Epson Stylus Photo RX580 and airport express

Under Tiger I had no problems with wireless printing. Under Leopard it is impossible. I get two or three lines and then boom printing stops. I have an Airport Extreme with 802.11n (Gigabit Ethernet) and a Airport Extreme with 802.11g, that connect to my DSL modem.
The printer works if I plug the computer directly to it. Any ideas of how to get the wireless system working again? I have tried multiple suggestions from this board, but nothing is working.

I am having a very similar problem. But in my case nothing prints - just get "communication error". 2.5 hours on with Apple and then they replaced my Airport Extreme because it wouldn't take the latest firmware. Replacement took the firmware update but still doesn't fix the no printing problem. I am using the latest Epson drivers and same as you it prints fine connected directly to the computer, printed fine this way under Tiger. I also prints through Airport if you use the Gutenberg driver but it is terrible quality.

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My HP Deskjet recently failed, so I tried to connect my Epson Stylus Photo R280 to my Airport Express to allow everyone to print to it, however, I can't seem to get it to work over AirPort. It always fails out saying "communication error", and works just fine hard-wired through USB. Has anyone been able to get this printer to work with this base station, or have any pointers on how to get this printer to work? Am I missing something?
Thanks!

I am having the same problem with the SP R320. it's driving me crazy. Was working fine wirelessly for over a year, then suddenly a week ago just stopped. Bonjour sees it just fine- just doesn't print. Says "connecting" forever, but never does anything. and it prints fine via USB. I have posted all over about it, but have gotten no answers. Seems like lots of people are having wireless problems with all sorts of types of printers, so I think it's an apple issue, not an epson issue. I just wish someone would post anything helpful! Where's DrSmoke when we need him!
Found a workaround using a gimp driver, but it's less than ideal.

Connecting Epson Stylus Photo 950 to Airport express

Have just received Airport Express (AE) but cannot get printer to work through its USB port.
AE can see the printer (correct model and type) according to Airport Admin Utility, and I can add the printer via Bonjour in the Printer Utility. If I view the Printer Queue when trying to print a document it shows a message telling me it is trying to find the printer and then tells me it is printing 8%..20% etc. and gets stuck. Nothing gets printed.
Apple support tell me it must be a printer driver problem and indeed Epson tell me that their printer drivers don't support AE. However I can see from the discussions on this forum that some Epson printers work. Can anyone clarify for me if this printer is supported, or not: or if they have got one to work.
I am running MACOS 10.4.4 with version 6.3 of the Airport Express frimware. I was using the Gimp-Print printer drivers; the latest Epson driver doesn't seem to recognise a printer is connected.

Have just received Airport Express (AE) but cannot get printer to work through its USB port.
AE can see the printer (correct model and type) according to Airport Admin Utility, and I can add the printer via Bonjour in the Printer Utility. If I view the Printer Queue when trying to print a document it shows a message telling me it is trying to find the printer and then tells me it is printing 8%..20% etc. and gets stuck. Nothing gets printed.
Apple support tell me it must be a printer driver problem and indeed Epson tell me that their printer drivers don't support AE. However I can see from the discussions on this forum that some Epson printers work. Can anyone clarify for me if this printer is supported, or not: or if they have got one to work.
I am running MACOS 10.4.4 with version 6.3 of the Airport Express frimware. I was using the Gimp-Print printer drivers; the latest Epson driver doesn't seem to recognise a printer is connected.

Fixed Epson Stylus Photo RX580 - Unable to print from AirPort in 10.5.x

After upgrading 1st Gen MBP 17" to 10.5.4 I could not print from the Airport, unless I used Bonjour through one of my 10.4.11 Macs. Much sadness. Found this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6170067 - near the bottom was "big ant" response (for an AL C1100). He has a 9-step process from Stepson, and it work fabulously. One suggestion - in the last step, you can choose which model driver, I advise selecting the second choice driver Epson Stylus Photo RX580 - Gutenprint v5.1.3. It adds better options for printing, especially for print quality options. I plan to try the solution on my office RX680 next.

After trying for weeks, I finally came up with a very simple workaround that allows me to print to the Stylus Pro 3800 wirelessly again. I don't know why I didn't try this before. All I did was change the way I connect the printer to the Airport Extreme Base Station from using USB to Ethernet. In the printer's front panel "Network Setup" menu I made sure that the Bonjour option was enabled.
After this, it was just a simple matter of adding the printer again from the Print Fax preference pane and everything worked!
So, if anyone else is having a similar problem, try using the Ethernet port on your printer instead of the USB one.
Cheers

Epson Stylus Photo 2200 and Bonjour

My Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer can use either Firewire or USB. When connected directly to my G5 with Firewire I can add printer features which include setups for "Borderless" and "Minimal Margins" printing.
However, from my MacBook Pro, after installing the latest Epson driver, I can print only in Standard mode through Bonjour. This is with the printer attached to my Airport Extreme USB port.
I contacted Epson and this was their reply:
"Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.
You will need to contact Apple and inform them that there Bonjour protocol
doesn't support extra features like borderless and minimal margins. As
stated before, Epson America supports the product only with a direct USB
connection to a USB port on the computer and a direct Firewire cable to a
firewire port on the computer. Epson America doesn't support or test any
type of third-party printer servers, switchs, routers or Apple base
stations. Apple has already stressed that there base stations do not
support the Epson Status monitor. Unfortunately, if the Apple Bonjour
protocol only supports the "Standard" printer driver, there is nothing
Epson can do about it and you will need to talk to Apple and see if they
have any work around. "
How can I get this printer to use these features that I use regularly without connecting directly from computer to printer? Is there a work around?
It seems silly to have to connect directly. After all that's why we got MacBooks - to access the internet and print - remotely!
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB SDRAM
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

You can try uninstalling the drivers for your printer and re-installing the printer drivers....Also, then try to add the printer port and try to check the same.....hope that should sort this out....

Photoshop CS3 with Epson Stylus Photo 1400 and Mac Leopard

I have Adobe Photoshop CS3 and an Epson Stylus PHOTO 1400 printer and Mac OS X 10.5.4.
When I print a photo it comes out with excessive ink which smears very easily and has lines in it. It only does it in Photoshop. When I print from any other program it comes out fine. I've seen reviews online where people have printed from Macs and photoshop onto the printer and it worked. I've already contacted Epson, but they said to contact Adobe. Does anybody have any advice?

Forget Epson's useless tech support.
What you describe is typical of improper printer profile or usage of non-Epson paper, especially paper with gloss. Have you profiled the printer/paper and are you using Epson paper (or other paper and profiles specifically recommended here for Epson photo-quality printers) properly selected?
Like Ramón I am on 10.4.11, not 10.5.x, but I doubt if your described problem is due to the OS version.

Mavericks AND Epson Stylus Photo R280-driver?

I just removed one EPSON Stylus Photo R280 and plugged in another one of the same model. Can't find the printer when I send something to print, so I deleted the printer from my printer list and then added it back. It wants to go to the Apple server and get the software, which it says is available. When I hit add, it looks and says software is not available. The old printer was runnning printing fine, so obviously there is a driver. How do I get it to recognize it?

What if you try deleting the /Library/Printer/EPSON and the/Library/Caches/Epson/ folders and then reinstalling the updates?

/usr/libexec/cups/filter cgpdftoraster failed (Epson Stylus Photo 1400)

10.5.2 appears to have added support for my printer when it is plugged in to my airport express - before I upgraded it did not work at all, now it works almost perfectly.
However, when i try to print a book from aperture (Aperture 2.0 Trial), the printer bounces on the dock and the job says that it is working, then an error flashes up and disappears and then the status changes to "stopped".
I managed to take a screenshot in the second that the error is displayed, and it is as follows:
"/usr/libexec/cups/filter cgpdftoraster failed"
I have not tried printing a book when the printer is directly plugged into my laptop yet, as this is the first time that I have ever tried - everything else seems to work perfectly (Printing photos / printing from Lightroom), but not printing this book.
The printer is an Epson Stylus Photo 1400 (A3+), but it does not seem to be a printer problem - as it never tries to send the file to the printer, it breaks before it gets that far.
Does anyone know why this is happening and have any suggestions about how to fix it?
Thanks.

I concur, Aperture 2.0.1 on OS X 10.5.2 was NOT able to print to the Epson Stylus Photo 1400, and resulted in an "/usr/libexec/cups/filter/cgpdftoraster failed" message at the print driver.
Exporting the image from Aperture to Photoshop, and printing using Photoshop, printed effortlessly; I was even able to use "Super B" paper (13"x19") Sheet-Feeder Borderless with Ultra Premium Photo Paper Semi-Glossy.

Can't print using Epson Stylus Photo R300

I am new to Mac ownership and have been having issues since updating to OS10.4.9. I have an Epson Stylus Photo R300 and have been using CUPS and Gimprint to print w/o a problem (OK, I had to call tech support and spent 10 hours getting it figured out) Now, for no reason my computer won't print again. I'm not sure what the issue is. Nothing has changed. I use a wireless print server connected to my wireless router. I've tried everything today. I'd removed all print drivers, CUPS and Gimprint and reinstalled. I've tried checking to see if the router has a different IP but nothing is working.
When I go to print the utility will spool the printing and then tell me the printer is busy and it will try again later.. then it times out. I've cleared the print history and jobs but still get the message. The only time I got anything close to printing was when I selected default browser, selected the wireless router but it chose Apple talk at the communication so I just got syntax stuff to print. Nothing in English.
So any help from ANYONE would be appreciative because Apple wasn't helpful when I called today.

Is there any reason why you're not using the standard Epson supported driver? It's available here

FIX for EPSON Print CD V2.02 - EPSON Stylus Photo R200 - MAC OS 10.5.9

I thought I'd post this ridiculously long info sheet on what finally got my R200 to work with EPSON Print CD and 10.5.8 just in case it might help someone else BEFORE they spend days searching for a solution.
Check the printer driver information in System Preferences, Print & Fax. If it says anything other than EPSON SP R200 Series, you’ve likely located the problem. My system showed the Gutenprint v5.1.3 and /or CUPS/+GIMP... I originally replaced the Gutenprint driver file with the CUPS... file thinking this would solve the Gutenprint driver problem. But, as I continued to look into what was going on, I think I found out that both driver files are actually considered Gutenprint driver files.
1. Select the hard drive where the operating system is located.
2. Select Library/Printers.
3. Select the Epson folder and delete it and then Empty Trash to make sure it’s gone.
4. Select Library/Preferences.
5. Select the Epson folder and delete any files that are there.
(Steps 4 & 5 might not be necessary, but I’m listing everything that I did.)
6. In System Preferences, select Printers and Fax. Control click in listing area and select Reset Printers.
7. Load the Leopard Installation CD and select Optional Installation.
8. Select Printers and select Epson. This will reload the printer drivers for all the EPSON printers that are included on the install CD.
9. Go back to the System Preferences, Printers and Fax window. Click on the + sign to add a printer.
10. There will likely be a listing with Printer Name as EPSON Stylus Photo R200, Kind as USB.
11. Click on an arrow in the Print Using: box and select EPSON SP R200 Series. The printer icon changed dramatically at this point, with a rainbow of colors on the document shown coming out of the printer.
Note: **Working within the Print & Fax app seems to be key to getting the settings corrected.** Someone else pointed out that they also found this necessary. However, I couldn’t get the proper “Print Using:” option to appear until I cleaned out the Library/Printers/Epson folder, “Reset Printers”, and reloaded the EPSON printer drivers from the Leopard installation CD.
I had previously done the “Reset Printers” and reloaded the printer files, but as was advised against in the post I mentioned, I selected the “More Printers” option. That’s where I found the EPSON Stylus Photo R200 listed with the CUPS+Gimp ... and the Gutenprint driver listing options. Selecting what appeared to be the Gutenprint alternate printer driver didn’t help at all. I’m not sure if the EPSON SP R200 driver file was missing from the original listing of printer drivers or if I just missed it. I certainly would have looked for it if I had known it was the one that’s needed.
12. Open the EPSON Print CD V2.02 app. Although I had already installed the Easy Print update, I got a message saying that the application needed the update to work. So, I reinstalled the Easy Print update.
13. After reinstalling the Easy Print update, I reselected Update Printer Information. Much to my amazement, I got a message and a progress indicator showing the Printer Information was being updated to reflect the EPSON Stylus Photo R200 printer.
14. When the Update Printer Information process had completed, I clicked on Print and suddenly found that I was able to choose Select Printer and pick the EPSON Stylus Photo R200 and CD/DVD wondrously appeared in the Media Type.
After this point, all the other instructions that are provided from EPSON seemed to work just fine.
Hopefully, there’s enough information in here somewhere that people with other operating systems and printers might at least be able to get a clue . . .

I dug around on the Epson site and found this which seemed to address the exact problem so they obviously know about it. Unfortunately even these rather drastic steps failed to solve the issue for me.
http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Inkjet/Epson-Stylus-Photo-2100/D rivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=3798

Epson Stylus Photo RX680 with Bluetooth Photo Print Adapter 2 won't pair

This post describes my problem, but I couldn't reply since it has been archived:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7882399&#7882399
I am having the same issue with an Epson Stylus Photo RX680 and their Bluetooth Photo Print Adapter 2. I go to System Preferences -> Bluetooth -> Set Up New Device, click Continue, select Printer, and click Continue. At this point, the Bluetooth Setup Assistant sends me to the Print & Fax System Preferences window. I can add the printer under the Bluetooth heading. It finds the drivers and adds the printer to my printers list, but a test page (or anything else) won't print. The job is added to the queue, but it stops trying to print after a few seconds. If I go to the Bluetooth System Preferences, I can see the printer listed (for a while), and I notice that it is connected but not paired.
If I run the Bluetooth Setup Assistant and select Any Device instead of Printer, I see the printer in the list and can view the Passkey options. It is set to "Use a specific passkey", which is what I need. I have tried changing it to a different option and then changing it back, but it does not seem like this has an effect on how the printer is paired. I have never been asked for a passkey when attempting to add this printer, and I suspect that this is why I cannot print to it.
I have also tried enabling and disabling Bluetooth sharing, and this does not seem to have an effect, whether "require pairing" is checked or not. Isn't there some place where I can choose "Pair this device" once it has been discovered? I find it strange that I can connect to it but have no option to pair afterward (at least that I can find). To make the matter more complicated, the printer disappears from the device list in the Bluetooth System Preferences after about 30 seconds, so I have to remove the printer and reinstall it in order to see the it in the list again.
I am able to print to this printer using bluetooth from a Windows XP machine, so I don't think that there is a problem with the adapter. I am also able to print to this printer using USB, so I don't think that there is a driver problem. I believe (though I certainly could be wrong) that the issue is that the device is not paired. Can anybody help?
Thank you.
-Kyle

I was trying to find a way to use the Epson drivers because the Gutenprint drivers don't support duplexing or feeding out of the front tray on this printer, but at least this got bluetooth printing working. I downloaded the latest Gutenprint drivers (5.2.2), ran the uninstall program first to get rid of the old drivers, and then installed the new ones. I added the printer through the bluetooth heading in the Add Printer dialog, and I selected the RX680 Gutenprint driver (which was not available with the default OS X 10.5.5 installation). Once again, the printer showed up as connected but not paired in the Bluetooth System Preferences, and it disappeared from the device list after a few seconds, but printing works now. The print quality for this printer is much improved by the new drivers as well.
Bluetooth setup is mentioned in the user documentation. It's kind of a joke:
Macintosh computer: Double-click Bluetooth File Exchange in your Utilities folder and follow the on-screen instructions.
That's it. I have been disappointed with this printer on a number of occasions. If you are going to connect directly through USB, then it's probably fine. If you want to use any form of network connectivity, you had better be running Windows on any machine involved.
I'll talk with Epson support to see if I can get any further with their drivers. Since it's supposed to work, I'd like to see if I can get it to happen. Otherwise, I'll return the adapter and share the printer through a spare desktop.

Epson Stylus Photo T50 is idle after upgrading to OS X Mavericks, Epson Stylus Photo T50 is idle after upgrading to OS X Mavericks

Hello,
I have an Epson Stylus Photo T50 and after upgrading to OS X Mavericks it does work and is idle the whole time.
I'm from Brazil and would like to know if an update comes out soon or is there another solution for my case?
I'm waiting for aid

You probably need an updated driver:
Epson drivers for Mavericks:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportMavericks.jsp

Anyone else having difficulty with Adobe Photoshop CC and Epson Stylus Photo R3000?

Everytime I try to print an image from Photoshop CC to my Epson Stylus Photo R3000, it can't seem to find the printer. I have no problem printing the same image from Lightroom 5 or Preview on Mac. The printer shows in the Photoshop Print Dialogue box but after I click Print the print queue just says searching for printer and can't find it. I can print a test page from the printer Utility and anything else I try, just not Photoshop CC. I'm running OSX 10.9 Mavericks. Thanks.

This forum is actually about the Cloud, not about using individual programs
Once your program downloads and installs with no errors, you need the program forum
If you start at the Forums Index http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says ALL FORUMS) to open the drop down list and scroll
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The part "scanner" of my all in one printer epson stylus photo PX 720 WD is not on duty and no driver ready to use some informations about drivers epson and mavericks ?

some news for drivers os x mavericks and epson stylus photo px720wd ?
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Try using the pre installed Image Capture app in your Applications folder.
Connect the scanner to your Mac whether Wi-Fi or USB.
Launch Image Capture.
Click the very small black box bottom left side of the Image Capture window.
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Epson R1800 and Airport Express

Hi
I have read elsewhere in the discussions that the Epson R1800 does work with Airport express and am seeking some guidance regarding this before spending my coin on the Airport unit.
Since the R1800 is not listed in the ifelix list, will it be fully functional?
My set up is that I connect my PB to the internet and my other mac and shared printers via a Dlink DI-624.
Would the PB connect directly to the Airport express unit or through the dlink as an extension of my existing network?
What sort of operational range could this acheive? I would need it to work over a distance of 15 metres (45 feet ish) through a couple of walls.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Many compatible printers on the iFelix list are listed there because people have indicated, in these forum discussions, that these printers work. Therefore, if you have read elsewhere that the R1800 also works - it too should be on the list.
You would set up the Airport Express (to which the R1800 is connected) to "join" the wireless network created by your D-Link wireless router. Therefore, the Airport Express must be within the wireless range of the D-Link wireless router. Any wireless computer on your network would communicate with the Airport Express via your D-Link wireless router.
45 feet through a couple of walls will likely exceed the ability of the connection to achieve 802.11g speeds, but slower 802.11b speeds should be acheivable. Beyond that, it is impossible to say exactly how well or poorly your wireless connection will perform over that distance - you will have to try it out yourself and see what happens.

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