Installing the PostScript printer driver
Selecting the printer
Accessing the PostScript printer driver
Making changes to PostScript printer settings

Follow the steps below to install the PostScript printer driver.

Note:

Make sure that no applications are running on your Macintosh before installing the printer driver.

Note:

Make sure that Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2) is not open.

Insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the CD-ROM icon.

Double-click Mac OS X, then double-click PS Installer.

Note:

For Mac OS X 10.2, if the Authenticate window appears, enter the user name and password for an administrator.

The Install EPSON PostScript Software screen appears, click Continue, then follow the on-screen instructions.

Easy Install is displayed on the screen. Click Install.

Note:

For Mac OS X 10.3, if the Authenticate window appears, enter the user name and password for an administrator.

When installation is done, click Close.

Insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the CD-ROM icon.

Double-click Mac OS 9, then double-click English.

Double-click AdobePS 8.7, and double-click AdobePS Installer. Then follow the on-screen instructions.

Select Easy Install, then click Install.

When installation is done, click Quit.

Note:

If you are connecting two or more EPSON printers of the same model using AppleTalk, and you want to rename the printer, see the Network Guide.

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After installing the PostScript 3 printer driver, you need to select the printer.

If the printer is connected to your computer via a USB port, you will not be able to select the printer from the Chooser. You will have to launch the Apple Desktop Printer Utility, then register the printer as a Desktop Printer. The Desktop Printer Utility is automatically installed when you install the Adobe PostScript printer driver. Follow the steps below to select the printer and to create a Desktop Printer.

Note:

When printing via the USB port from a Power Macintosh running Mac 0S 9, the printer must be set to handle ASCII data. To specify this setting, select Print from the File menu of the application that you are using, then select the name of the application from the options available in the Print dialog box. On the setup option page that appears, select ASCII for the data format setting. The actual setting name varies by application, but is often called Encoding or Data.

Open the AdobePS Components folder in your hard disk, then double-click the Desktop Printer Utility.

The New Desktop Printer dialog box appears. Select AdobePS from the With pop-up menu, click Printer (USB) in the Create Desktop list, then click OK.

Click Change in USB Printer Selection.

The USB Printer dialog box appears. Select your printer from the list of connected USB printers, then click OK.

Click Auto Setup to select the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file. When a PPD file is selected, the selected printer name will be displayed under the printer icon. If the printer name is incorrect, click Change, then select the correct PPD file.

After the USB printer and PPD file have been selected, click Create. A warning message suggesting to save changes to desktop printer appears. Select Save.

Select Save to continue. The USB printer icon will be displayed on the desktop.

If the printer is connected through the Ethernet interface or an optional network card.

Follow the steps below to select the printer.

Note:

You cannot use FireWire for printer connection in the PostScript 3 mode. Although EPSON FireWire appears in the interface pop-up list, it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver. You need to make the settings for your installed options manually when the printer is connected using USB, IP printing, or Rendezvous. When the printer is connected using AppleTalk, the printer software automatically makes the settings. Make sure to specify ASCII as the data format in the application.

Open the Applications folder, open the Utilities folder, then double-click Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2). The Printer List window appears.

Click Add in the Printer List window.

Select the protocol or the interface that you are using from the pop-up list.

Note for Appletalk users:

Make sure to select AppleTalk. Do not select EPSON AppleTalk, because it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver.

Note for IP Printing users:

Make sure to select IP Printing. Do not select EPSON TCP/IP, because it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver. After selecting IP Printing, enter the IP address for the printer, then make sure to select the Use default queue on server check box.

Note for USB users:

Make sure to select USB. Do not select EPSON USB, because it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver.

Follow the instructions as appropriate below to select your printer.

AppleTalk
Select your printer from the Name List, then select Auto Select from the Printer Model List.

IP Printing
Select Epson from the Name List, then select your printer from the Printer Model List.

USB
Select your printer from the Name List, then select your printer from the Printer Model List.

Note for Mac OS X 10.3 users

If ESC/Page driver is not installed, your printer model is automatically selected in the Printer Model List when you select your printer from the Name List while the printer is on.

Rendezvous
Select your printer, the printer name is followed by (PostScript), from the Name List. Your printer model is automatically selected in the Printer Model List.

Note for USB (for Mac OS X 10.2) or Rendezvous users:

If your printer model is not automatically selected in the Printer Model list, you need to reinstall the PostScript printer driver. See Installing the PostScript printer driver .

Click Add.

Note for IP Printing users, USB or Rendezvous users:

Select your printer from the Printer list, then select Show Info from the Printers menu. The Printer Info dialog box appears. Select Installable Options from the pop-up list, then make the necessary settings.

Confirm that your printer’s name is added to the Printer List. Then quit Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2).

Follow the steps below to select the printer.

Select Chooser from the Apple menu.

Make sure that AppleTalk is active.

Click the AdobePS icon and select the network to be used in the AppleTalk Zone box. Your printer appears in the Select a PostScript Printer box.

Note:

By default, the six-digit MAC address is displayed after the printer name if the printer is connected through an optional network card. Refer to your network card manual for details.

Click your printer. The Create button appears.

Note:

If your computer is connected to more than one AppleTalk zone, click the AppleTalk zone your printer is connected to in the AppleTalk Zones list.

Click Create.

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To control your printer and change its settings, use the printer driver. The printer driver allows you to easily make all the print settings, including paper source, paper size, and orientation.

To access the PostScript printer driver, register your printer in Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2), click Print on the file menu of any application, then select your printer.

To access the PostScript printer driver, select Chooser from the Apple menu, then click the AdobePS icon.
Select Print on the file menu of any application.

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You can change the PostScript printer settings in the PostScript printer driver. Balloon help is available to help you with the printer driver settings.

Follow the steps below to use Balloon Help.

Click the Help menu, then select Show Balloons.

Place your cursor over the item that you need help with. Information on that item is displayed inside a floating balloon.

You can change or update the printer setup settings according to the options installed in your printer.

Note for Mac OS X users:

When Super Fine is selected as the resolution, the following functions in the printer driver cannot be used. Color Model: RGB Screen: Auto (Gradation), Auto (Definition)

Follow the steps below to change the settings.

Access the printer driver. The Printer List window appears.

Select the printer from the list.

Select Show Info from the Printers menu. The Printer Info dialog box appears.

Make necessary changes to the settings, then close the dialog box.

Quit Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2).

Follow the steps below to change the settings.

Access the printer driver.

Click the Printing menu, then select Change Setup.

Change the settings using the pop-up menus.

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