Epson R200 printer on 10.8.5

Need guidance. I keep hitting a wall.
I recently unpacked and set-up, a newly purchased refurbished Mac Pro Tower 2012, with OSX 10.8.5
I plugged in my Epson R200 printer, and computer instantly recognized and pop up window essentually stated: "Apple has nothing for R200." I followed the instructions to go to the menu for "Updates" and launch, which I did and nothing appeared for the R200.
I went to the Epson website for the drivers, etc. and it states that for Mt. Lion, the user has to get the download from Apple.
A few months ago, I purchased a HP laptop with OS8, and when I plugged the R200 into it, it instantly recognized the printer. No downloads required. How is I can print from the HP laptop, but not my Mac Pro Tower?
Am I doing something wrong?

Thank you for responding.
My Epson has an install disc, which I attempted to install into the Mac Pro Tower, but it rejected and thus the process I outlined above, occured.
Update: Cannot explain why or how, but the machine now recognizes the Epson, and allows me to print. The only thing I can think of is, I had utilized the Disk Utility to repair permissions, which there was long list of corrections. I then restarted the machine and that is when the update window downloaded the Epson drivers.

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same file to PS Elements 4.0 my prints come out
great. I would prefer to not have to do this. Here is
some background information on what I have tried to
do so far to correct this problem:
1. I have searched this forum backwards and forwards
to try and find an answer - no luck!
2. Purchased a Spyder2 monitor calibrator
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