[alt-photo] Epson 3880 and Snow Leopard

[Christina Anderson]

Dear List,

I'm going to cut myself off after this post...when I get the time to post I feel like a binge and purge :) and I am approaching my 10 email a day limit to the list :)

I switched to Snow Leopard and the 3880 over the last several months. What a nightmare.  Even with Jeremy Moore's "walkaround" that he posted on the web, with Mark Nelson's detailed walk around as well, the negatives/colors I am printing out are so pale and blah that they do not even hold back enough light for gum printing. THAT is bad. I have downloaded the lastest driver as well, tried assigning profiles, converting profiles, changing preferences in Adobe, blah blah blah.

I am pretty distraught to have a brand new printer that is behaving this way with Epson and Apple not communicating well.

Or the other (worse) possibility is that the 3880 is so different from the 3800 that one should not bother with it.  Does anyone else have/use this combination and have any secrets to share? 
Chris

Jeremy's post, below:

Epson & snow leopard: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/solving.shtml

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:23 AM, jefulton1 <jefulton1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Chris . . . if you are using the new Snow Leopard OS, I've been hearing of
> probs scanning and making profiles. A goofy profile will make things more
> strange than you may imagine. Though I'm out the door to teach you might
> think of checking out the Luminous Landscape site for there a bit of info
> on there re the Snow Leopard (OS 10.6). Check the forums.
> Jack F



Christina Z. Anderson
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