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

[Christina Anderson]

Marek,
No, did not solve the problems months ago.  I had a 2400 that went on the blink.  I had it repaired by a guy (cheaply) who did all the steps the list shared about the diaper thingy.  BUT it was in the fixit shop for a month.  During that time I decided to bite the bullet, sell that printer when fixed, and purchase the 3880, thinking Epson had figured out the driver issue with a brand new printer.  Not so.  The driver included in the box is old.  The dowloaded driver from their website doesn't work either.

BUT I didn't worry about it because I knew I had two "workarounds"--Jeremy's and Marks.

Neither worked :(

I have two options, one of which I will check out shortly...get back my little Gateway laptop that I gave to my kids and use that to run the printer, or the more expensive option is to buy Windows for the Mac, and run it out of there. BUT you say to run TIFFS??? Now THAT would save money.  Yeah. I could do that.

 OR wait patiently til Epson figures it out.

The 3800 works fine from work with Leopard, so until we make the switch at school to Snow Leopard things are OK. 

My biggest fear is it is NOT a driver issue, but that the 3880 is like the R1800--just not dense enough inks. That's why I asked these questions to the list in hopes of finding someone using the 3880 with pt/pd.
Chris

Christina Z. Anderson
christinaZanderson.com

On Apr 10, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Marek Matusz wrote:

> 
> Chris,
> 
> SOrry to hear about all of your problems, thought you have it solved some months ago. Here is a simple solution. ANd just consider it for a second. Forget your Mac. Just buy a cheap PC, attach it to the printer and load QTR. No need for a photoshop on this PC, just Windows. You will be amazed how life existed before that. You can still edit and do all the wonderful Mac things, just bring TIFF files (RGB) to the PC and print with a full and simple control of your printer (at least 3800). It seems like not a good solution, because you are set to do something else. You should be using your time for printing and teaching, not messing with programs. ANd afterall what does it matter if there is another box attached to your printer?
> 
> Marek 
> 
>> From: zphoto at montana.net
>> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:52:28 -0600
>> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Epson 3880 and Snow Leopard
>> 
>> 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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