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Epson 3000 will never work in OS X from epson
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Senior User
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: san diego
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Well Epson pretty much just told me that the new printer that I bought last year will never have OSX native printer drivers.
I have an Epson 3000 which was purchased under a year ago.
I’m using the Gimp/Cups drivers but the colors are terrible and the fact that I spent $800+ bucks for postscript and can’t use it really sucks.
F*&% them... Man I hate it when people whine but this is messed up.
They where still selling these things new after Jaguar was already out and promising OS X drivers...
Any ideas?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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What is Gimp-Print doing to the colors? What is your color management work-flow? How are you selecting profiles? And from what apps?
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Senior User
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: san diego
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Gimp Print is an open source printer driver that allows OS X to print to a lot of printers that aren't suported by there companies.
It works pretty well for the bare bones but the color corection just goes out the window.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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I know what Gimp-Print is. Describe your color management work-flow. Are you printing from Photoshop?
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Senior User
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: san diego
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oh, sorry
I need to print from Illustrator and Freehand...
CMYK... My epson 740i (via USB) prints 200% better...
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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Maybe you could use a little color management reading. Go here and read as many of the articles as you can. I think you'll find it helpful. Unfortunately, despite what Apple, Epson and Adobe say, color management is not automatic. You may benefit from some custom profiles or a profile editing package. Short of that, you might want to think about selling your 3000 to upgrade to one of the newer models. I can safely say that the Epson 2200 (as well as the 7600 and 9600) is the best digital image printer I have ever used, and I've used a lot. While you could still buy the 3000 new, it is old technology. You could also try doing a versiontracker.com search for print server. There are some s/w print servers out there that may do what you need.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
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If you are talking about the Espon PM-3000C from Japan, I found drivers from the Epson Japan site that work. You can download the drivers here. That page is in Japanese but either link will give you the 3000 installer package. I have this printer and it works fine for me with these drivers -- even hooked up to an AirPort Extreme BaseStation.
However, after all that... I think you are talking about a different printer. Sorry about that. I'll post anyway... just in case.
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Senior User
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: san diego
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Epson Stylus Color 3000 is what I'm talking about
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