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I have an Epson R340 and an iBook G3 from about 4.5 years ago. When I first tried to install the printer on this computer, I was running OS X 10.3.9, and I had the same problem, but someone told me to do something I don't remember and the problem was solved. Since then, I've erased and re-installed OS X 10.2.8 on the hard drive (I can't find my 10.3.9 install CD) and I'm having the same trouble with this Epson printer that I did before.
Basically, the problem is that I will follow every installation direction perfectly, and the printer will appear to have installed exactly as promised on my computer. It appears in the printer center with all the proper settings applied, and when I try to print something, it even goes through the normal printing steps. The problem is, I will hit "Print" on a Word document (or any document, for that matter), and I will wait and wait and the printer just won't respond. When I open the Print Center to take a look, it says that the "Epson Stylus Photo R340" is "Printing," and when I click on that and bring up the Epson R340 screen it has the document in the line to be printed and the appropriate document information listed at the top. The problem is, the progress bar is not full at all, and the words "Processing" appear at the top. While this is normal printing procedure, it is not normal for the "Processing" phase to extend indefinately without progress, and the printer to remain completely unresponsive throughout the entire process.
I've everything to make this work, most recently erasing the "Epson" folder from the "Printer" folder in "Library" and reinstalling the newest driver from the Epson website. I know I had this exact same problemm last time, with it stalling at the "Processing" stage and everything else being perfect, but I cannot remember the help I was given to fix the problem.
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
Max

mg123,
You have posted in the Powerbook G3 Discussions; I would head over to the iBook Discussions:
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