Leopard and Epson 2200

Hi,
I have upgraded to Leopard and have problems with my Epson 2200. The Epson Print Utility2 has been erased (?) by the upgrade. I can print from the printer but the utility to clean the print heads is gone and I cannot check levels anymore either. This basically makes an excellent printer useless. Does anybody have a solution?

This Leopard/Epson incompatibility problem (which disgraces both companies) has taken up my entire weekend. I finally am able to print to my Epson Stylus Photo 2200 from my Intel-based mini running 10.5.2 by:
1. Hooking up via USB, not Firewire.
2. Clearing out all old printer drivers and installing Gutenprint 5.0.2 from sourceforge.net.
AND, to restore Epson printer utility functionality, including ink level checking:
3. Per a tip found in this discussion group: "Download the Utility "Pacifist" and use it on your Leopard Install disk to extract EPSON Printer Utility2.app. Go to OSInstall-PrinterDriversGroup-EpsonPrinters, and then follow the path above to find the file. You can then extract a copy."
I would add that you have to guide the download of Utility 2 OR 3 to your Application folder (or move it there from the Library after the download).
As it turns out, the Gutenprint Epson drivers produce better prints than the ones Epson supplies.
Thanks to this discussion group and a dozen others I've Googled to come up with this relatively simple fix. Hope it works for the other Epson Leopard sufferers out there.

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