Installing just the printer drivers

Apr 09, '01 12:37:31PM

Contributed by: Anonymous

When I installed OSX for the first time, I deselected the "Additional Printer Drivers" option to save drive space. However, when I purchased an Epson 777i last night, I didn't have the OSX drivers I needed, and you can't download them from Epson.

If you try to run the OSX installer from the CD-ROM, it prompts you to startup from the CD. If you start up from the CD and run the installer, it wants to reinstall ("update") the entire system. The solution is to double-click on the installer Package on the CD-ROM, located at:

Mac OS X Install CD/System/Installation/Packages/AdditionalPrinterDrivers.pkg

This launches an installer which just installs the additional printer drivers.

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