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Epson Stylus Color 600 support?
Authored by: appleweek on Aug 14, '01 08:36:22PM

Hello, I would like to know if my Epson Stylus color will *EVER* be supported? I know it didn't make the cut for 10.1, but will it be supported in the future? the reason that is i'm thinking about sellin it (ebay; how much would i get?) But if i know that support is comming in the future, i don't mind saving myself the trouble of dealing with selling it. what should i do?



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Epson Stylus Color 600 support?
Authored by: Anonymous on Aug 15, '01 12:48:53PM

Seeing as though the common thread in these printers is that they all have USB, I wouldn't be shocked if Apple's just decided to punt on support for serial printers. If this is the case, then I doubt there's much Epson could do to support these older printers.

Granted, if you've sprung for a serial-USB converter, it would be nice if you could use your printer this way. However, I wouldn't hold my breath.

I'm in the same boat - I've got the 600 connected to a beige G3. Fortunately, I picked up a USB card a few years back, so tonight I'm going to Staples and I'm going pick up a 777 for $50 (after rebate).



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Epson Stylus Color 600 support?
Authored by: appleweek on Aug 16, '01 06:48:03AM

Thats the thing, did indeed buy an Epson USB Converter Kit so I can use my printer with my (Summer 2000) iMac DV SE. I originally bought my Epson SC 600 with my PowerMac 6500. SO when i got my iMac, i jumped on an Epson USB Converter Kit from eBay to I could use my Epson SC 600 with the iMac.
In other words, (with the USB Converter Kit) my printer is just like any other Epson printer. but all epson needs to do is to switch with the drivers a bit to support the USB Converter Kit.

Does anyone know if the USB Converter Kit from Epson will be supported in the future? I really don't want to sell the printer and buy an el-cheapo (Cannon or something) because I know I won't get much for it (even with the Kit). So what should I do?



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How about a hack?
Authored by: Rob on Aug 17, '01 09:10:44PM

I print to an Epson Stylus 600 from my trusty old Newton 2000, using a generic Epson Stylus driver. Surely it must be possible to hack one of the existing Epson Stylus drivers for OS X to support the 600, at least in basic functions. Admittedly I haven't succeeded when I've tried this.

OS X recognises that the printer is a Stylus 600 (via a no-name USB-parallel converter) and says it's unsupported. Could it be as simple as changing a string in some table that OS X looks up to determine whether a printer is supported or not? I presume you'd also need to duplicate the driver for another printer and change its name and internal strings to 600.



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