Envelopes on Epson R1800

I'm trying to figure out how to print a #10 envelope with an addressee and return address. Pretty easy, you'd figure, but the great little EasyEnvelopes widget from Ambrosia software that worked beautifully on my Canon S820D won't seem to work properly with the new Epson R1800. This may be because the Epson doesn't have a built-in #10 envelope paper size, but I can't set up a custom size to get this to work either (9.25 x 4.12 inches). It appears that the printer is trying to be smart and if paper of the right size isn't present in the tray, it will just error out and say "Media out or not loaded correctly" rather than trying to feed what's in the tray into the printer's guts.
I hope someon has solved this. I really only want a single printer to handle my everyday tasks.
This printer produces great photographic output, but otherwise I've found it to be a very unwieldy beast. (Has anyone got it to work on Firewire?)
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.5)

BTW, I tried to print the file on my husband's Intel Mac Book running 10.4.8 and InDesign CS2. His Mac connects to the printer via Airport.
Nope. So it can't be the operating system. I don't think.

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I am trying to print from iCal - using custom A4 paper sizes so that I can hole-punch the paper in an appropriate place. My problem is that when I try to print from iCal, the Page Setup is set at 'Roll Paper'. I can't change that setting and when I try to print on my Epson R1800 A4 sheet-fed paper, it keeps on coming up with paper not loaded error - I'm assuming because it's looking for Roll Paper. I'm getting so worked up about this I fear for the safety of my printer !!!
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I'm looking to buy a wireless print server, which I could use as if the printer was connected directly to my Mac. So basically, it just needs to have printing over IP port (like port 9100 on HP JetDirect) and drivers for Mac OS X (or ideally, no special drivers needed at all). Devices that do sharing of the printer only over LPD (older Unix), SMB (Windows), IPP (Cups / newer Unix) or similar protocols is not what I'm looking for here.
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Hello All,
I'm having a lot of trouble with my Epson r1800 - I've searched around the internet a bit for solutions but so far haven't come up with anything. To start, I have updated the epson drivers and also tried Gutenprint drivers.
Basically, no matter what I try (including the standard nozzle checks etc...) I always get the message 'Media not loaded correctly'. Occasionally pages will feed through the printer, but they are blank and regardless I get the media not loaded correctly message. Does anybody have a workaround or solutions for this?
Thanks!
Gavin

Try using the following directions from a message from Epson. This corrected my problems with an Epson R1800 and Leopard.
Thank you for taking the time to contact Epson. It is my pleasure to
respond to your inquiry.
If your output is faint or if the driver settings and/or features are
missing, your system may have automatically added the printer using the
Gutenprint driver. Many Epson drivers are provided with Leopard but the
driver for your printer needs to be downloaded from the Epson website.
Determine Which Driver is Currently Being Used
1. Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the Finder and open
System Preferences.
2. In the System Preferences window, click on Print & Fax.
3. In the list of printers on the left side of the Print & Fax window,
click once on your Epson printer to select it.
4. Check the name of the driver being used; it is displayed in the center
of the Print & Fax window next to “Kind”.
5. If the driver name displayed next to “Kind” is Gutenprint, the incorrect
driver is being used. Follow the steps in the next section to select the
correct driver.
Selecting the Correct Driver
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Delete the print queue and remove the printer from Print & Fax by
clicking on the minus button under the list of printers. Click OK to
confirm the removal.
3. Go to the Epson support website (www.epson.com/support).
4. Select your product model and download the driver for OS X 10.5 Leopard
operating system.
5. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions
to install the printer driver.
6. Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the Finder and open
System Preferences.

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When I just tried switching the R1800 to a USB connection and reinstalling the printer as a USB, LR got even more unhappy and crashed right when I clicked on the Print Settings button in LR.
I'd appreciate any thoughts about new things to try. Guess I can always keep exporting to CS2 and printing from there, but that shouldn't be necessary.
Thanks,

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Welcome to Apple Discussions.
“Offending Command” could be a number of different issues, i.e., font(s), LZW compression of tiff images, memory etc.
Is this a new problem, i.e., printing from the G5 to the Epson 3000 worked before?
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With Stylus RIP, are you using Classic (since the RIP is for OS 9) on the G5?
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Before I upgraded to Leopard, I was able to get very nice prints from Aperture on my Epson R1800 printer.
After I upgraded to Leopard, the prints end up very dark. A bit of additional info follows.
My monitor is correctly calibrated.
I installed new drivers from Epson's website (v6.12), and I verified I'm using those, and not Apple's Gutenprint drivers.
In the print settings I turn color management off, and than select correct ICC profile in the Aperture that matches paper and quality settings. For example, for printing on Epson Premium Glossy paper with PhotoRPM settings, I select "SPR1800 PrmGlsy PhotoRPM.icc" profile. Hit print, and after a bit of time the print comes out of the printer very dark. This sounds like ICC profile got dropped someplace along the way (in Aperture? in driver?).
If I go the other route, and let driver/printer manage color by selecting either normal or vivid options in print settings, and than use "system managed" setting in Aperture, the prints come out bright (maybe even a bit too bright). However, in this case the colors are off. Very off. Skin tones are especially bad with strong yellowish cast (people on the prints look if they were seriously sick).
Has anybody managed to get usable prints from Aperture 2 + Leopard combo on Epson R1800? Or any other comparable Epson printer (R800, R2400, new R1900)?
Searching forums, I found a lot of articles discussing Leopard and Epson printers problems for Adobe products (CS2/CS3/LightRoom), but not much for Aperture 2.
Unrelated question... I attempted to ask this in Aperture forum, but there was no post link. Do I need something special to be able to ask questions there?

Well, believe it or not, with the help of Epson support on the phone, I've figured this out. First of all, there is definitely a problem with Aperture's color management. What used to work (setting a color profile in the Aperture print dialog, and selecting "no color management" in the printer dialog) definitely does not work at this point.
If you want color management, what you have to do is select "System Managed" in the Aperture print dialog, and select "Color Controls - Epson Standard" in the Epson dialog. What this does is select the standard Epson profile for the paper you have selected. For example, if you've chosen Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper, the printer driver will use the "SPR1800 Premium Glossy" profile (Epson's standard profile for that paper, assuming you've downloaded it). Of course, that gives you Epson's version of what you want to print. If you have created your own profiles, using a spectrophotometer for example, you need to get the printer driver to apply YOUR profile instead of Epson's.
Here's how to apply your profile: Open Colorsync (in the Utilities folder), and select "Printers" in the Devices menu. Under the printer model, Stylus Photo R1800, for my case, select the profile for the paper you're interested in, say "SPR1800 Premium Glossy", and look on the right side of the window at "Current Profile:". Click the down arrow, and select "Other". Navigate to the profile you've created, and click "Open". This will set the profile you've created as what the printer driver will use when it thinks it's applying the SPR1800 Premium Glossy profile. Set other paper profiles (e.g., "SPR1800 Enhanced Matte") to whatever profile you've created for those papers.
Now, when you select "System Managed" in the Aperture dialog, and "Color Controls - Epson Standard" in the Epson dialog, it will apply your own profile.
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G5 with Epson R1800

Hi,
I have 10.4 OS with a Epson R1800 connected via USB. However when I try to print from illustrator an error comes up with Media Out or not loaded correctly.
I also have a ibook connected via printer sharing and when I print the ibook using Illustrator it works ok.
ANy ideas?

When you connect your Mac to another Mac that is sharing a printer (be it local or networked) you are connecting to the spool queue provided by the other Mac, or in other words 'the path to the shared network resource'. This is computer term - nothing to do with Windows...
If you see the options when you connect directly (I think it would be USB - never heard of a printer connecting via FireWire) then as you say the driver is correctly installed locally. If they fail to appear after connecting to the share via the Printer Browser/Default Browser window, then it will have something to do with your local setup.
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Puzzling Epson R1800 4x6 Printing Problem

I have 3 computers: G5 Dual, Powerbook G4 and a MacBook Pro. I print regularly from the G5 to the Epson R1800 in all paper sizes with no problem. I was testing printing from my laptop today and discovered that I can't print 4x6 prints from either laptop. The Powerbook is running the same system software 10.4.5 and the same printer driver. The MacBook Pro running the Intel driver and has the exact same problem. When I try to print 4x6 paper I get an error message that the "media is not loaded correctly." Without changing anything, I can replug the printer into the G5 and it prints immediately without hesitation.
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If anyone has any suggestions or possible solutions, I'd love to hear them!
thanks,
Doug
Mac Book Pro, G5 Dual, PBG4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Mac Book Pro, G5 Dual, PBG4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi Tom -
It did work properly with Photoshop, but I'd rather not have to use Photoshop for all of my printing. As far as Lightroom goes, I was using the standard template - maximize size and specifying 4x6 paper. This worked on a mac air, same OSX, same version of LR5, same version of print driver. So, I created a user template on the air, exported it, imported it into my iMac. Still no good. The only workaround I have found is to use a maximize size template, specifiy letter size paper, then align the photo against the left and bottom edges. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Lightroom. This did not solve the problem, either.
Also, when I specifiy 4x6 paper, the rulers show the correct dimensions. Everything looks correct, but it seems unable to communicate to the printer that LR is using anything other than letter-size paper. It's getting very frustrating and wasteful of time, paper, and ink, as I sure you can guess.
Thanks again for your suggestions - I appreciate the feedback.
- John

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THanks
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What forums? The driver should work properly.
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid= 14121&prodoid=53540919&infoType=Downloads&detected=yes&platform=OSF_M_X7

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Hi All, hope someone can help. I have just purchased a new (09) Imac Intel, having real problems installing my Epson R1800. I have downloaded current Intel drivers, and installed, but cant get it to run properly, I cannot set the printer settings as nothing shows up. I have deleted the Epson folder and reset etc. Reinstalled, but it just doesnt want to work. The printer is fine and works on my other pc workstations ok. Epson havent got a clue, the tech there cant even understand the question let alone answer it, keeps sending info about using the printer settings, which I dont have installed. The Mac is only 4 weeks old and runs ok on everything else. Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards
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Had virtually the same issue as you, as well as the inane support from Epson. The one thing missing from the Epson instructions is the "Reset" function from Print Setup Utility. They forget to tell you to hold down Control key when selecting the printers. I've had no printing issues from my R1800 and my R800 once they were selected in the Print Setup Utility from the iMac. What gets downloaded from Epson only seems to mess thing up and gives me a second and third copy of the Printer Utility.
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I have an Epson R1800 with Epsons driver 6.12.
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In the version 3 driver I was able to choose that in Epsons printer driver (in the dialog where I choose what paper, quality and so on I would like to use.
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