" lately.  Microsoft was there at one time.  Maybe Mircosoft will climb back to the mountain top and Apple won't realize it until it's too late.
Like I said in earlier posts, "Apple needs to fix this problem."  I have no loyalty to anyone except myself and family.