Epson printing with intel chip

the Gimp print 5.0.0 Beta 2 pre-installed on my new iMac (intel chip) does not allow me to access the printer utilities to adjust the printer calibration, check the ink levels or even clean the heads. does anyone know how to address the problem? is there a solution or a new beta version already?

The Epson utilities don't work with Gimp-Print
drivers. Try adding your printer using the More
Printers > Epson USB driver method.
Thanks Greg, but it doesn't work - the Epson USB options I get are for higher-end printers and they do not recognise a 1160. It attempts to print and then stalls and later prints some gobbledeegook. Apparently Epson will not re-write drivers for older printer models - would my only chance be printing from a non intel-chip computer linked on the network or is there another (software related) option?
Thanks,
Manfredi

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