Epson Printer Manager coming at Start-Up

Question

Since a few days without any specific action from my end, the Epson Printer Manager is starting up after booting my MacBook Pro or after logging-in. Tried everything to identify the process in in the System/Library/LaunchAgents or ~/LaunchDaemons. Likewise via the "launchctl list" in launchd - but in vain. Can anybody help to identify this process and describe what needs to be done to kill it for good.

Answer 1

I hesitate to post any of this since it's untested for your specific situation. Proceed at your own risk and *make backups before proceeding.*
I just found this possibly related thread which might offer a fix, but it does require being brave enough to edit a file, suggested here by using Pico,Terminal's built in editor. Another editing option follows. But since I don't know why this would have started behaving like this spontaneously, this may not really be the solution for you.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090830194413248
With pico, navigate around the page using the arrow keys. The mouse won't do anything. To add a line, add a return at the end of the line after which you wish to add the new line. To delete an unwanted line, delete the contents of the line including the carriage return. The shortcuts at the bottom of the screen with the ^ symbol in front of them are activated using the control key. That is, ^X means "hold down the control key and press x." After you're done you just hold down control and X to exit the editor then follow the prompts to "save modified buffer" (buffer = currently opened file, modified buffer = currently opened file with the changes you made). This may require a reboot for these changes to take effect.
You should be able to navigate to +/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/EPW/EPSON Printer Monitor.app/Contents/Info.plist+ without going through Package Contents.
Without using Terminal/Pico, you might also just try editing it using TextEdit; if this turns out to be a file for which you don't have privileges, open TextEdit with this command:
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit
Enter your password which you will not see echoed, and hit enter.
Highlight the file in question and then open it into the TextEdit window with File>Open. Add the lines and save. Be sure to reboot.
Or you might try trashing the .plist mentioned, which may have become corrupted, reboot and see what happens. You might have to restore your preferences (I don't use Epson, so not sure what they might be.) Remember to make a backup copy first. .plist files are usually recreated automatically, but not sure if this one will be, so, again, *make sure you have a backup copy.*
Or, since I don't know if the Printer Monitor is a necessary piece of this program, you might try trashing it entirely (don't empty the Trash in case you need to put it back.) Since, the Permissions may have changed by moving it to the Trash (and this goes for all the backup copies, as well), reboot and run Permissions Repair from Disk Utility, which will restore the proper Permissions if they have changed. Definitely write down the Permissions first for anything for which you make a backup copy. Do this by highlighting the file, then GetInfo CMD-I, look in Sharing and Permissions. That way you won't have to do any Permissions Repair, which takes a long time in 10.5, if they haven't changed.