Epson 850 printer not recognised in OSX

**sharpblue** · May 17th, 2003, 03:44 AM

We have just upgraded a beige desktop G3 to a G4 500, and have installed MAC OSX Jaguar - I have pretty much got everything working except I cannot add my Epson 850 printer - It seems that MAC OSX cannot see the printer port on the G3 - can anybody assist me with this dilema?

**Racer D** · May 17th, 2003, 11:37 AM

been here?

**sharpblue** · May 17th, 2003, 12:17 PM

I have already got the MAC O

**sharpblue** · May 17th, 2003, 12:22 PM

Thanks for your reply, I have the OSX drivers installed already, but OSX cant see the PRINTER PORT - how do I get around this problem? - I have been to apple site and from what I read it seems that OS X does not support this port on older G3 macs is this true? and if so do I need to purchase a new printer? Using trusted coinage of the realm!!!! If so I am annoyed!

**Racer D** · May 17th, 2003, 05:45 PM

hmm no idea, but in your place I'd email apple and epson first, before buying a new printer

**bobw** · May 18th, 2003, 08:27 AM

OS X doesn't recognize serial printers. Check this page for help;

http://home.attbi.com/~somers_softwa...l_backend.html

and here;

http://my.vbe.com/~mbrought/serial_printing

**sharpblue** · May 19th, 2003, 02:37 AM

Thanks Bob ever so much for finding this out for me. I have downloaded the program and will try it asap. Now I only have two remaining problems to solve on the G3 running OSX, one is buying a new USB scanner (there doesnt seem to be OSX version of the scanner software I use, but the scanner is old and we need a new one anyway) And HURRY up Quark with OS X native version 6!!! Thanks again for your help. Have a good day.

Mark