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Epson R1900 printer & Snow Leopard

I have always had superb results with the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 (A3), until I installed Snow Leopard - now I cannot get a decent photograph no matter how much I tinker with the settings. I am using the recommended driver.

Snow Leopard? S'no use!!

iMac 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Sep 7, 2009 3:41 AM

24 replies

Nov 30, 2009 11:26 AM in response to NBW

Noah, thanks for the link. I will give it a shot tonight when I get home and let you know if it works.

Nov 30, 2009 7:46 PM in response to NBW

Still no luck. I tried version 6.20 of the driver and still get washed-out, crummy looking prints. Guess I'm going to return this printer tomorrow.

Nov 30, 2009 8:39 PM in response to Randy Glover

Randy,

I am using a R1900, and the 6.20 driver, and getting beautiful prints -- certainly none are washed out. Did nothing special to install, btw.

Have you run the diagnostics from the Epson Printer Utility3, including the new Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning routine?

Ernie

Dec 2, 2009 5:21 AM in response to Ernie Stamper

Ernie,

Thanks so much. This was an "open box" purchase of a returned printer, but it never occurred to me that the heads would already be clogged! I tried using the cleaning utility, but it was unable to get the heads cleaned. So, I think that I am going to return this one and buy one that has not been used. This is still the printer I want.

Randy

Dec 2, 2009 7:23 AM in response to Randy Glover

Randy,

Keep us posted. Don't forget when using this printer from Aperture (or from Photoshop) to turn Off Color controls, so that Aperture and not the printer driver controls color.

Ernie

Tonydej

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Jan 7, 2010 1:44 PM in response to Siomn

Well, Siomn from Suffolk, I followed the instructions in your post, to the letter, (even sacrificing the drivers of my old SP1290) BUT the end result was worse than the starting point, in that I had an error message when trying to print:-
"Offline, you need to install software to use this printer...etc."
So: bad result for R1900, OSX10.6.2
Sorry

FusionLA

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Jan 11, 2010 4:42 AM in response to Tonydej

I'm having the opposite problem, since going to OSX 10.6.2 and Drivers 6.62 for the Epson R1900 my print have been a little over saturated printing from CS4 using the Premium profiles.
The prints use to be spot on using 10.6.1 and R1900 drivers 6.20.
I tried going back to using the 6.20 drivers but still the same a little over saturated.
So now back to using OSX 10.6.2 and R1900 drivers 6.62 😟

FusionLA

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Jan 13, 2010 5:46 AM in response to Siomn

I followed these instructions to install the Epson 6.52 drivers
My driver shows Epson SP R1900 (1) under the print with setting when showing the driver properties, but seems to be printing OK.

Mar 1, 2010 6:41 AM in response to Siomn

Hi, Thanks for the advice on the printer driver for the Epson R1900 and 2400 models. The fix you posted worked like a charm. I appreciate the feed.
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Epson R1900 printer & Snow Leopard