Epson Stylus D78 printer problem

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Epson Stylus D78 printer problem

I'm having real difficulty in getting the above printer to work with my G5. I had no success using the installation disc that came with it nor with the supposedly correct driver I downloaded from the Espon website.

There is no D78 listed under the printer driver list and trying some of the other Epson drivers has not worked. When I try using a generic one the job seems to go to the printer and is marked as completed but nothing ever happens.

In Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/ there is a file D78Series.plugin...
The printer is connected via USB.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Cheers,
DC

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.9), 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM

Posted on Jun 25, 2007 3:59 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 25, 2007 4:03 AM in response to dc75

dc75-

Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards.

Do you have a link to the Epson support page? I cannot find that printer on their site, but I can be an idiot at times.

Luck-

-DaddyPaycheck

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dc75 Author

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Jun 25, 2007 4:26 AM in response to DaddyPaycheck

Thanks for the warm welcome!

The d78 mac intel drivers page is here...

http://esupport.epson-europe.com/FileDetails.aspx?lng=en-GB&data=wsMoc1iChVFoOhw hVygL92ZHFaduAsWPoKc69xU002FQWZsU003D&id=29899

DC

G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM

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maclover

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Jun 25, 2007 4:38 AM in response to dc75

Hi, and a Warm Welcome to Apple Discussions and the Power Mac G5 Forum!

Daddy - it may be a UK model

http://www.epson.co.uk/products/inkjetprinters/StylusD78.htm

dc75 - there is a procedure here

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=599893#599893

that worked for a similar problem with a Canon printer - if you substitute 'Epson' for 'Canon', of course...

If you have other Epson printers, please post details before trying it.

Note - The last paragraph is not part of the fix - it's just to check that bi-directional works. Good Luck.

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dc75 Author

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Jun 25, 2007 4:54 AM in response to maclover

Wow! I take my hat off to you - I now have a fully functional printer! What a great introduction to Apple Discussions...

Thank you both for your help - much appreciated!

Cheers,
DC

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Answer 5

Jun 25, 2007 5:31 AM in response to maclover

maclover-

Ah, but of course.

dc75-

Glad you got it working and it's why we are here.

Thanks-

-DaddyPaycheck

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maclover

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Jun 25, 2007 1:18 PM in response to dc75

Thanks for the Update. Glad it's fixed!

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