Illustrator CS2 Printing Help - Epson R1900

Hi there,
I've been printing to my Epson R1900 with no problems from Illustrator CS2 from my Macbook for a year without a problem. I got a new Macbook, only slightly newer than the last, reinstalled Illustrator, and now my print quality is in the gutter. I've tried to adjust the print settings, which I never had to do before, and it's still very poor. What I am printing are just graphics I've drawn on-screen. No images. In the Output section of Print Presets, I can't adjust anything except Right Reading or Left Reading. Can anyone help? I don't know what changed. All of the printer drivers are the same and are installed. The strokes of lines look pixelated, as does the text. I know I could do "Create Outlines" to sharpen it, but I never had to do that before, and I want to be able to edit the text later.
Hopefully someone can help.
Thank you for your time.
Keli

You upgraded your OS as well and that is what has changed you will not be able to print from the epson R1900 with smooth curved lines or smooth paths.
Simply not possible in the newer OS above 10.5.
This is what you must do, Print from Acrobat or if you wish rasterize the art and print that.
Or save it a psd rasterized and print that from Photoshop.
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