Epson Perfection 2480 Scanner... not found under Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard won't find my scanner! It's there in Printer Sharing (why? who knows? it's not a printer) but if I click on it there's "no scanner found" Image Capture can't find a scanner attached. Epson's scanner software hangs. Any ideas? Nothing has changed except the install of Snow Leopard.

Thanks. I reinstalled it (again) and it worked - third time lucky, I guess. Not sure why it didn't work after the other reinstalls. I suspect that there are various drivers on the Epson site, and I may have downloaded the wrong one(s) previously.
The Epson Scan software works again and Image Capture now finds the scanner -- although if I use one I can't use the other.

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EPSON Perfection 2480 suddenly stopped working in Snow Leopard 10.6.6

I never used the Epson software for my iMac. I would always scan from IMAGE CAPTURE or PREVIEW: IMPORT FROM SCANNER in OSX10.6.6.
I have followed discussion threads and downloaded the current driver from Epson. I have un and re plugged everything in and out, but I still get the same error message.
This scanner worked fine for close to a year; then it just started throwing out the error message.

Hi, ibob18052.
I've been using Epson scanners and the Epson Scan software since 2004 (I'm presently using an Epson Perfection 4990 Photo). I recently scanned several test documents using Apple's Image Capture, and I was disappointed to find that the quality of those scans is truly awful compared to what you get when using the Epson Scan software. I thought Image Capture would do a lot better than it did since Apple is supposed to be the leader in quality-imaging computer hardware.
Epson Scan may not be the most elegant software (it's pretty clunky at times), but it does wonders when scanning and restoring old photographs, negatives and slides.
Just be sure to switch the Epson Scan popup menu from "Auto" to "Professional" near the top of the scan window (don't let the word "Professional" fool you; it's not much worse than Image Capture's window). There may also be a triangle/arrow near the bottom of the Epson Scan window that you need to click to see even more options (I can't remember, and I'm not in a position to check right now).
Mike
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Printer not found under snow leopard

Hi
I have just bought a new iMac to replace my 7 year-old iMac. I have an HP Laserjet 6L printer that worked quite happily on the old machine (OS 10.4) using Gimp/CUPS. It connects with a USB/parallel port cable.
Today I'm trying to get the printer to work with the new machine, but I'm getting nowhere. When I go to print and fax in system prefs it says "no printers are available". When I click the "+" to add a printer, the list in the "Add printer" window is empty and everything is greyed out. I did put the install disk in and installed printer support for all printers but that hasn't helped
thanks in advance.
david

Hello David,
My thought is that you were probably using AppleTalk to connect to this printer from 10.4. AppleTalk was a multicast protocol and thus it would advertise the printer on the network so that you could see it to add.
AppleTalk has been discontinued in OS X 10.6, hence no printer is seen when you select to add. So you need to use some other protocol to connect to your printer from your new iMac. I believe your LJ will support IP > HP Jetdirect-Socket as a protocol, however you have probably never had the printer configured with an IP address so that would be your first task. This may require referring to the manual or contacting HP if no one on this forum can provide you with the necessary steps.
Once you have an IP address set in the printer, you can then add the printer by selecting IP > HP Jetdirect-Socket. You can then enter the IP address of the printer, leave the queue name as is, change the name from the IP address to something more meaningful and in the Print Using menu, look for your HP LJ6L PPD (or use the Gimp/Gutenprint driver if necessary).
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HP Photosmart C6300 printer/scanner not working after Snow Leopard install

HP Photosmart C6300 printer/scanner not working after Snow Leopard install
Reinstalling etc does not work - does anyone else have the same problem or a clue as to how to fix this?

Keith,
I got a C6280 and the scanner does not work anymore. I am for 6 days in contact with HP. The last printer driver install form the apple web site does not open the image of HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers.dmg because of an invalid checksum. The skipping of the validation gives and error in the install.

Epson Perfection 2450 scanner not working with Mavericks

My Epson Perfection 2450 scanner stopped working when I upgraded to Mavericks, it is not recognizing the scanner. Tried restarting, using a different USB cable, a different USB port, etc...with no luck. The issue is that my computer no longer seems to recognize that I plugged it in. Tried it with Image Capture, Photoshop, Preview and even the old Epson software.
I tried downloading the Epson Scan Patch for Mavericks released on Oct 31, 2013. That did not help either.
I'm on a MacBook Pro running Mavericks version 10.9.3.
Love this scanner and don't want to have to buy another. Any help to get my Mac to recognize it would be greatly appreciated.

Syd,
My wife's iMac with 10.6.6 stopped working with her Epson 2480 Photo scanner. Get the error message "SCANNER reported an error. An error has occurred during scanning" I am trying to use it from the Image Capture App or from the print/fax option in Settings which opens Image Capture. I ran the uninstall program and then reinstalled the ICA 13969 .dmg but get the same error. Not sure what else I can do.

Illustrator CS4 will not launch under Snow Leopard

Hi there,
I've just done a clean install of Snow Leopard on my Mac. Here's what I did.
1) Installed Snow Leopard 10.6
2) Installed all OS X updates (including 10.6.1)
3) Installed Quark Xpress 8.12
4) Installed Adobe CS4 Design Standard
5) Installed all Adobe updates (no updates related to Illustrator)
6) Installed Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2 (v13.2.1)
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When I launch Illustrator it crashes just after the splash screen appears.
Any ideas please?
Can't find anything on web really - if can't get an answer soon then I'll have to go back to Leopard .
Thanks,
Mike.

I would suspect Suitcase and perhaps a corrupt font might be causing this issue and the data base is now corrupt.
However before really pointing the finger at any software try this remove all unessential fonts then
do this
first quite Illustrator and then;
I would go to Users/username/Library/preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings folder and trash that settings folder.
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Juniper networks VPN: Network Connect will not install under Snow Leopard

Created different thread based on the topics from http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2130935.
With new install of Snow Leopard i get the following when trying to log into SSL VPN "Could not launch. Please restart the web browser and try again"
can not do the workarounds from the above thread since none of the directories exist. Has anyone found a fix for this?

I ran into this too (made matters worse by cleaning out the old juniper install). What I understand clearly now, which other discussions with all the happiness from people saying they fixed it seem to miss completely: Juniper only works if you installed it prior to upgrading 10.6. If you did not, you are possibly hosed.
Now, I was hosed, but I found a workaround. Find a stand-alone installer .dmg out there. As of a couple days ago it was there. I'm sure it still is. Google it. NetworkConnect.dmg.
It is version 6.0.0. It installs correctly. My company runs 6.4.0, which means the first time you open NetworkConnect after installing it prompts you to upgrade. The upgrade worked fine, so long as I was running as root.
Which brings me to my original problem which I've not seen anyone else complain about, which has me worried: after installing, NC only actually connects and functions when I run as root. I'm not talking about su - root or using sudo, I mean having to graphically switch users and log into the computer as the root user (after enabling it...using the scenableroot I think, something like that).
Has anyone else seen this behavior? I can launch Network Connect as my real user but it immediately fails with a software error. 'ncproxyd.error: Failed to gain root privileges'. Driving me batty.

Latex, bibtex "command not found" in Snow Leopard

I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard, and I have MacTex installed (and reinstalled since the OS upgrade). In iTerm (or any other terminal), my computer no longer recognizes bibtex or pdflatex commands. If I type, say, bibtex filename.aux (in the directory containing filename.aux), it returns "-bash: bibtex: command not found").
I have tried typing the whole path for bibtex, the file I want to process, or both (e.g., usr/texbin/bibtex ~/Documents/writing/filename.aux), but it still doesn't work. Even if I'm in usr/texbin, where bibtex is, it won't recognize bibtex as a command.
I added a file in etc/paths.d that consists of usr/texbin, and when I type echo $PATH, usr/texbin appears, so that's not the problem, I don't think.
Any advice that anyone can give to get bibtex working by command line (since I don't know of any other way to use it) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

you might get better help with this if you ask in the Mactex forum rather than here. it certainly sounds like your Mactex install is messed up and I would reinstall it from scratch. uninstall the current distro first.
http://www.tug.org/mactex/uninstalling.html
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Brother MFC 9700 and Canon i960 will not print under Snow Leopard

After checking the compatibility documentation which indicated that the above printers had drivers which would work w/Snow Leopard, I upgraded to10.6. Now neither printer will work i.e. the document goes into the print queue but won't print. I've unplugged/disconnected the printers and re-installed the drivers from the respective manufacturers web pages. I've checked the forum and couldn't find any info. I would appreciate any suggestions.

Hello Scott.
I suggest you try resetting the printing system, if you haven't done so already.
*How to Reset the Printing System*
1. Open System Preferences > Print & Fax
2. Move your mouse over the Printers list
3. Hold down the Control button and click the mouse (or right click if supported).
4. Click "Reset printing system ..."
5. Restart your Mac
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IPhoto insists on launching Quicktime 7 (not X) under Snow Leopard

Just upgraded to Snow Leopard, and the only odd behavior so far is that when opening a .mov stored in iPhoto (7.1.5), it always launches Quicktime 7 as the viewer.
If I open the same .mov file from the Finder, it opens with Quicktime X.
Wondering if this is an annoying bug or user error on my part.

I'm having the same problem-Quicktime X is the default player if I double click a movie file in a Finder window, but double clicking a video file in iphoto brings up Quicktime 7-annoying because the one-click export to MobileMe gallery from QuicktimeX is genuinely useful for me. A friend's Snow Leopard upgrade is worse though: if Quicktime7 is not installed then double-clicking a video in iPhoto produces no result at all-I assume iphoto is looking for the old Quicktime player and if it's not there it can't play the video. I've tried trashing the .plist file mentioned above with no success...perhaps there's another file where iphoto can be told where to look for QuicktimeX?

Interface Midi Motu Fastlane USB not functioning under Snow Leopard?

Hi all
I have 3 external midi instruments I want to set up with logic separately.
As my MOTU 828MK3 audio interface, (which is connected via a Firewire cable), only has one midi port and I don’t want to use the MIDI through option (‘cos I want to have the 16 channels of each instrument simultaneously available), I purchased a Motu Fastlane Midi 2 in, 2 out, USB interface.
The thing doesn’t work – the Fastlane gadget does not send or receive any Midi signal, although recognised by the Midi Setup on Core Midi. And the thing should be only plug & play.
At first I thought it could be some drivers’ problem, but if the Motu 828 MK3 works, Fastlane USB should function as well, I think.
I tried to update the drivers from the Motu site, but Snow Leopard did not allow it.
Does anyone have a clue?
Thank you

Wow, I'm not crazy after all. I recently purchased Logic Express 9 and have not been able to get my external MIDI gear working. I too have a Fastlane. I too updated the driver that Motu says works with Snow Leopard. And I too can't get it working. However, the input works. I am able to record MIDI data to an external track and to a soft synth track. The soft synth track plays back fine but I cannot, for the life of me, get it to trigger my external synths. The external track has MIDI data in it but it will not play. I do think it is a driver problem. Also I do not see the green port lights blinking indicating MIDI data is not being received by the Fastlane. Here's my question. What is a good MIDI interface that will work with this OS and LE9? How about the MOTU Micro Light 5x5? I'm afraid to make the purchase. Is all of MOTU's interfaces having this problem?

Canon Printer CLC 3200 not working under Snow Leopard

After installing Snow Leopard printing on Canon CLC 3200 is no longer possible.
Even after updating to 10.6.1, reinstalling the printer and checking all TCP/IP settings, printing is still not possible. The contact to the printer is there, but the printer is stopped and cannot be activated.
Apple Support has no solution for it. You have to wait for an updated printer driver from Canon.
If you are working with Canon CLC3200 don't update your Mac to Snow Leopard!!!
Best, Andrea

Here is a solution working for the Canon CLC 3200:
Chose LPD protocol and enter "print" for the queue name.
Worked for us – hope it does for you, too!

IWorks '08 apps not working under Snow Leopard 10.6.1

Recently installed Snow Leopard and applied updates. Used Pages and Numbers recently and find they don't work. Old files can open ok and all text is visible, however, I am unable to do anything from the menu bar. For example, from the "Insert menu", I can't insert the time and date, shapes, text boxes, and ultimately, I can't quit from the menu bar. The file name just stays a highlighted blue color. However, keyboard commands work where applicable. This situation is for Pages and Numbers (all updated to latest versions). Keynote I haven't tried.
This problem also exists for iPhoto and iTunes, although command-q for iTunes didn't work just now. Can't find any forums anywhere talking about this problem. But now, my apps are virtually useless as most actions don't have keyboard commands. Hopefully it's a simple problem.
Thanks for your help.
Derek

HI Derek,
Download and install the 10.6.1 combo update available here. (It's ok to do this even though you are running 10.6.1 already). As with any installation, make sure your important files are backed up first.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL930
Then repair disk permissions.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Carolyn
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Slide show not working under Snow Leopard

Keynote 4.0.4 under OS X 10.6.1 on an early 2009 Mac Mini can't run slideshow. The console gives this error:
9/21/09 11:19:01 AM Keynote[9821] Caught exception NSInvalidArgumentException in fullscreen setup (* -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value (key: NSFont))
This also happens for keynote/preferences/presenter display/Edit Presenter Layout...
It does not matter what keynote presentation I run--I can even create a new one. Slideshow always dies the same way.
Oddly enough, my 2008 MBP with Keynote 4.0.3 runs slideshow just fine.
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I then go through the Network Diagnostics. Sometimes it says I have Airport Settings, sometimes it says it has failed. Sometimes I have Network Settings, sometimes that has failed. Needless to say, the last two, Internet and Server are always failed.
I restarted both the Airport and my computer, in itself. Nothing seemed to work.
But after only 5 or six tries in the Diagnostics, the colors started changing over and over again until it turned green. It seemed to have fixed itself within a half hour of just going back and forth on the Diagnostic wizard.
I now have Wireless again with my router that has always worked before with other devices. It was bizarre however when I plugged in my Ethernet, that the wireless said it had internet. Or at least until I unplugged the Ethernet again.
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Epson stylus pro 5000 not working on snow leopard.

Does Apple have a driver I can use,?
The printer works fine and I can see it in my printer folder. It's a great unit and I used to use Power rip but they are a real pain in the *** to work with. I hit command print, but nothing happens.

There is an Epson driver available from Software Update. Here is how you can uninstall the Gutenprint driver and then get the Epson driver from Apple Software Update:
First, power off your printer, then download the Gutenprint uninstaller from http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php
Once you have uninstalled the Gutenprint driver, do the following:
1. Reboot the computer
2. Power on the printer
4. Your system will check for updates. Follow the directions to install the updates.
Hope this helps.
Syd.

Epson Perfection 2480 Scanner... not found under Snow Leopard

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