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Re: OS-X, Epson driver and MIS CFS: Jobs Stopped

2004-05-14 by Steve Kale

OK ignore this.  Another frustrated powering off of both printer and computer and now it 
seems to be fine.  Weird.  Hopefully I won't jinx it now... :-)




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale" <stevekale@b...> 
wrote:
> Has anyone managed to get an MIS CFS up and running in OS-X with the Epson driver?  
> The original chip on the K cart sent by MIS was for PK ink and prevented me from 
printing 
> to matt media with the Epson driver.  However if I selected an RC paper then I could 
print 
> fine.  They then delivered what is supposed to be an MK chip which I have placed on the 
K 
> cart.  But I still can't print to matt media (Archival Matt Paper paper setting) and both 
matt 
> and glossy media types appear for selection - ie the driver doesn't seem to know what 
ink 
> type is installed.  In fact, now I can't print to any media type except Plain Paper.  When I 
> spoke to MIS last time they professed to not being very Mac knowledgeable.  The usual 
> fixes don't seem to work:  I have run Print Setup Repair; I have replaced the CFS with 
Epson 
> carts and got it working fine and then added a new set of printers with the CFS installed 
(a 
> la the trick for switching between PK and MK Epson carts).  I am wondering if I have 
> received a bum chip or something.  Unfortunately OS-X gives no info as to why Jobs 
> Stopped.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve

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