[alt-photo] Re: Epson 3880 and Snow Leopard

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Chris,

I have nothing to share but good news, which won't help you, but  
thought I'd share it anyway.

I recently bought a new Apple computer, for more memory, basically--  
but opted for the mega screen while I was there, which is great, by  
the way-- but it had snow leopard already installed on it.  After  
hearing about people's nightmares with their printers and snow  
leopard, I was prepared for disaster.  Amazingly, I had not one  
problem.  I use an Epson 3800 printer and hope to keep it until it  
dies.  In fact, a few minor problems I always had in the past  
(communication between the printer and computer) seemed to have also  
cleared up with the new computer.  So I now have nothing but good  
things to say about snow leopard and the 3800. :)

Diana
On Apr 9, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Christina Anderson wrote:

> 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
> christinaZanderson.com
>
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