On Jan 27, 2010, at 7:10 PM, tortoise wrote: > > > On Jan 27, 4:09 pm, JOHN CARMONNE <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:08 AM, classical wrote: >> > >>>> It always worked in 8.6 but now it no longer does. I can live >>>> with the 9.2.2 and 10.4.11 not working at this time as long as it >>>> works in 8.6.. Then I can mess with the other systems. My HP works >>>> in 8.6 but not 9.2.2 or 10.4.11. >> >> I've installed and uninstalled every driver I can find for this >> printer. If I try to print I get a dialog box that says I haven't >> selected the Epson Stylus 600 driver in the chooser, I go to the >> chooser and select the driver and keep going in circles. The HP >> 870cse works, but not the Epson, >> >> The Epson used to work on this machine with OS 8.6, the only change >> I've made is I installed a 300MHz motherboard in place of the 233 >> original, But I have another Wallstreet 233 MHz and it won't run the >> printer either. >> >> The Epson printers have always been a PITA for me, but this was my >> son's first printer and we have to keep it up as long as it still >> prints a test page. > > I have a 600 I use with a parallel adapter to usb2 for Tiger and it is > very surprisingly working very well. I have permanent ink in bottle I > refill cartridge with. Color is a little clog but works very nicely > for text with a little graphics-color. > > My suggestion is to get an adapter and try it with a newer machine. If > it still doesn't work probably something wrong with the interface even > though the printer itself is OK. > > You could try and find a used one on Ebay and switch it, keep the old > one for parts maybe... > > The serial port really slows down even a 14 years old printer like > this one. Maybe a usb card for the wally too... Do you know of an adapter that actually works from serial to USB? all I ever tried never have. The thing I don't get is it worked on 8.6 before.
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