Epson R2400 waste ink device installation

Here has pretty good info about how to install an external tube and bottle to direct waste ink out of printer.
http://www.InkRepublic.com/KnowledgeBase/R2400WasteInk.asp
This can protect your waste ink pad.
Power G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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Epson R2400 (and maybe other Epson Printers) and Snow Leopard: A Solution

I installed Snow Leopard over the weekend and everything seemed to go fine, except the re-installation of my Epson R2400. It didn't work. The Epson Web site provides Snow Leopard assistance for the R2400, but it is counter-intuitive. The following will save you time.
First disconnect your printer from the computer.
Second, go to Mac system preferences, Printers and Fax and delete the Epson printer from the list.
Third, put your Snow Leopard disc back in your Mac and when the dialog comes up, select optional installations folder (or something like that--I don't have it open right now). Then check Rosetta and install it.
Fourth, go to the Epson Web site. You need to download a new set of drivers. Here is where it becomes counter-intuitive. You would think you should use the first driver and utility package listed, which is referred to as the Combo package. It refers to Snow Leopard (10.6) and it is the newest one. But you would be wrong using such simple logic. You want what is now the second one driver in the list--Printer Driver v.57, which also meets the system requirements.
Fifth, download v.57, install it, reconnect your printer and it prints just fine (I've only done one print so we will see).
I don't know whether the other Epson high-end printers contain such loopy instructions, but if you are confronted with a choice between a combo pack and a simple one, you might try the simpler one first.
Hope this saves someone some time and aggrevation.
Jack B. Siegel
P.S. This is not a completely new driver written for Snow Leopard--that may come sometime down the road or may not). This, so I am told, is a Power PC driver and Rosetta (as in Rosetta stone) is a utility that translates it so that it can be used on an iMac.
As a consumer, you should hate Epson. They, as has the world, knew Snow Leopard was coming for at least a year. By now they should have had all new drivers and this should have been worked out so that people didn't have to call technical support (a waste of my time and their's). Since the Epson R2400 is discontinued, they apparently don't feel compelled to provide premium service and updates for it. I bought mine about a 1.5 years ago. They should not abandon products this quickly after discontinuing them. As far as I can tell, they come out with a new printer in this price segment every couple of years. I shouldn't have to buy a new printer every two years.
But as I said to myself yesterday as I struggled with the problem: If I can't print, I can't buy ink.

I am sure your advice will help Mac users, however, my comment is on a different front. I remain fascinated at the extent to which Mac users refuse to blame Apple when they have problems with their OS. Many Epson drivers don't work, many HP drivers don't work, Cisco VPN (supposedly built into the OS) doesn't work for some, there are problems with PS CS4 and LR, other are having problems with Parallels Desktop, some are struggling to get AT&T's Laptop Connect card software to function, and Nikon has a warning up to not install the new OS if you want to use Capture NX2. Actually, do a search and you will find lots of complaints. Perhaps instead of just blaming Epson, HP, Adobe, etc., one might want to bring the producer of the OS into the equation. It certainly sounds like Apple was not working with some of its major software partners as closely as they should. It is hardly the case that Apple has a perfect record in this area anyway - there are reasons why there is a 64 bit version of PS CS4 for Vista/Windows 7 and not for 10.X. Of course, at least for companies like Adobe, Epson, Hp, Nikon, etc., they are also pushing to finish drivers and updates for Windows 7. Perhaps Apple should have factored that in when they pushed to beat Microsoft to release.
Leaving all of that aside, anyone who adopts any OS on the date of release 1) needs to do their homework to make sure the stuff they use will work, and 2) should expect that at least a few things won't function the way they want. That is a fact of life for early adopters, and should be considered even more likely to be the case in the middle of a recession that has sucked resources away from companies. Early adoption of any new technology, whether it be an OS, app, new computer, new camera, or things like a blue ray DVD player comes at some cost.
BTW, as a legal user of the Windows 7 RTM, I have found that PS CS4 and LR function exceptionally well and my Epson printer drivers work without issue - none of the apps or drivers have (as yet) even been updated for Windows 7. At least from my perspective, that would suggest that Mac users might want to turn at least a bit to the producer of their OS, and how it handled the development and release of 10.6, before laying all of the blame for problems at the feet of the hardware and software partners....
Stephen

Epson R2400 prints from Apterture and CS2 are VERY close.

Using the same NEF file that Frank donated, I printed an untouched(cropping only) print from Aperture to my Epson R2400 on premium lustre paper.
I took the white balance temp(4906 K) and tint(-14) from the HUD and applied these into Bridge(temp/tint for the same NEF), with default values for everything else default(exposure:0, shadows:5, brightness:40, contrast:+25, saturation:0, sharpening:25), and color space sRGBIEC61955-1, then opened it in CS2 and printed it.
NOTE: I am using PowerRIP-X V7.2 from iProof Systems for my print driver, it is installed like a printer and shows up as a printer on the selection list. IMHO, the $200 I spent on the R2400 RIP was money well spent. Between the RIP and the calibrated monitor, my color matching from screen to print is dead on, regardless of the paper type.. no more wasted prints and frustration. They also sell a RIP for the Epson 4800.
The prints from both are very, very, close. I have been shooting digital since 1997 and therefore do not own a scanner, so this is my visual review. Although I might shoot em tomorrow with my D2X on a tripod while lighting with a 47" Octabox... we'll see.
The CS2 print has a very slight bit more saturation of the skin tones(reddish) than Aperture. The shirt in the Aperture print is a very slight bit darker than the CS2 print.
If you look very closely and angle the light just right you can see a slight bit of the earlier mentioned blocking in the shadow on the subjects left shoulder.
I suspect the slight darkening of the shirt color may be due to the same reason for the aforementioned blocking in the shadow areas.
There is no appreciable difference in print quality.
I calibrate my 20" Cinema Display with a Spyder2PRO device and these slight differences are seen on screen as well, therefore on hardware calibrated displays the following screen capture should represent the differences..(I have no idea what this will look like on a windoze monitor!)
To see this full res in Safari, right click and select 'Open Image in New Window'

There seems to be two issues here. For output, using
the same output profile, Aperture and Photoshop
should be pretty close however, keep in mind that
unless you set Photoshop to use the Apple CMM (not
ACE) there could be a tiny bit of difference.
Hmmm.
I'm trying to remember what Bruce Fraser said about CMM choice the last time I attended on of his lectures. If I have it correctly he had reservations about all of them but the Adobe CMM was the best of the lot.
This was over a year ago so conditions may have changed and my memory may be faulty....
But I imagine that their might be negative consequences to using two different CMMs to process your data. Photoshop allows you a choice of CMM's, which is consistent with an application "designed from the ground up for professional photographers."
Aperture limits many choices, both basic and esoteric.
fp

Epson R2400 Advanced B/W printing

Hi
I am trying to print Advanced B/W to an Epson R2400 in Aperture ...
Normally when printing colour you set the print driver to Color Management Off and select an appropriate Colorsync ICC profile in the Aperture print dialog. All this is fine.
When printing Advanced B/W you need to have no color profile active and let the driver do the color management. For example, in Photoshop you select "Let Printer Determine Colors".
In Aperture you can choose "System Managed" or a Colorsync Profile. There is no option for switching off color management.
"System Managed" seems to mean to use the default Colorsync profile for the device, which would be an Epson ICC profile. Is this correct ?
Or is the Mac smart enough to work out that the driver wants to take control when I select System Managed ?
Anybody know ?
Thanks
Guy
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Guy,
This is why it would be nice to know the definative
answer for an Apple engineer.
Those are hard to come by. If you do get ahold of an Apple Engineer tie him up until I can ask a few questions too. I suspect that the answer that Kendall gave above is correct though I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
I wonder if there is some experiment that could be done to check for certain? How about using the save as PDF button to intercept the image after it leaves Aperture and before the Epson driver gets its hands on it to see what color space it is in? I'll fiddle with that later too.
If what you are working on is a digital camera RAW file that you wish to print in Advanced B&W mode then there has to be some sort of conversion to a profile done before it goes to the printer driver. RAW files live in Aperture's internal color space and that's not something the Epson driver will understand.
Your OP says that a profile conversion messes up the Epson driver's Advanced B&W mode. I haven't heard this--what's your source for that information? Is it really true that the driver could handle a file in Adobe RGB but not one converted to "SRP 2400 Default" profile? That seems unlikely but it's a strange universe......
Thomas

Problem with Color Print in Illustrator. Photoshop fine. Epson R2400

OK.. I’ve spent all morning trying to troubleshoot bad color on Illustrator CS4 to Epson R2400 and can’t find a solution. Mac 10.5.8
I’m getting off color (but a neutral grayscale) when printing to from AI 14.0 to Epson Stylus Photo R2400. This just started today. The graphic prints fine in Photoshop.
The main color in logo is R-125, G-69, B-73 in sRGB editing space. It prints very magenta from AI to Epson 2400. Prints fine to my HP laser and fine to PDF.
I’m not new to Color Management and I’ve double-checked all the usual suspects.
Recalibrated Monitor
Re-installed Epson print driver (v6.57)
checked ink nozzles
Checked color settings (synched in Bridge to NA Gen Purpose 2)
checked proper document and printer/paper profile are selected (sRGB to Matte HW)
checked Relative Colorimetric
in Printer dialog checked proper Media Type selected (Epson Matte HW)
and that Color Settings were set to No Color Management.
trashed AI Preferences.
I’m using Epson Inks and Papers.
Same image prints fine from Photoshop using same color settings.
any other ideas?
Thanks much.
Charles

Yea! Working today. One of these things did it, I think. (unfortunately, I did not test after each one)
Recalibrated monitor, again
Trashed Epson Printer Utility from its Utilities folder
Reinstalled Epson driver, again
Deleted all my Presets in the OS Print Set Up dialog box.
So, one of those things helped, or benevolent weekend gremlins.

Reset waste ink counter on Epson730 on Mac10.7.5?

Using my Mac 10.7.5, does anyone know of a download that will reset the waste ink counter on my Epson Artisan 730 printer. I have changed the waste ink pads, but my 730 printer has locked me out until I change the waste ink counter back to 0. The printer screen message is:" A printer's ink pad is at the end of its life.Please contact Epson Support. Turn Off." Epson support says go to an Epson Service Center and have the machine serviced. The Service Center charges over $100 to do a reset. I found a reset program online but it was only used on PCs not Macs. Any help would be greatly appreciated, to get my printer back in service.
Thanks

First, just to declare an interest in this as I sell a related product and solution...
That out of the way, to answer your question there are Windows only utilities that will work to reset the printers waste ink counter and just need to be used to complete the reset. Once reset the printer can then be returned to the MacOS machine and not need the windows machine again (well, not until the waste counter hit maximum again).
Alternatively there's a MacOS compatible pay-per-reset option in the form of a utility called iWIC. This requires the purchase of a one-time digital key to complete the reset itself but the utility can be used without a key to read the waste counters and get some other information from the printer.
Rather than repeat an FAQ on this all over again this article has more information and hopefully deals with your questions:
http://support.printerpotty.com/2013/mac-os-reset-tools
(Additional information related to MacOS is available on the same site)
One critical thing to note though is that resetting and then ignoring the waste ink is a bit of a daft thing to do so if you do decide to reset, then consider replacing the waste pads or fitting something like a Printer Potty to you don't later discover you need a new carpet, etc...
Hope that helps.

Accurate color print workflow IDCS6 to Epson R2400 w/X-Rite Custom Profiles - Mac OS X 10.8.1?

Hello Folks,
I am trying to get accurate color out of InDesign CS6 on an Epson R2400 using custom created profiles with X-Rite i1 Profiler in Mac OS X 10.8.1. on Epson Papers. Has anyone had luck with this workflow? I am also looking for the same with the Epson R3000.
I have been scouring the web for more than a week for updated info and some insight but have been having a hard time finding solid step by step settings I can follow and get accurate output. I end up with either too light/washed out prints or too dark and saturated prints. I've already blown a complete set of inks and tons of paper and time toiling with this one.
I'm looking first for how to verify that Colorsync settings are accurate for my needs, updated color settings in InDesign CS 6 and Epson printer driver settings with Epson inks, Epson papers and their downloadable profiles at least. If I can get that to be semi close I can then attempt to use recently created custom profiles for individual papers to really nail my output.
I have used the most recent X-Rite i1 Profiler (1.3.1)/Gretag MacBeth i1 Proof UV-Cut spectrophotometer with new and older iMacs, Mac Pros with Cinema displays, the new Retina Macbook Pro's and CS6, 10.8.1, Xerox 7760 and Xerox 8570 and have accurate color. I have calibrated the monitors/screens, the Xerox printers with different papers and no problems with output.
For some reason the Epson workflow is being a complete tool. I have completely removed the Epson printer folder etc. as per Epson's uninstall information and downloaded and reinstalled to to present. Any help would be extremely appreciated. My wallet and sanity thank you!

Here are a couple of links. No idea when some of them were last updated so your mileage may vary:
Colour management problems with Epson R2400
Epson Stylus Photo R2400, News & Alerts - Technical Support - Epson America, Inc.

Can't add Epson R2400 printer

I'm running Mac OS X 10.8.1 on a 24-inch, Early 2009 iMac.
I have a USB-connected Epson R2400 printer. I was having trouble in Photoshop where I couldn't get the printer settings dialog to appear. I figured maybe the drivers needed to be re-installed after upgrading to Mountain Lion, so I deleted the printer in the System Preferences.
Then I went to Epson's website to download the driver package and found that they no longer had it for Mountain Lion -- it says only available from Apple from inside OS X.
Then I went to the System Preferences Print & Scan applet and tried to add the printer. I select the R2400 from the list and it helpfully says "The selected printer software is available from Apple. Click Add to download it and add this printer."
When I do so, after a few minutes of it saying "Setting up 'EPSON Stylus Photo R2400...'" and "Finding software..." I get this error:
"Can't install the software for the EPSON Stylus Photo R2400 because it is not currently available from the Software Update server."
When I look at what processes are running during the "Finding software..." phase I see PrintUITool running and it seems to fork getPPDVersion several times. After about the third time getPPDVersion runs I get the 'not currently available' error.
In an attempt to manually force the install, I deleted the /Library/Printers/EPSON directory and manually downloaded the Epson Printer Drivers v2.11 dmg from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1398 and re-ran that installer. The end result was the EPSON directory reappeared and yet, when I try to then add the printer again, I get exactly the same error as before.
Any suggestions on how I can add my printer?
Thank you,
--Jim Dempsey--

OK, I hadn't tried rebooting after re-installing the Epson Printer Driver package. I rebooted and then I was able to add the printer.
I don't like rebooting because I typically have dozens of active windows open and many network resources mounted and since the installer didn't tell me that I had to reboot, I didn't.
Still, it seems like that did the trick.

Epson R2400 some icc profiles vanished

Win XP
Today I noticed that the glossy icc paper profiles have vanished from Epson printing properites paper type in the Epson printer driver, but only if I try to access the properties from Lightroom or Photoshop CS3.
I uninstalled the printer driver and profiles and then reinstalled freah downloads. The profiles still show up if I access Epson R2400 properties from Start>Printers and Faxes, but not from Lightroom or Photoshop CS3. I need help really badly.
Thanks

Answering my own question:
the newest version of Epson's printer driver doesn't let you see glossy papers as a choice if you have the matte black ink cartridge installed. Also, because Lightroom sets the printing prefs with the driver the first time you print a photo, when you change the cartridge it takes Epson's driver a heck of a long time to note the change and show the right choices.
At least I think that is what is happening. Very weird.
Dorian

Epson R2400: Printing Issue: Dark printing after 10.7?

This question goes out to all of the Epson R2400 printer owners whom, if you're like me and have had one for a while, seem to have printing issues after every little change in the OS:
In Brief: Printing to the Epson R2400 via USB direct from iMac was printing well; outputing from InDesign, PhotoShop, and Acrobat Pro (all are CS5). I am not 100% sure because this is not a printer that I use daily, but I believe that I am having these printing issues after upgrading to 10.7.2 from 10.7.1.
The issue is that an output is very dark overall, or (after tweaking settings) will have a dramatic color shift to heavy magenta/black. In general, my traditional printer settings no longer produce correct outputs.
Anyone that has any suggestions or similar issues, I would like to hear about it.
Notes:
1. Yes, I completed all of the tradional voodoo magic: I cleared the printer caches, removed the printer, setup a new printer, updated the drivers via Apple software update, then once that didn't work, updated the drivers from Epson - even reverting to the older v6.5 drivers. I'm now back to the v8 drivers from the Apple software update.
2. My printing tests are being conducted using a standard color test file that I've used to calibrate color on this Epson R2400 for years. I generally know that when this file doesn't print correctly something is afoot.
3. My first attempt at correction was simply checking head alignment and completing a general cleaning of the heads. Didn't help.
4. General question: Does anyone know of a compatible printer manufacturer of similar quality of output that actually cares about Mac users? Epson just never seems to really care about keeping their Apple drivers up to date or making sure that they work properly. Humble opinion.

Ok. I believe that it all comes down to the use of a third-party ink.
I didn't realize that there was a switch to a "refill" ink (to save money it appears) on the light-light-black and magenta. Switching back to Epson ink cleared the matter up.
I guess sometimes it's the simple things that elude us...

Epson r2400 Driver Loses Functionality after Installing Digital Camera Raw

I have four Macs at home and two printers. After installing Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.0 from software update on my Mac Pro and MacBook Pro, the Epson r2400 printer driver no longer works. I can barely get a print out of Aperture and/or Photoshop, however, Pages will output to the r2400 no problem. When I try to print with the other Mac Pro that has not been updated, I can print without issue. I can print from both machines to my kyocera mita printer within aperture and photoshop.
All of these computers are running 10.5.2. The only difference being the most recent Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.0 is installed on the two machines that no longer work with my Epson r2400.
I have uninstalled the print drivers and reinstalled. Changed the connection to the computers and tested everything that has worked in the past. I consider myself pretty good at troubleshooting, but this is beyond my grasp.
I need to print right away from all these computers, so does anyone know how to "roll back" an update? I am not running Time Machine, but that may change very, very soon. Please help...

I'm working off a 750 GB hard drive, not so simple to clone even via firewire. I guess I made a serious mistake by trusting the apple update process...I see they have a new update today. I may try that to see if fixes the problem before I buckle to the original system disk installation process. If the install is already burned, it couldn't hurt to throw some gasoline on it, right?

Inconsistent Color Prints on Epson R2400

Okay, I'm frustrated. I ran out of ink on my epson r2400, specifically light light black and light magenta. I changed cartridges and now the color is off. I haven't changed the profiles or settings and the image is the same (I was printing multiple copies of the same image when I ran out of ink). The prints are much more magenta now . The inks are epson inks, the paper is Costco paper, the profile I got directly from Costco. I ran a nozzle check, and it was fine. The combination worked very well until I ran out of ink.
I contacted Epson, to see if they could explain it or if they ever have ink inconsistencies. They assured me that their ink quality is perfectly consistent. Therefore, they said, the problem must be with the paper or my settings in Photoshop.
Has anyone experienced a color shift simply from changing cartridges before? Any suggestions on what might have happened within Photoshop to cause such a problem? Any suggestions at all?
Thanks,
Steve

Thanks for the latest tips, though the problem has been solved!!
I ran through the light magenta cartridge in question making a lot of color prints where the match wasn't critical. I replaced the cartridge with another epson light magenta and printed the same photo that initially caused my concern. Amazingly it is back to where it belongs, identical to the prints I printed before I made the last cartridge change.
Therefore, in my opinion, the cartridge was indeed the culprit. Surprising yes, disappointing yes, rare yes, but it really, truly did happen.
I've always been a fan of epson, but it sure is infuriating when a manufacturer places the blame on someone else and refuses to even consider that the fault could possibly be in their own quality control.
Though I will most likely stick with epson when I eventually search for another printer, I may now entertain other brands. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Steve

Error while Device Installation creation in Emigall

Hi Utility Gurus,
When creating full installation through EG31, i am able to create Installation successfully. But while creating Full Device installation through Emigall (object INST_MGMT) I am getting error 'Enter Rate Type'.
I am entering the correct Rate Type and Rate category in structure DI_ZW apart from that other required fields. And in structure DI_GER I am adding the Legacy Device no. Have also added the required fields in DI_INIT structure.
When I enter Rate type in DI_GER structure I get the error "Enter permissible Rate Type'.
Can anybody please let me know how this error can be removed and what are the things to note/configure before Device installation from Emigall.
Regards

Hello All,
I know this is a very old thread but just to help anyone else who comes across the same error hope this helps.
In order to complete Full install you need the following structures to be activate/generated
1) Interface (DI_INIT)
2) OKCODE    -- this is a hidden auto structure
3) ZWSTAND -- this is a hidden auto structure
4) AUTO_ZW (DI_ZW)
5) AUTO_GER (DI_GER)
6) CONTAINER -- this is a hidden auto structure
In order to view the hidden structure follow the below steps:
- Once you click on the INST_MGMT go to Automatic Structure--> Display List --> All
you will now be able to view all the hidden structures. IN order to activate/generate them you will have to click them go to automatic struture --> Change --> generate
Commonly required fileds in different sturctures are below (please note, these are the commonly used fields and varies based on the project requirments)
--> Interface
   - ACTION
- ANLAGE
- DEVLOC
- EADAT
--> AUTO_ZW
    - ABFAKTE
    - ANZDAYSOFPERIOD
    - ANZERG
    - EQUNRE
    - KONDIGRE
    - PERVERBR
    - PERVERBRE
    - TARIFART
    - ZWNABR
    - ZWNUMMERE
    - ZWSTANDCE
--> AUTO_GER
    - ABRFAKT
    - ACTION
    - DEVLOC
    - EQUNRNEU
    - GERWECHS
    - GVERRECHG
    - KONDIGRG
    - MATNR
    - PREISKLAG
    - TARIFARTG
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Edited by: Anshul Varshney on Feb 2, 2012 5:09 PM

Epson R2400 'Filter' failed error after 10.8.2 Update

After the recent 10.8.2 update my Epson R2400 printer fails when printing with a 'Filter' failed error. Everything was working normally beforehand (10.8).
I've rebooted printer.
I've removed and installed printer in the control panel.
I can get the printer to print with the opensource gutenprint driver ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/files/ ) but it doesn't handle color profiles correctly which is just as bad as not being able to print at all.
Any ideas?

Just to follow up. I've now confirmed this issue on several machines. The Epson drivers installed by apple will always lead to 'Filter failed error'.
Thie 2.28 driver available here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1398
After install it will fix the problem, but annoyingly after you install it software update will keep prompting you to install a new set of Epson printer drivers... don't do it, you'll start getting the error again.

Printing to Epson R2400 - Lightroom 1.3 vs Photoshop CS2

I'm printing a fair amount of B&W images in Lightroom using Velvet Fine Art paper and Advanced B&W Management in the Epson printer driver. As instructed by Epson, the printer setting in Lightroom is "Managed by Printer", which should be correct, right, except that my printed images are coming out a little darker than my calibrated monitor suggests they should be.
Epson technical support said that some users are having difficulty printing from Lightroom to the R2400, and suggested that I try printing from Photoshop instead. So, using the same settings in Photoshop, and reprinting the image, I did notice a difference.
I'm wondering, are there any printing issues between Lightroom 1.3 and the Epson R2400 at this point in time. If not, why would the same image come out differently in Photoshop if the same printer settings are being used?

Robert-
The Search functions a bit oddly- it will default to searching the thread you're in if you go there from a thread. If you go to main page, it'll search all threads.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c0557ae/19 - is one such thread, Suggest you also search on Schewe.

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