Problems getting Epson RX420 to print

I have just bought the MacBook Air
My Epson RX420 is installed & i can scan & do a print test but when i try to print a word document i get this message
Your printer may not be set up correctlyor there may be a problem with network connection. You may need to adjust your printer settings.
The scanner is working fine. any ideas anyone
Thanks

Your problem sounds similar to a problem I was having with my Epson WF 630 printer. Basically, I could manage the printer, I could fax, I could scan, and I could print a test page from the management tool, but I couldn't print a file. You might check your console logs to see if you are getting a message which ends in ...rastertoescpii failed, when you try to print. If you are getting that message, you might try the workaround I came up with. It is documented at the following link:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18616149#18616149

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Printing problems with Epson RX420

I have an Epson RX420 and every time I try to print to it from Aperture I get horrible colours, and the image looks like its been through some sort of processing that's sucked out some of the detail. Its always been like that since I got my iMac, running on both Tiger and now Leopard. My solution has been to export files as JPEG, email them to a Windows laptop and then print on that from Photoshop Elements to the same printer. That works fine, so its not the printer.
I've posted an example of it to Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/khaosproductions/sets/72157622094258487/
with the original image, and then a scan of the prints of it from Aperture and a Windows machine.
I've tried to get new drivers, and am currently using the latest Gutenprint drivers to print, but it doesn't help.
Does anyone have any ideas? Anyone successfully printed from Aperture to an RX420? Or should I bin it and buy a new printer?
Thanks in advance
David

I managed to find some new drivers for it which I couldn't find on the Epson site in previous visits:
http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Inkjet/Epson-Stylus-Photo-RX420/ Drivers-Support
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I have a Powerbook G4 running the most recent version of OSX. I can no longer print to my Epson Photo 2200. When I try and print the Printer window pops up, and the job automatically stops without printing.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the 2200 driver, I have hooked up a Canon printer to the powerbook (and this printer works fine with the powerbook), I have printed a test sheet on the 2200 (which is done without a connection to the Powerbook and it printed fine). The problem lies in the computer printer connection (I am using USB for the link).
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I had a similar problem with a Epson Stylus Photo R800. The printer would not print Word docs or DVD media using the most updated software from Epson. After going through two printers I paid a consultant to come in on a Saturday night who told me that communication errors between Epson printers and current versions of the MacOS are encountered every day in his business. And neither Apple or Epson address the issue directly.
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If others have a better experience or know of simple solutions to the Epson Print CD problem please post them.
Thanks in advance for tolerating my rant.
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Hi Amit,
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I am having printing problems. I am trying to print from my cs4 to my epson stylus photo printer r2880 and am having problem with my picture getting cut off on the left side when I print. The print screen looks perfect but when I go to print, it always cuts off the left edge and the bottom. I tried playing with the x and y's but have no idea what I am doing. Does anyone have this combination of cs4 with the R2880 printer and can help me solve my problem?

Hi Wade,
I have tried playing around with that but I am not sure what I am doing. Here's what it is set at.
On my drop down print screen, i have the size set as US Letter (Sheet Feeder Borderless (retain size).
When I check the 'fit to page' button it actually puts a bigger white boarder around it. The fit to page number says (96.4706%). Shouldn't it say 100%? If I leave it as do not scale I still have a small border around it.
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I have 3 computers: G5 Dual, Powerbook G4 and a MacBook Pro. I print regularly from the G5 to the Epson R1800 in all paper sizes with no problem. I was testing printing from my laptop today and discovered that I can't print 4x6 prints from either laptop. The Powerbook is running the same system software 10.4.5 and the same printer driver. The MacBook Pro running the Intel driver and has the exact same problem. When I try to print 4x6 paper I get an error message that the "media is not loaded correctly." Without changing anything, I can replug the printer into the G5 and it prints immediately without hesitation.
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If anyone has any suggestions or possible solutions, I'd love to hear them!
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Hi Tom -
It did work properly with Photoshop, but I'd rather not have to use Photoshop for all of my printing. As far as Lightroom goes, I was using the standard template - maximize size and specifying 4x6 paper. This worked on a mac air, same OSX, same version of LR5, same version of print driver. So, I created a user template on the air, exported it, imported it into my iMac. Still no good. The only workaround I have found is to use a maximize size template, specifiy letter size paper, then align the photo against the left and bottom edges. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Lightroom. This did not solve the problem, either.
Also, when I specifiy 4x6 paper, the rulers show the correct dimensions. Everything looks correct, but it seems unable to communicate to the printer that LR is using anything other than letter-size paper. It's getting very frustrating and wasteful of time, paper, and ink, as I sure you can guess.
Thanks again for your suggestions - I appreciate the feedback.
- John

Problem adding EPSON USB printer

I contacted Epson's support about this, then did what they told me to in the reply. As you can probably tell since I'm posting this, it didn't work. Here is the email I sent:
"No matter what I do I cannot get EPSON USB to show up under More Printers in Apple's Printer Utility. I can add the regular driver for the printer to my printers list just fine, but when I try to go into More Printers > EPSON USB to add the Border less and Minimized margins (like I had done previously on a PPC based Mac) the option for EPSON USB from the pull down menu doesn't show up. It only shows EPSON FIREWIRE and EPSON TCP/IP. I have tired reinstalling the driver, resetting the printer system and restarting. I have even reinstalled the whole operating system, but even on a fresh install (and the newest driver installed) EPSON USB still didn't show up in the pull down menu. Please help, I need to get border less printing working again.
I am using a Core2Duo MacBook Pro, Epson Stylus Photo 820, The newest version of the driver (downloaded January 1, 2007), and Mac OS X 10.4.8."
Here is what they returned and what I did:
"Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.
If you are unable to add your printer even after a complete cleanout and
reinstall, please try the following steps to correct this issue.
1. Open Printer Setup Utility (HD > APPLICATIONS > UTILITIES).
2. At the top of the screen, click the words "Printer Setup Utility" and
choose "Reset Printing System" from the pull-down menu. Confirm resetting.
3. All existing printer listings will be deleted. Try adding your Epson
printer again.
This reset makes the operating system clear all jobs and queues and
reconnect to printer drivers currently in the system.
If the printer's plug-in still cannot be selected to ADD, try the following
as well:
1. Begin on the desktop with no windows open or applications running.
2. Go to FILE and down to FIND.
3. In the SEARCH IN option, select EVERYWHERE.
4. Under SEARCH FOR ITEMS WHOSE select NAME and CONTAINS from the drop
down menu.
5. In the search field type COM.APPLE.PRINT and click FIND.
6. Drag ALL the entries that it finds to the TRASH and empty it. Repeat
steps 2-5 to search again and confirm that all COM.APPLE.PRINT files were
removed. (The second search should have no results. If it does, drag the
results to the trash, empty the trash, and repeat the search a final time.)
7. Restart the computer and go back to the Printer Setup Utility to add
the printer. (Note: The COM.APPLE.PRINT preference files will be re-created
upon restart.)
8. After selecting ADD, you will receive a message stating "NEW PRINTER
DRIVERS DETECTED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RELOAD THE BROWSER?" Click YES.
We would recommend reinstalling the driver and trying to add the printer.
If this fails - Please contact Apple for issues with the Printer Setup
Utility
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
again for contacting Epson.
Mary L
Epson Connection
First Name: Benjamin
Last Name: Daines
Date: 20070101
Time: 20:59:22
Zip/Postal Code:
country: usa
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Printer model name: Stylus Photo 820
Date of Purchase: NA
Serial Number: undefined
Computer Type: Intel-based Mac
Operating System: Mac OS X v10.4.4 or later
Cable type used: USB
Is the printer connected to a network? directly to computer
PROBLEM REPORT
Software used during problem:
File type being printed:
Digital Camera Card used: choose type
Detailed Description of Problem:
No matter what I do I cannot get EPSON USB to show up under More Printers
in Apple''s Printer Utility. I can add the regular driver for the printer
to my printers list just fine, but when I try to go into More Printers
EPSON USB to add the Border less and Minimized margins (like I had done
previously on a PPC based Mac) the option for EPSON USB from the pull down
menu doesn''t show up. It only shows EPSON FIREWIRE and EPSON TCP/IP. I
have tired reinstalling the driver, resetting the printer system and
restarting. I have even reinstalled the whole operating system, but even
on a fresh install (and the newest driver installed) EPSON USB still
didn''t show up in the pull down menu. Please help, I need to get border
less printing working again.
I am using a Core2Duo MacBook Pro, Epson Stylus Photo 820, The newest
version of the driver (downloaded January 1, 2007), and Mac OS X 10.4.8.
Does anyone have any advice to solve this?
--Thanks so much.

I'm having problems, too--- my Mac IBoook G4 10.4.8 does not "see"my new Epson flatbed color 58000 dream machine. Now iBook does see the Epson USB cord but not what's at the end of it....
Okay so maybe what has yet to help me, may help you:
I repaired permissions and wow-- there were permissions to repair
I downloaded the shareware, Printer Setup Repair which told me:
"18 missing files/directories found during the verification process. They may be responsible for certain printing problems. Printer Setup Repair cannot replace these items. Please refer to the log file for a list of the missing files/directories. You may need to reinstall OS X to resolve your printing issues. "
I know you did the reinstall (I so don't want to do that, hoping there is some way to just reinstall the printer utility) but perhaps the premissions repair
and maybe even the disk verification may help?
Printer Setup Repair told me things I didn't know-- perhaps it would assist you, too?
Good luck to us. A friend suggested that I may neeed another USB cable---
while my EPSON utility sees the printer, my Mac utility doe not and it may be
about some peculiarities of the USB cable.
Best of luck,
Akua

Printing problems with CS5 and Epson Photo R2880 printer

I'm having problems getting good prints when using Photoshop CS5 with my Epson Photo R2880 printer, problems I never had with CS4. Here's the situation:
If I take a PSD file and print it using CS4, everything works out perfectly. But if I take that same PSD file and print it out using CS5, the print is now offset top to bottom, as well as left to right, along with a 1/8" black strip being printed down the right edge of the paper. As far as I can tell, everything is set the same.
I've compared all the print information found in the Print dialog summary box between CS4 and CS5 and everything appears to be the same. I've verified that I'm using the latest print driver with my printer, and I am. It's 8.27. I've verified that I've checked off the box to center the print to the paper, each time I've made a print. And in trying to figure out what's going on, I've discovered that this problem occurs with any paper size when using CS5, but not with CS4.
I'm stumped and frustrated and without any more ideas as to what I should do next, except to always print my projects using CS4. If anyone has an idea for me, please let me know! Thanks!
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>"Unfortunately then I'd have to say all bets are off. The only true test is to print with the standard materials that Epson has designed their printer for. Only if that works well should you be trying third-party materials. For example, third-party inks in general are of poorer quality, are inconsistent, clog more, and in the long run, do not save you anywhere the amount of money they advertise over the genuine Epson products."
Getting very nice results with an R1800, Inkjetfly CIS, and Red River paper. The R1800 has never had Epson ink run through it and has no abnormal clogging problems. In fact, clogs are rare.
Getting near perfect matches to the monitor with both Colorvision and x-rite calibrating/profiling equipment. The printer stays on 24-7 so the only ink used, other than printing, is a periodic nozzle check. I am not alone in this, so blanket statements like the above are specious at best.
And no, I don't sell prints for big bux, so whether they are going to last a hundred years is not a concern. Besides, until someone is around long enough to verify those claims, the jury is out. I've got color prints from the wet days that are fading after 20+ years. Third party inks are not necessarily lower quality than OEM. One of the reasons for the development of high quality third party inks was the dissatisfaction of B&W and fine art printers with the OEM products.
Of course the cheap refilled/knockoff carts being hawked on ebay and the like are a different story.
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Getting lousy Image Prints from a Epson Stylus P2200 Printer & IMac (Intel)

Ok here's the health warning - I'm a recent Windows to Mac convert - so this may well be me - but here goes ...
I have an Epson Stylus P2200 Printer (which works great on Windows XP) and I am having trouble printing anything close to decent looking photos when its connected to the IMac. I've tried with both Aperture & Photoshop Elements - same problem/outcome. The photos come out in low resolution & v. poor color quality.
I'm using the Stylus Photo 2200 (FW) driver that came standard with the IMAC - but it has very limited features compared to Windows - I have selected a ICC profile (downloaded from Epson) that matches the paper I am using.
I suspect its me - but can anyone shed any light on where I'm going wrong?
Does anyone have any experience of this driver - is it me? or is there something I'm missing?
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I have two Epson printers, a 2200 and it's working fine with my MacBook Pro. Before you fiddle around with the Color Management, make sure your printer is in good working order and the latest Intel drivers are installed.
Banding is not normal printer behavior. You mentioned that you're using a scan of a MacBeth color checker chart. You didn't say how the scan was made, but I'm assuming you know for sure that the banding is not in the image. On my 2200 I might get bad color if I don't use the correct profiles but I've never had banding problems unless the print heads need cleaning.
Here are my suggestions:
1. Don't use the drivers bundled with Mac OS X. Download the latest ones from support.epson.com. If you haven't checked recently, check and download them again. The latest driver posted is 3.0aAs dated June 15, 2006.
2. Epson's instructions with the latest 2200 driver is to do a "Reset Printing System" first, then restart your Mac before installing the driver and adding the new print queue.
3. When adding the printer with the Printer Setup Utility, make sure you're adding the Stylus Photo 2200 that appears under the Epson USB or Epson FireWire category depending on whether the 2200 is connected to your iMac with FireWire or USB. Note that unlike the old PPC 2200 driver which has separate "printers" for Borderless and Minimize Margins, Roll Paper and Sheetfeed, the new driver installs only one printer. Roll paper and borderless printing options are now handled in the Page Setup dialog like the R-series printer drivers. (Unfortunately, this causes incompatibilities in a mixed PPC and Intel printer sharing environment).
4. Run the Epson Printer Utility and use it to check printer status and do a nozzle check. This will help check if the Mac is communicating with the printer.
Now you can start making your test prints. Most likely, you'll be using the Print Settings and Color Management options in the Print dialog frequently. If the prints are coming out halfway decent or better, then you can be quite certain that the printing system is set up properly and now you can worry about the ICC profiles and color management.
Also, don't forget to download the better profiles for the 2200 from support.epson.com.
And, if you're managing color in Photoshop, turn OFF Color Management in the Print dialog and vice-versa. Otherwise, you're managing color twice!

Epson r800 dvd print problems

I've got an Epson Photo R800 printer connected to my imac G5 running on Mac OS 10.3.5. I did loads of research before choosing this printer, and made sure I had the system requirements Epson ask for by checking the Epson and Apple sites. Epson claim this printer will work with OS 10.1.3 and above.
I've run Tech Tools on my computer just to check that it's a happy bunny, and it passed all tests with no problems.
The printer prints photos beautifully, I couldn't be happier with it, but it won't print on CD/DVDs, which is one of the main reasons I bought it.
When I try to print on DVD using the Epson Print CD software bundled with the printer, I get the error message ' Epson printer driver dealing with CD printing is not installed'.
I uninstalled the printer drivers and re-installed them from the original discs, but still got the same problem. I downloaded the print cd software from the Epson site and installed it, but still got the same problem.
I contacted Epson 5 times about this: first, they advised me to take the steps I already had.
Then they showed me the manual print 'work around' which involved ignoring the error message, and this looked hopeful with the printer beginning to make whirring noises, but then another error message comes up saying that the output tray is in the wrong position, which, trust me, it isn't.
Then Epson promised to send me discs which they claimed would solve the problem. When they didn't send anything, I rang again and they sent a disc, but it was for Windows and for a completely different printer.
Then I got mad, because all this had taken 2 months, and I'd lost work because of it. So I rang again (it took an hour and a half to get to speak to someone), and asked to speak to the manager, who sent me the correct disc, of a updated version of Print CD. I installed it, it didn't solve the problem.
Now Epson are saying that I have to upgrade my OS, which, as everything is working fine apart from this, I am loathe to do. I've got Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and After Effects on there and everything is ticking along fine - I work with Macs and have had bumper problems trying to get these versions of this software to work with a newer OS there, so I'm not keen to muck about with things at home when I'm happy with everything as it is. Also, when the printer's advertised as working with 10.1.3 and above, why should I?!
Has anyone else had problems with an R800 and mac os 10.3.5? Any ideas? This is such a drag, and I fear that if I have to speak to Epson one more time, I may trash the telephone in frustration.

I have tried everything I can think of! Updated to 10.6.3v 1.1, reset printing, searched the forums, prayed, and have just about given up. As posted previously, my other imac that i did not update to 10.6.3 prints fine.
I appreciate all the tips I have received but does anyone else have suggestions? What should I do next? Is this unresolvable? Purchase a new printer??

Epson Photo R2400 printing problems

I'm new to Mac, and I'm having problems printing from Photoshop CS2 for Mac to a brand new Epson Photo R2400 printer attached to my MacPro via the front panel firewire connection. The problem seems to occur with larger files (91mbyte or greater). The printing is interrupted my a "Printer Communication Error" which gives me no other choice but to shut down the print job, which results in my expensive, partially printed photo being ejected from the printer...this is getting expensive, folks...anybody with a solution to this problem? BTW, I downloaded the latest drivers for Mac from the Epson website and installed them, so I don't think it's a driver issue.
Thanks

Wow. I haven't seen that one. I have a 2200 on FireWire on my Mac Pro. But the biggest file I remember printing was 71MB.
Are you by any chance using custom paper sizes? I had a communications problem when I set up a custom paper size that didn't use the printer's margins, a problem I found through Google.
You may also want to inquire on the forums of some high-end printer websites. Here is one forum:
http://inkjetart.com/forum/index.php

HT201232 I have my Mac working on OS X Yosemite, i am having problems getting photos of my SD card inserted in my printer port across to the mac also I have aSamsung S4 mobile, same problem can please someone please help me

Hi I have my Mac which works off OS X Yosemite, I have photos stored on an SD card inserted in a port off my Epson printer which is attached via usb. I cannot get photos across to the library on the Mac am also having the same problem getting photos off a newly purchased Samsung S4 mobile onto the Mac could someone with a bit of technical know how please assist me ..thank You

Try what Terence Devlin posted in this topic:
Terence Devlin
Apr 14, 2015 11:21 AM
Re: Is Iphoto gone ? i want it back!
in response to Johannes666
Recommended
Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1
If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.

HT4356 Problem getting to print form my Ipad

I have the latest iPad and a new Epson XP 305 printer. The printer works fine with my laptop over WiFi but I am having problems trying to print from my iPad.
The printer is WiFi and AirPrint enabled, but although I have positioned the printer and iPad along side my router but cannot get the iPad to recognise the printer although all the info that I have says that the connection will be automatic.
HELP

Make sure that you have the latest Epson firmware installed in your printer.
See http://support.epson.net/airprint/fw.html
Also make sure that your WiFi router supports Bonjour (Bonjour is Apple's implementation of the Zero Configuration Networking Standard)

Printing Problems with Epson R200 Printer

When I try to print from Aperture my prints come out "flat" and the colors are off. When I export the the same file to PS Elements 4.0 my prints come out great. I would prefer to not have to do this. Here is some background information on what I have tried to do so far to correct this problem:
1. I have searched this forum backwards and forwards to try and find an answer - no luck!
2. Purchased a Spyder2 monitor calibrator
3. Wasted a lot of paper trying various settings.
4. Yes - I have read the two articles on the Aperture site regarding printing and calibration. I have followed both of these articles and still get poor prints when printing from Aperture.
5. I have met with the genius at my local Apple Store to work through the problem. He informed me that he only prints from Photoshop and did not really know how to solve my problem.
6. Purchased the Aperture 1.5 book from Apple to see if I could find out anything else that I had not already tried.
Help please, what am I missing? It seems to me that all of the books written on Aperture stress printing books and not photo prints as their main area on printing. Can I get the same results printing from Aperture as I can printing from Photoshop Elements?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Randy
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

When I try to print from Aperture my prints come out
"flat" and the colors are off. When I export the the
same file to PS Elements 4.0 my prints come out
great. I would prefer to not have to do this. Here is
some background information on what I have tried to
do so far to correct this problem:
1. I have searched this forum backwards and forwards
to try and find an answer - no luck!
2. Purchased a Spyder2 monitor calibrator
3. Wasted a lot of paper trying various settings.
4. Yes - I have read the two articles on the Aperture
site regarding printing and calibration. I have
followed both of these articles and still get poor
prints when printing from Aperture.
5. I have met with the genius at my local Apple Store
to work through the problem. He informed me that he
only prints from Photoshop and did not really know
how to solve my problem.
6. Purchased the Aperture 1.5 book from Apple to see
if I could find out anything else that I had not
already tried.
Help please, what am I missing? It seems to me that
all of the books written on Aperture stress printing
books and not photo prints as their main area on
printing. Can I get the same results printing from
Aperture as I can printing from Photoshop Elements?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Randy
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo
Mac OS X (10.4.9)
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS
X (10.4.9)
I'll attempt to answer my own question. After much trial and error along with a lot of wasted paper and ink I have found the source of the problem. Aperture works exactly like it should if you follow Apple's recomendations for printing. My problem was that the profiles supplied for my printer by Epson are horrible! I purchased a Spyder 2 Suite screen calibrator to try and fix this problem and did not have any luck until I ran the included Print FX software and created a new profile for my printer (Epson R200). The prints are now coming out great and virutally indistinguishable from those printed via Photoshop Elements. The clue to fixing this is that when I turned on "on-screen" proofing and selected my old printer profile the output did match the screen. Unfortuntely the screen images were not using the full gamut of color (hence the flat pictures) because it was gettting it's information from the Epson ICC Profile. In summary, if you are suffering from this problem find a way to create your own profile for your printer. There are expensive methods which involve purchasing a spectrophotometer. I took the middle of the road route and created a profile using a software only profiler (Print FX). I'm sure that depending on your printer you could download a better profile on the web. Either way you get it done you'll be happier. NOTE: I guess some printers come with better profiles than others which would explain why some people don't have any problems.
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo - 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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