Leopard and Epson 3800

Like most folks using Leopard and trying to print on an Epson 3800, I have lost most of the printing functions that should be available on a printer of that calibre. So much for my brand new Mac Pro, and my almost brand new Epson. However, with Tiger loaded on my MacBook Pro, the printer works just as it should. I really don't want to downgrade the Mac Pro from Leopard to Tiger, and I'm wondering if I can somehow link the Macbook to the Mac Pro in target disk mode, and print from there. Alternatively, I have three hard drives on the Mac Pro and I'm also wondering if I can load Tiger into one of them, and print from that drive. Has anyone tried either of these alternatives, and if one works, can you walk me through it? Any thoughts on this pesky problem would be appreciated (and, yes, I have read most of the threads I can find). Thanks.
Andy.

I am having the same Error:-9672 issue with my networked SPro 3800 Pro Edition and my PowerMac G5 running newly installed Leopard. I'm at a loss and a little confused. In order to work backwards as some of you suggest, how do I delete the new PPDs? Where do I find them in the Printers folder and what are they called? I just downloaded the Printer Driver v3.5cE and can't find what it loads. I want to go back to the older PPD and see if that works. If that doesn't I might try the Euro version. Is that a Beta version?
My issue is also Express won't see any PPDs in the print window even after all the updates. Depending on the printer selected it is ether grayed out or I can only select Generic versions.
Has anybody spoken to AppleCare?

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Despite many iterations of monitor calibration trying different settings, my prints are consistently about 2 stops too dark. I'm very vexed.
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The expert on 3800 is Eric Chan, one of the Camera Raw Senior Engineers : (scroll down after the Photo) http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/
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Try resetting the printing system.
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I have an Epson Perfection 2450 scanner at home (and 5 at work where I teach graphic design). We have upgraded to OS 10.5.1 and to Adobe CS3. We left CS2 on the computers. We could not scan using CS3 Photoshop (though CS2 still worked) and so upgraded the scanner drivers. Now none of the computers will recognize the scanners. Not with Epson Scan, not with Photoshop, not with Image Capture. I spent 90 minutes on the phone with Epson support. Uninstalled everything. Reinstalled. Still no recognition. The About This Mac shows that the computer knows the scanner is there. Hooking up the scanner to a laptop with 10.4 and the same driver proves that the scanner works. The computer is missing the Scanner Monitor and com.apple.scan (whatever that is... Epson said to search for it). Thus, Epson says it is a problem with Leopard allowing the driver to install properly. And, of course, they've never heard of this before. But it is happening with 6 computers, hooked up to six 2450 scanners. The V350 scanners are working fine with the new driver. Help?!?!? I have students climbing the wall because they can't scan (me, too!).

While Apple and Epson and HP and Adobe fight it out over whose "fault" this all is, many people have circumvented the whole issue by using the VueScan driver
http://www.hamrick.com/
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Snow Leopard and Epson ****

Why, oh why, do I need to be an early adopter ?????
I did the Snow Leopard update on 2 Mac Pros in my studio.
Now I have a huge mess with my Epson 9800 and 9900 printers:
1) I cannot use my ethernet to find my 9900.
2) spooling times for prints are long enough to go out for a sandwich.,
3) and - my i1 X-Rite profiles for my dual monitors are garbage.
In addition - I can't even print a letter from my Epson C88+ printer. I no longer have the Epson Printer Utility 2 software working - now it is Printer Utility Light. "Light" is the right word ! One of the C88+ cartridges is out of ink and the printer stopped working. The "Light" software will not show me which cartridge needs to be replaced!!!!!
My studio will donate $100 to sponsor a meeting for the Apple and Epson folks to get together and to get this #$%^^^^&^ software problem worked out - fast.
Any other takers ??
Dick
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/files/Uninstaller%20-%20Mac%20OS%20X% 20ONLY/1.2.6/gutenprint-uninstaller-1.2.6.dmg/download
Click on the file it downloads and uninstall Gutenprint.
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I bought a Epson Stylus 3800 4 months ago, everything was working perfectly, but since 2 weeks (I don't remember doing something special) when I print an image this dialog box appear just when use the button PRINT "Some postscript specific settings (Interpolation, calibration, encoding) will be ignored since you are printing to a non-postscript printer". And now my photos are darker and the colors looks awful. I have an exibition in two months and this is a nightmare... Someone having an idea???

Rick -
No, this is not a new driver. As per the Epson description I posted, this driver was made available on 9/18/08. If you read it carefully, the blurb also indicates the driver (technically ver. 6.11), is compatible with SL.
I'm out of my pricey Epson paper but I just ran a test using some old Heavyweight Matte I had laying around. Seems to print fine and produced a fairly accurate print - especially considering I used a mismatched Epson canned profile.
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I installed SL the same way I always install a new OS - on a (wiped), test drive keeping my production drive completely in tact. I install apps from scratch and configure everything a little at a time. If I run into problems, my production system is a reboot away - no bleeding edge here. :-)
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Even after I select the best resolution in the Gutenprint driver, the quality is not as good as it was in the pure Epson driver.
Here is the response I got from Epson:
Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.
Drivers for your product are included with Macintosh OS X 10.5. Just
connect your Epson product to your computer.
If your output is faint or if the driver settings and/or features are
missing, your system may have automatically added the printer using the
Gutenprint driver.
Determine Which Driver is Currently Being Used
1. Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the Finder and open
System Preferences.
2. In the System Preferences window, click on Print & Fax.
3. In the list of printers on the left side of the Print & Fax window,
click once on your Epson printer to select it.
4. Check the name of the driver being used; it is displayed in the center
of the Print & Fax window next to “Kind”.
5. If the driver name displayed next to “Kind” is Gutenprint, the incorrect
driver is being used. Follow the steps in the next section to select the
correct driver.
Selecting the Correct Driver
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Delete the print queue and remove the printer from Print & Fax by
clicking on the minus button under the list of printers. Click OK to
confirm the removal.
3. Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the Finder and open
System Preferences.
4. In the System Preferences window, click on Print & Fax.
5. Turn on the printer. The system should add the printer automatically.
6. If the system does not add the printer or if it adds it using the
Gutenprint driver, contact Apple for assistance. You may need to reinstall
the Epson drivers provided with Leopard.
NOTE: To check ink levels, click the Utility button, then click EPSON
StatusMonitor. The Supply Levels button will not show remaining ink levels
for your Epson printer.
If you require further assistance with this particular issue, please ensure
all of our previous correspondence is contained in your reply, so we can
better track the history of this issue.
If you have a different issue, please submit another E-form via our website
(http://www.epson.com), and we will respond in a timely manner. Thank you
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Delete you printer.
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I came across a problem trying to print with my Epson 3800 in Photoshop CS5. I recently upgraded to Photoshop CS 5 (and Lightroom 3). I tried to print using my Epson 3800 with CS5 but could not adjust Print Settings, Color Mamagement, Paper Configuration, Expand Border because those options are unavailable and there is a line crossing through them. I get a message that says "The bundle 'Print Setting' could not be loaded because it does not contain a version for the current architecture". It then says to contact the creator listed here for the latest version: PrintSetting version 3.57, Copyright SEIKO EPSON CRP 2001-2006. I can print through Photoshop CS4 as usual, but CS5 is a problem. I haven't tried printing though Lightroom 3 yet, and have not typically used Lightroom to print, but I wonder if that will be a problem too?
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I have just upgraded to snow leopard and lost my epson printer software. I have checked Epson Aus web site for printer software but they haven't upgraded it for snow leopard. Am i able to download software for a lesser operating system then snow leopard or do i have to purchase a new printer? The model is stylus photo R310.

Have you tried the R300 or R320 software? Typically the software covers a broad spectrum of printers, often providinbg overlap to cover "relatives" of a series.
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid= 47541&prodoid=47915738&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh

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