Strange Problem with Epson printer installation

Dear all,
perhaps someone can help us. We have a macbook pro here and want to connect an Epson printer via USB, an all-in-one modell: DX4250.
For this type Epson provides drivers on their page (especially for intel-macs).
http://esupport.epson-europe.com/SoftwareListing.aspx?lng=de-DE&data=61747C22D70 AB7D7FB76A662086D56545870680C257BA48E196FDFD8BD2D625F
We went to the page downloaded the drivers, unzipped the files. We got files with the suffix *.dmg and put them on the macbook and installed them, by clicking on the files. After this we found out, that the scanner is running perfectly, but the printer is not there. We can neither configure the printer by selecting it from the drop down menu, where all modells are sorted by company-names nor it runs automatically after plug-in. Only the scanner and its respective support programm appears.
The printer itself runs normal under windows, so we assume that the hardware is ok and the driver/software is the problem.
We called epson in a first step they told us the software must be ok and that we should send an email. We did it but got no answer.
Can anybody with an intel mac check if it is possible for him/her to install the driver provided from the page above (if the model/type appears in the drop down menu after installation).
Thanks al lot for help in advance
Patrick
macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Epson, for reasons known best to Epson, often has an installer which when run installs an installer. Check to see if it did that this time, and then run the newly installed installer.
Yes, they've been doing this for years.
Yes, it's extremely irritating.
Yes, they got me that way when I first installed Epsons on Macs.
No, I can't understand their reasoning.
No, they have never responded to to queries on the matter.

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