Epson Printer Utility2 and a C88+

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard my MacPro cannot use the Epson Printer Utility2 to manage my Epson C88+ printer. I use it for letters and stuff -
The Printer Utility2 program crashes on start-up and I am given, instead, Printer Utility Lite...
That "Lite" program lacks the features that tell me which ink is out - and docks the heads for replacement.
I tried everything to import Printer Utility2 - but it will not run.
Anyone ???
And - the C88+ printer works fine otherwise.

It sounds like you have the Gutenprint driver installed. Here is how you can uninstall the 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 that helps.
Syd

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