Printing with Photoshop CS4 with Older Epson Printers

HI,

Epson - Snow Leopard Support



Mac OS X v10.6: Printer and scanner software

Mac OS X v10.6: Mac 101 - Printing

Check the links above for information. Some Epson users are reporting that just reinstalling the drivers that came with their printers are working. Anothing thing to do is go to the Epson site and download and install the most recent drivers for your printer model there.

As with any installation, repair disk permissions.

Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.




Carolyn 🙂

Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit

I am about to install CS4 with OS 10.5.8. Before I get in to a new set of issues, I thought I would post what currently is working for me with CS3. I have been using Gutenprint 5.2.4 to print to my ancient but beloved Epson Pro 9500. When I first tried Gutenprint 5.2.4 with the basic settings, the prints were washed out and pink.It took me two weeks of trial and error in terms of tweaking settings, but I am now able to get better prints than with the old Epson driver that only runs in OS 9, using PS7--but I still keep a G4 with true 0S 9 to print photos to maintain consistency with previous printed work that has been editioned and sold. What forced my move to OS X and Gutenprint was that new photos that I had worked on in PS CS3 and then opened in PS7 did not print--or rather, lost info and then printed as dark green, which others have mentioned elsewhere in discussions of OS and software compatibility issues. Photos that were originally worked on in PS CS2 or earlier are still printing just fine, so in my case at least it appears to be a compatibilty issue between different versions of the PS software that is producing the green. For good info on what all the Gutenprint settings do, see http://osdir.com/ml/linux.printing.gimp-print.devel/2006-01/msg00035.html
You have to let the printer control the process, not Photoshop.

Epson will be coming out with a Snow Leopard driver for the Stylus Photo 1280 in the November/December 2009 timeframe. The Gutenprint driver and the 10.4 driver will work but there are problems with Color Management, as you have noticed.
Hope this helps. Syd