Epson Stylus Color 740 won't print after Tiger "upgrade"

Just loaded 10.4 onto my iMac G5. Now it won't print.
Any ideas what to do?
Thanks, guys!
Lindsay

Try Reset Printing System, a menu choice in Printer Setup Utility.
You haven't tried installing anything - don't!

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Trying to print via wifi to epson stylus color 740 but can't

Hi all,
I am trying to set up my just purchased PowerBook g4 to print via airport wifi to an epson stylus color 740. I have been printing to this printer from my old laptop without any problems but I forgot how I set it up. It had something to do with lpt1 protocols. Is that IP address setup? I am now trying to set it up through OS X 10.5.4 and the other laptop has OS X 10.3.9. The dialog box is a little different and gives me many options for connecting. Which one do I use? The printer is hard wired to my SMC router which is connected to my g4 tower.
I got as far as trying to print to the printer but it would say it was sending then says the printer is paused when it isn't.
On my Titanium g4 the settings are:
printer name: lpt1on192.168.2.1 on 192.168.2.1
location: unknown
queue name: lpt1on_192.168.2.1_on192.168.2.1-1@g4tower
host name:g4tower.local
These settings are working not only for the Titanium g4 but for 2 other IBooks in the house. I just don't know where to put the settings in Leopard.
Thanks for any help,
Model Name: PowerBook G4 15"
Model Identifier: PowerBook5,2
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Processor Speed: 1.25 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1.25 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.7.1f1
Message was edited by: Claire Thomas
Message was edited by: Claire Thomas

Generally, there are two issues. First, you must know which paper to select, and second you must specify a feed-method that allows the paper you want to be in the list.
Second thing first, as it's more tricky.
The paper selection in the "Media Type" drop-down of the Epson 3880 Print dialog (the second print dialog presented when printing from Aperture) is limited by the selection you make for "Paper Size" in the Printer section of the Aperture "Print" dialog. To get "Fine Art" papers to show (and be selectable) in the Media Type drop-down, you must specify a Paper Size that allows those papers. Anything marked "Manual" should suffice.
An example will be helpful . I print most of my work on Epson's Hot Pressed paper, which I purchase in boxes of sheets. If I am printing to 8 ½ x 11 inch sheets, I do the following:
In Aperture, in the Printer section of the Print dialog, I select "US Letter (Manual - Rear)":
(This is the key. Selecting "US Letter" will not allow me to specify the paper I want.)
When I click the button "Print", another Print dialog opens. This one is specific to the printer (in this case, the Epson 3880). In that dialog, I specify for "Media Type" on the "Basic" tab of the "Printer Settings" tab of the "Print" dialog "Hot Press Bright":
This shows in the drop-down menu, along with other papers which must be fed manually:
I hope that helps. Non-Epson papers should come with instructions telling you the paper to select. For instance, I also print to Hahnemühle Harman low-gloss papers. These specify that I select "Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster", which I do:
In the above dialogs, you can see that I have created printer presets for the papers I regularly use.
—Kirby.

Question:How do I connect my MacBook Air so my Epson Stylus Color 740i Ink Jet Printer will print?

Question:How do I connect my MacBook Air so my Epson Stylus Color 740i Ink Jet Printer will print?

First, the Epson Stylus Color 740 (which I assume is your printer) is listed in this article, which is good news:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669
So Apple can provide its driver software.
This article tells you how to set up your printer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4670

Is Epson Stylus Color 740 compatibility with Yosemite 10.10.1

Is Epson Stylus Color 740 compatibility with Yosemite 10.10.1

There is a driver available for Mac computers, so, yes, it is compatible with Mac OS X.

Epson Stylus Photo R2400 won't print large pages?

I recently upgraded to Mac OS X Leopard. I immediately had problems with printing to my Epson Stylus Photo R2400 as a print driver gutenprint had suddenly replace my Epson driver when going thu dialog to print. Called and Epson and they got me thru process of getting rid of the newly replaced gutenprint to an Epson driver. Problem is I can't print anything larger than an 8.5x11 page. The printer set up says and shows me that what I have set as an 11x17 or 13x19 is going to print. But all that prints on this large expensive paper is an area 8.5x8.5. No matter what I change in set up. Epson says they have done all they can do. (And I just found out last week they have replaced this printer with another printer). I have hundreds of dollars in newly purchased inks and I am wasting expensive paper.
Also I had to remove the patch for OS leopard to get the printer to work in this diminished capacity.
And my email signature disappeared. Can't get that back either.
But printer is my biggest problem. Any suggestions how to get this printer to work with this new OS leopard and print large sizes? I have deadlines and hate to outsource the printing when I could easily do it in house.

Well, you picked the very hardest way to do it, and as time goes on, you will probably discover many other things wrong with your system as well. You CANNOT go back to Tiger from Leopard via an archive and install; you have to wipe the drive and start over from scratch, and then transfer all your data over from a backup and reinstall most, if not all, of your applications so the right elements are in the right places. Even so you'll never get your system exactly back to where it was, unless you had a perfect bootable Tiger backup (via SuperDuper) and merely restored from that. Obviously whatever Leopard element that killed your printing capability is still on your frankenstein system of BOTH Tiger and Leopard parts.
There are hundreds of posts on the issue of reverting to Tiger from Leopard, many quite detailed. So many things are changed from upgrading from one to the other that what you attempted (unless you completely wiped the drive and all your data) has always proven disastrous, which is why I highly recommended against it after reading hundreds of horror stories here.
I suggest doing a search at downgrading from Leopard to Tiger, following those instructions if you can, and making the best of it. You'll find that springing the $200 for an external drive would have been a much better and easier solution, because it can come in very handy if you ever need to do any maintenance on your internal hard drive, or if some update or problems kill your internal drive and you can't even boot the system. Not to mention sooner or later always needing more storage capability, and even a drive for reliable backups.
I would never dream of attempting a downgrade or needing to do it in the first place (having taken precautions as to never have to), so I can't give you any further advice than that.

Epson stylus cx 3800 won't work after upgrade to osx 10.9

I installed OS X 10.9 on my MacBook Pro and now my printer Epson Stylus CX 3800 won't work. I uninstalled the printer and tried to reinstall with original epson software but computer won't download it. Perfectly good printer worked yesterday but not today. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi ,
I had the same problem , But i fixed the issue by updating patch . Hope this link can help you for all version
as this has patches and explained
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=297D2650-EC09-00A1-048BD74750266743

HT3669 Hi! I just bought an old printer, an Epson stylus color 740 and my computer doesn't detect a driver to install it.

I tried with download.com and the drivers seem corrupted. And this model is listed on the apple website. Where can I find a reliable place to download this? I have a macbook pro.
Thanks a lot everybody!!

Well. Peter Bannon is correct in that you can download the Epson drivers (although they're 1.05 GB in size). My previous suggestion was meant to just get the small portion of that 1.05 GB file that you need.
The "try later" usually means that Apple's update servers are temporarily down, and that often gets corrected within a few minutes.
Restarting can never hurt.
Unfortunately, I think that you do need a specific driver for the Epson 740. I don't think you can use a "generic USB driver" (as you _can_ for many network printers).
Jim

Epson Stylus Photo 700 won't print in OS 9.2

HI,
I got my usb to parallel adapter to work with my Stylus Photo 700 on my Blueberry with OS 10.3.9 and usbtb and gimp=Print. I have been trying to figure out how to get it to work in the classic environment-9.2.2. The Epson window comes up and Ii have access to utilities there but the "*printer is not available*"
Any ideas how to overcome that little problem?
Thanks,
Warren McNeely

If this article doesn't work:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300849
Then you need a Mac OS 9 version of both the printer driver and the USB to Parallel adapter. Unfortunately the company that makes the older version of the driver has a website domain that no longer works if Keyspan's drivers don't work. That company was Strydent, and their driver was called Powerprint. You may want to toss that printer and get one known to work in the Classic environment. Only Canon has on their support pages listings of printers that do work in the Classic environment. You may find more info that is relevant on my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/printersx.html
You may be able to find someone whos still has Strydent's software, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

EPSON Stylus Color 1160 changing default print quality under 10.4

Greetings.
I have the above printer and since Epson no longer produces a driver that will function under 10.4 I am using the Gimp driver. Which works fine.
The printer is connected to our server and so functions as a ‘shared printer’ in the network. The server runs 10.4.8.
However I would like to tweak the default settings for all users.
One of the things we use this printer for is to make drafts for checking text or layouts. The default setting is for an excellent print quality. I would like to change this to a lower resolution (saves ink > saves money > saves planet > reduces carbon footprint, ;-)))
Anybody knows how to do this?
Thanks

Greg good morning,
It did solve it partly. Here is what I have now. If printing directly from the computer the printer is connected from now is no problem, the settings have changed.
However as this is my server (the Epson is connected to it via USB) printing from the other machines have not changed the standard dialog box.
When I try access the Epson setup via http://127.0.0.1:631/printers on the individual computers I get:
Forbidden. You don't have permission to access the resource on this server. <</div>
Any suggestions as to how to solve this so I have there also the standard box changed? Reason is of course that on the individual computers the dialog is generated locally and their settings are following the standard rule than send to the printer, bypassing the setting of the printer. So question is, how to get in to this dialogue?

Epson Stylus Photo 1290 does not print after installing Snow Leopard

Hello.
I have this silly problem of having an old very good printer, and a very new system. Since my update the printer simply wont print. It gives me a "communication error". Printer Utility is working though ! I can check ink settings, clean the printing heads, but when printing the test page, which is completely EMPTY.
The Printer Utility taks AGES by the way, to do anything i want. VERY slow.
Oh, and yes, i also installed Gutenberg printer drivers additionally,
printing works there, but it is ooooooddly slooooow as well, **** it !!
Any ideas ? Thank you !!
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btw, this is how i got to know about the "resetting printer queue" - OFFICIAL EPSON ANSWER:
(sorry for German speaking users only ...)
Bitte gehen Sie in diesem Fall wie folgt vor.
1. Löschen Sie alle Epson Drucker aus der Druckerliste.
2. Deinstallieren Sie den Treiber über die Installationsroutine. Besteht diese Möglichkeit nicht gehen Sie bitte direkt zu Punkt 3.
3. Löschen Sie den Inhalt des Ordners "Epson" unter HDD -> Library -> Printers.
4. Suchen Sie im Finder nach Druckermodell und löschen gefundene Einträge.
5. Starten Sie Ihren Mac neu.
6. Laden Sie den aktuellen Treiber von unserer Website und installieren Sie diesen. http://esupport.epson-europe.com/de-DE
7. Schließen Sie den Drucker direkt am Mac an, Kabellänge <= 2m. Sollte der Drucker im folgenden nicht gefunden werden schließen Sie ihn bitte per USB und nicht per FireWire oder Netzwerkkabel an. Verwenden Sie keinen USB-Hub und nicht den USB-Port an der Tastatur.
8. Drucker hinzufügen:
8.1 Power PC 10.x.x
Gehen Sie ins Druckerdienstprogramm wählen Sie hinzufügen (unter Tiger 10.4.x dann weitere Drucker) und wählen die korrespondierende EPSON-Schnittstelle (Epson-USB, Epson Firewire, Epson Appletalk, Epson TCP/IP) im Dialog aus. Der Drucker wird in der Auswahlliste angezeigt. Markieren Sie ihn und wählen Sie wenn möglich Papierformat "ALLE". Schließen Sie den Vorgang mit hinzufügen.
8.2 Mac-Intel 10.4.x
Gehen Sie ins Druckerdienstprogramm wählen Sie hinzufügen und wählen die korrespondierende EPSON-Schnittstelle (USB, Epson Firewire, Epson Appletalk, Epson TCP/IP) im Dialog aus. Der Drucker wird in der Auswahlliste angezeigt. Markieren Sie ihn und wählen Sie wenn möglich Papierformat "ALLE". Schließen Sie den Vorgang mit hinzufügen.
8.3 Leopard 10.5.x
Gehen Sie in Drucker & Faxe, wählen Sie hinzufügen, wählen Sie den Drucker aus der Liste (USB/Bonjour) und prüfen Sie, daß im Feld "Drucken mit/Druckermodell" EPSON und das Kürzel für Ihren Drucker steht. z.B.: "SPRO3800". Um den Drucker per EPSON Appletalk hinzuzufügen, wählen Sie oben rechts das Symbol "andere". Wählen Sie hinzufügen um die Installation abzuschließen.
8.4 Snow Leopard 10.6.x
Gehen Sie in Drucker & Faxe, wählen Sie das "+" Zeichen, wählen Sie den Drucker aus der Liste (USB/Bonjour) und prüfen Sie, daß im Feld "Drucken mit/Druckermodell" EPSON und das Kürzel für Ihren Drucker steht. z.B.: "SPRO3800". Um den Drucker per EPSON Appletalk oder per Epson Firewire hinzuzufügen, wählen Sie oben rechts das Symbol "andere". Wählen Sie hinzufügen um die Installation abzuschließen.
Beim Update von 10.4 oder 10.5 auf 10.6 empfehlen wir das Drucksystem zurückzusetzen und dann die Treiber neu zu installieren. Dieses Verfahren kann auch beim bei Punkt 1 benutzt werden. Allerdings sind dann alle Drucker gelöscht!
Falls Sie noch weitere Fragen, Wünsche oder Äußerungen haben, stehen wir Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
EPSON Deutschland

Epson 1400 won't print after Yosemite upgrade

I installed Yosemite and when I tried to print it says "printer not connected". Even though the App store update showed it updated
I tried a variety of things and finally deleted all the Epson folders and unadded the printer.
Unfortunately nothing worked and now it wont even show the printer to add.
I am at a loss. I really need to get stuff printed (brochure 11x17 stuff) and I can't get this too work.
I would appreciate any help with this.

Regarding you question. The printer showed as usual on the Mac as ready to go but failed. But then saw that no matter what I did it was showing as 'off line'. For me this isn't too unusual as I find that print jobs in a queue can be fouled when the only solution is to uninstall the printer and reinstall it or I have had to uncouple cables and unplug everything to start again that does the trick. It can also be problematic when allowing the printer to 'sleep' and try to print and everything can go awry. But this time I knew it was the Yosemite upgrade so spent several hours researching on the Internet to no avail. Also it was the weekend so not able to ring when I would have telephoned epson who I know are very helpful. I had already accepted some updates from Apple that day but later saw yet another that was exactly what I needed - for epson running Yosemite. I accepted it and within a few minutes the printer was working perfectly. But my first thought was could it be possible Apple has problems with epson only? - hardly likely. Or does Apple know that I have an epson? - possibly but not likely to operate that way. So if you have an epson (or another name) you'd best check if there are updates waiting action and if not it could be on the way. I tend towards impatience so wanted it fixed at once and would have contacted Apple but that's not as easy as one would think.
I hope the above is helpful but if you have more questions don't hesitate to put them to me. I am far from expert and not had the Mac for long but do enjoy it and overcoming problems with the very helpful knowledgeable people of the community so much appreciated.
Tony

Panther Stops documents spooled to Stylus Color 740

Just upgraded to 10.3.9, all discs used. Stylus Color 740 (USB) w/print server as IP printer. My iBook still on 10.2.9 prints fine via Airport. Printer Sharing is on. Print dialog box shows the IP of my printer as the selected one. Brief progress box shows "printing X # of pages", then look at the Print Utility box shows my document with "printing X% of page Y (goes thru all the pages of the document)", then the darn thing just stops the printing. No error messages. Printer doesn't even budge. I've redone Print Setup a number of times to no avail. Thanks in advance.
iMac 700MHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

A few options...
First, I suggest checking your hard disk using Install Disk 1 of the Panther set.
(a) Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart your computer holding down the C key. Continue to hold down the C key until the Apple logo appears.
(b) After the Installer window appears on the desktop, click on the menu "Installer" and select "Disk Utility".
(c) When Disk Utility opens: on the left pane, select your hard disk and then on the right, click the First Aid tab followed by clicking the button "Repair Disk" (lower right).
If it reports any errors/repairs, re-run Repair Disk until it report no errors.
(d) Click on Repair Disk Permissions. Then quit Disk Utility.
(e) Restart computer.
(f) Launch Disk Utility (the one on your hard disk) and Repair Disk Permissions again.
Now try to print.
Second, with the Word 2004 being one of the apps, you might have a corrupt font. Take a look at Kurt Lang's excellent info on Font management. http://discussions.apple.com/post!reply.jspa?messageID=1540046
(BTW: Recently, I had a Word doc that would not print and the culprit was that Word uses the Symbol font for automatic bullet points that was not working right on my computer. It was a curious problem and I do not know how I figured out that one.)
Third, if after running through the above and the problem persists, you might try Printer Setup Repair. See http://www.fixamac.net/software/psr/
index.html
Hope this helps. Good luck!

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My two printers stopped working after upgrading to 10.4.7. both printers connected directlty through USB. I have a Stylus C82 and a Stylus 740. I switched to the S 740 thinking it was a printer problem, but after printing normally a few pages, the same happened to the S 740.Won't print with black ink, the printer head moves as if printing, but the page comes out blank. I have reset the printers from both, the the Printer Browser window and the Printer Setup utility using Reset Printers. (Nozzles and Ink are fine on the printers). I have tried to print docs in different applications (Word, TextEdit, etc) but the same happens. I have reinstalled OS10.4.7 from CD but still the same problem.
The message that shows at the console when printing:
Attempt to release a printing object without first doing a retain!!!
The cups error_log at /var/log/cups reads the following:
E [29/Jul/2006:11:24:49 -0700] [Job 5] fatal: Communication error with the printer. Please reset (or turn on) the printer and try printing again.
E [29/Jul/2006:11:24:49 -0700] PID 338 stopped with status 255!
I [29/Jul/2006:11:24:49 -0700] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
I NEED HELP!!!

See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301631
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I can't get good prints from my Epson Stylus Color 1160 now I have OS10.4.4

My previous Mac was a PowerMac 8600/250 with OS9.1. Since I have had the new iMac G5 the prints I get from my Epson Stylus Color 1160 (which was working OK with OS9.1) have a poor colour match with the on-screen image and are too dark. The printer interface offers far less options than were available with OS9.1. I have downloaded the latest driver from Epson. I even found an alternative driver on the internet called GutenPrint 5.0.0bz2. When I tried to install that I was told that a newer version was already installed. I have tried all variations on the driver settings but none of the results are anywhere approaching satisfactory. I have spoken to Epson but they were not able to solve the problem. I mainly work in Photoshop CS2 so I spoke to Adobe about the problem but it still wasn't resolved. Does anyone have any suggestions of what else I can try?

When you were printing in OS 9, did you print in CMYK or RGB profiles?
If your printing directly in Photoshop, try, I think its "RGB 1956" profile. Good luck and let me know if this helps.

I just installed snow leopard and every thing seems to working fine except my Epson stylus color 740i printer. Nothing happens when I try to print.

I just installed Snow Leopard as upgrade and everything seems to working well except my printer does not work. It is Epson stylus color 740i. What do i need to do.

Have you been here and followed the link about Snow Leopard?

Epson Stylus Color 740 won't print after Tiger "upgrade"

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