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Old 10-06-2007, 06:04 PM
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Epson Stylus 3000 + Getting it to work with OS X
Hey,

I just got an Epson Stylus Colour Printer, about 5 years old, but barely used. Its a large format A2 Inkjet printer.

I'm trying to configure it with OS X via Ethernet, it is connected via a 10/100 switch. I have installed the drivers, and downloaded Epson NetAssist.

Has anyone had any experience with this printer in OS X or a similar situation, any assistance would be great.

Thanks

William
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Old 10-06-2007, 06:28 PM
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Hi William,
We've had one of these for years. The way we use it at the moment is set up through a machine running OS9 and a software RIP. It's been the most effective way to run it - you may find a RIP for OS X that works with it as well, I'm not entirely sure what other options are available. I think there are some third party drivers or something available for OS X as well.

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Old 10-06-2007, 06:36 PM
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I just found
this.
http://www.birmy.com/powerrip_x.htm#downloads

Its currently downloading, so not sure if it works. What though exactly is a RIP?

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Old 10-06-2007, 08:07 PM
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I tried power rip and it didn't work. And I have tried a few other things, and can still not get it to work.

Does anyone know how I can find out what the I.P address is on the printer, I don't know what it is, which could be the cause of my problems

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Old 10-06-2007, 08:11 PM
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Old 10-06-2007, 08:20 PM
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I've had some luck with this:

GutenPrint

May help.
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Old 10-06-2007, 08:41 PM
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I've had some luck with this:

GutenPrint

May help.
Yeah, I installed that, but I don't know what the I.P address of the printer is, so I can't actually use it.

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Old 10-06-2007, 10:10 PM
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usually there is a combo of buttons on the machine you can press to get it to print out a configuration page. I dont know what they are but this may give you a clue as to where to start searching.
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Old 11-06-2007, 10:08 AM
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I haven't been able to find any button combo that prints out an info sheet, unfortunately.

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Old 11-06-2007, 11:43 AM
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I found out how to get all the details of the printer (there's a button the back) and I can put the gateway address into camino then it comes up asking for a username and password, I can't find out what it is, does anyone know how could reset the password?

Also I have been able to Ping the printer.


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