Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Not Functioning with Snow Leopard

According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669?viewlocale=en_US, there is an Epson driver for this printer. Using it should allow you to print and use the utility. Delete and re-add the printer using the Epson driver.

Hope this helps.

All of my Epson stuff went funky during the switch to SL.

The best thing I found to do was to use the Epson Uninstaller to remove all Epson software from my system. After rebooting, I plugged everything in and reinstalled the Epson hardware one item at a time and let the OSX system updater find the drivers for me.

No guarantees but maybe doing it this way will help in your situation.

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There is an Epson driver available from Software Update. Here is how you can uninstall the Gutenprint driver and then get the Epson driver from Apple Software Update:

First, power off your printer, then download the Gutenprint uninstaller from http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

Once you have uninstalled the Gutenprint driver, do the following:
1. Reboot the computer
2. Power on the printer
4. Your system will check for updates. Follow the directions to install the updates.
Hope this helps.
Syd.

There is an Epson driver available from Software Update.

When? I just checked my Software Updage log going as far back as 2006 to current, & I could not find any Epson drivers from Apple.

According to the driver information posted here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669#epson
Apple has recently posted driver version 8.17 for the Stylus Photo 1280. This is the driver that is available from Software Update.
Hope this helps,
Syd

Thank you for the article. Nothing shows up on my Software Update because I already downloaded the drivers when I installed Snow Leopard.

If you are having the same problem as the original poster, have you tried deleting your printer and re-adding it using the Epson driver?

No not having the same problem. At least not yet.

What issue are you having? That Software Update doesn't offer the latest driver?

I am not the person that started this posting. I am not having any issues. No, the drivers were never listed in Software Update as I explained why I think not in my previous post. 😉