Inkjet printers over a network in Mac OS X
Inkjet printers over a network in Mac OS X
Epson 900N Meanwhile, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the latest Epson driver update for OS X 10.1.2 allowed our network-capable Epson Color 900N to work with OS X via an Ethernet connection. An Epson AppleTalk option now appears in Print Center. We tried it and we found the Epson printer listed there! Our first test was to print a web page. Not a complete success. For some reason, only text, not graphics, was printed. Also on the downside: Missing are all of the multitude of options present in the OS 9 Print dialog box (e.g., different types of paper options, different levels of quality, access to the test functions, etc.). But at least we can print.
Update: We stand corrected. We were a bit too hasty in our judgment of Epson printing options. Most of them are in fact there, via the Copies & Pages popup menu. Check for Print Settings and Color Management.
We also found the Epson Printer Utility tucked away in /Library/Printers/EPSON/Utilities. The head cleaning and test functions were there!
Only trouble is we still have occasional problems getting a document to print correctly or at all. For example, we just tried to print an Entourage email message (with embedded graphics) and got a -30891 Error. We will continue to work on solving these print problems.
Still, kudos overall to Epson for doing an excellent job of supporting OS X here!
Update: Magyari Prince noted that he could use Epson 900N over a network even with the previous version of the driver (although the setup procedure was a bit more complicated).