Epson Workforce 40 - WiFi printing breaks after installing OS DriverUpdate

Question

Hello,
My computer (MacBookPro) is a Snow Leopard Upgrade. I recently bought an Epson Workforce 40. The documentation said first install Rosetta if running Snow Leopard, so i installed Rosetta. I then ran the install.app from the CD Epson provided. The installer installed the 'drivers' and when finished popped up the Epson NetConfig application. The Epson NetConfig app told me to plug in my Epson Workforce 40 into my wired network so it could pick up on it's broadcast traffic and (auto discover) etc etc. Once auto discovered i went through the necessary steps to get it on my wireless LAN and exited the Epson NetConfig.
I then went into System Preferences\Print & Fax, where I selected "+". I was able to find the printer via Bonjour. When selected the "Print Using" auto populated. This is where i don't remember what it auto populated with. It was either "Workforce 40" or "Epson Workfoce 40". I do know it was not auto populated with "Epson Workforce 40 - Gutenprint v5.2.3" as I remember dropping down to see what else was available. I then selected "Add".
I soon opened a pdf and printed a document to the Epson Workforce 40. It worked with no problem.
Today, I downloaded and installed from the Apple Software Update the Epson Printer Driver Update. I don't know what version it was. After downloading and installing i found i could no longer print. This was initially realized by trying to print a pdf document, but when selecting the print button, it simply didn't print. The print roll down dialog just stayed there and let me continually select print. In order to exit the print roll down dialog, i had to select cancel.
Goggling around lead me to several ideas and fixes, I have done both of suggested fixes below found in (Topic : Apple Applications Will Not Print) (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2194149&start=15&tstart=15). The second fix listed below I did do, however, I did not re-install Snow Leopard.
Thanks to anyone that has ideas or suggestions!
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Try this verbally, step by step:
1. Delete the folder /Library/Printers/EPSON
2. Delete all files start with "EPSON" in folder /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources and /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj (and in all other xx.lproj subfolders).
3. Delete all files start with "epson" in /usr/libexec/cups/backend and /usr/libexec/cups/filter
4. Delete all bundles start with "EPSON" in /System/Library/Extensions
5. Reset printing system ("Print & Fax" preferences, <control>-click in the printer queue list, choose "reset printing system").
6. Disconnect your printer from the computer, reboot your computer.
7. Connect your printer back, when being asked to install printer driver for your printer, say "yes".
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*Problem Solved*: Thanks John Blanchard1 for leading me in to some paths I didn’t think of! Anyway here how I final clear this up: Lay a new copy of Snow Leopard on-top of the fresh clean-install that I did yesterday. After the re-start I when directly to the Pirnt/ Fax in Pref panel. Notice that my printer said “Artisan 50” instead of “Epson Artisan 50” Like did in the past. “Hum???” Wonder why it had that instead of “Epson Artisan 50”? So I remove it from the list and try adding it again. Well here what happen next. Instantly it ask me : Do you want to download Epson Print drivers. What the heck! It want hurt after all what I’ve been through last 3 days. So it download –it. Anyway it was 34 -35mb file???. After that I did another re-start. Now every thing now print again “Text-Edit, Safari, i-Photo, & ect.
Don’t believe that Epson V2.1 for download is same as the default as when you 1st strat–up Snow Leopard and add printers. I do know that I don’t believe Apple should be putting driver into Software Update. Things work fine before I down loaded it. Best advice far as print drivers go “If the the work fine, don’t mess with them.” Hope this help to anybody get to end of this thred.
Must say this was one weird fixes I’ve very run to over the years. I feel Apple may not be consisted in it driver packages.
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Message was edited by: asolo321
Message was edited by: asolo321

Answer 1

a few things i just tried:
i first followed the first suggestion listed above, ie deleting all associated EPSON files.
downloading and installing this"Epson Printer Drivers v2.1 for Mac OS X v10.6.1" (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL900). doing so then re-adding the printer only leaves me where i was before where i try to print, but it just lets me continually hit "print" and nothing happens. this update very well might have been the one that i initially downloaded and broke my working setup.
i first followed the first suggestion listed above, ie deleting all associated EPSON files.
i tried to re-install the driver from the CD with the network printer driver selected, and this allows me to select print, but i get the error "/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Filter/rastertoescp.app/Contents/MacOS/r astertoescp failed". This error is listed in the print queue.