Driver for epson C66

tizerfish · Mar 16th, 2005, 06:27 PM

=( this is a cry for some sort of sanity

I needa epson C66 stylus driver, and all they have on thre website is an excuse to why they have not and will not release a epson driver

gundamguy · Mar 16th, 2005, 06:48 PM

Sadly if Epson dont release a driver you prob wont get one, funny if you search for this printer some sites say its mac compatible. i see this all the time. I go through 3-4 printers a year, try their r200-r800 series. (You could always install it under virtualpc/windows but that is a sloppy way to get yer printing done)

kevkwas · Mar 16th, 2005, 06:51 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by tizerfish
	=( this is a cry for some sort of sanity I needa epson C66 stylus driver, and all they have on thre website is an excuse to why they have not and will not release a epson driver

It should be on your OSX CD.

tizerfish · Mar 16th, 2005, 09:50 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by kevkwas
	It should be on your OSX CD.

i wish

if it's not on the epson website I'm **** outa luck and i know it

monokitty · Mar 16th, 2005, 10:04 PM

	Quote:
	Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection. The Stylus C86 will be the new printer that was released for the Macintosh environment. It should be stressed that these decisions normally are made for many reasons at a much higher level but i am sure from the many conversations that i have had with Macintosh users that want more and advanced options and this lack of demand of entry-level inkjet printers in the Macintosh environment and the fact that they do the same thing except for the Stylus C86 is faster. It should be stressed that we pass the information as always to all outlets and provide them with the accurate information. Unfortunately, there are no printer drivers for the Stylus C66 and Macintosh and will not be supported by Epson in a Macintosh environment. We are aware of many third-party printer driver companies that write drivers for our non-Macintosh printers, those third-party printer drivers are not support by Epson America. Peter G Epson Connection

I guess you could look for third-party drivers, but who knows how reliable those are. Apparently, the C-66 was replaced with the C-86, which, by the way, is a very good printer. Retails around $139, give or take some.

gordguide · Mar 16th, 2005, 10:12 PM

I think "Peter G from Epson Corporation" should go back to grade 6 or so. Did anyone else understand a word from that note?

monokitty · Mar 16th, 2005, 10:14 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by gordguide
	I think "Peter G from Epson Corporation" should go back to grade 6 or so. Did anyone else understand a word from that note?

Yeah, his grammar blows, but I think we get the basic concept that the C-66 lacks any official Mac support.

gordguide · Mar 17th, 2005, 09:59 AM

Although it's a bit of a hassle to get going, there's a pretty good chance it's supported under CUPS (a UNIX app) which is included in OSX and which means you can probably get it to work.

The C66 isn't included with the OSX default install but the Gimp-Print package will install it (supposedly Gimp-Print was renamed to GutenPrint, but it apparently goes by both names).

The beta (v5x) has a C66 driver but you can also try the stable (v4x) release with the C64 driver, which is reported to work fine. I would try the beta since any bugs are printer-specific and chances are it will work fine, and the C66-specific driver has additional features you might want.

More info here.

tizerfish · Mar 20th, 2005, 11:43 AM

THANK YOU GORD!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!

it works perfectly, =D no issues at all using the C66 beta or the C64 It's GREAT

THANK YOU@@@!@!@!