I wrote a post to this list, but solved my problem before I sent it. Perhaps it will help you:
>The Epson Printer Drivers 2 package includes drivers for my Epson >Stylus Color 760 printer. > >The applicable instructions say: > >>http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25662 >> >>Mac OS X 10.3: Some included Epson drivers aren't installed >> >>Mac OS X Panther includes many Epson printer drivers, but they're >>not all installed by default. You can easily install one you need >>if Printer Setup Utility doesn't list your printer under EPSON USB, >>EPSON FireWire, EPSON AppleTalk, or EPSON TCP/IP. >> >>Document 25588, "Mac OS X 10.3: Raster (Inkjet) Printer Drivers >>Included", lists all Epson inkjet printer drivers included with Mac >>OS X 10.3 Panther. >> >>Note: Printer drivers included in the Epson Printer Drivers 1 >>package are installed by default. Drivers included in the Epson >>Printer Drivers 2 package are not. If your driver isn't installed, >>it's probably in the Drivers 2 package or not included with Mac OS >>X Panther. If it's not included, see if it's available from Epson's >>website (http://www.epson.com/). Later versions of printer drivers, >>even ones included with Mac OS X Panther, may be available there, >>too. >> >> Follow these steps to install an Epson driver from the Epson >>Printer Drivers 2 package: >> >> 1 Check document 25588 to see if your printer's driver >>is part of the Epson Printer Drivers 2 package. >> 2 Insert the Mac OS X 10.3 Install Disc 3 or Mac OS X >>10.3 Software Install DVD. >> 3 Open the Packages folder on the Install CD. >> >> If you have an Install DVD, note the name of the installation DVD >>as it appears on the desktop (such as "iMac Software"), then do >>this: From the Finder's Go menu, choose Go to Folder. Type: >> >>/volumes/{name of your DVD}/System/Installation/Packages >> Click Go. >> >> 4 Double-click EpsonPrinterDrivers2.pkg. >> 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to install the software. >> >> Your printer's driver, and others in the Drivers 2 package, will >>be installed. > >So I insert a CD (NOT DVD) called "Mac OS X Install Disc 3" (which >includes "Packages/EpsonPrinterDrivers2.pkg", and "From the Finder's >Go menu," I choose Go to Folder" and Type: > /volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 3/Packages/ >which opens the "Packages" folder and displays the >EpsonPrinterDrivers2.pkg . I double-klik it. At 1:56 PM -0400 2006-04-15, Ann Richmond wrote: >Hello All, > >You have been so helpful to me in the past although I am only a >lurker and not a member that I hope someone can give me some >pointers on this problem. > >I just hooked up my Epson CX6400 printer to my daughter's iMac >running 10.3.9. I installed the Epson software from the cd. Then I >went to the Printer Setup Utility to select the printer and it shows >no printers. When I select ADD PRINTER and ask it to look for usb >printers it finds the cx6400 but says 'driver not installed'. I >thought I might need an update and went to the Epson site and >downloaded and installed 3 patches. Restarted and opened printer >setup and got the same message after selecting add. It knows the >printer is there but says no driver. > >I have never had much luck with the printer setup utility in OS10 so >maybe I'm overlooking something obvious. >(The printer works perfectly and with no setup issues on my 9600 OS >9.2 as well as my new IBM work laptop running Windows XP.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060415/b505d044/attachment.html
