Hello,

I just upgraded to Mtn Lion and can no longer print from Photoshop.

iMac 27", CS5 and Epson 837.

I can print documents fine but as soon as I try printing something from PS it crashes.

Can convert things to PDF and print but there's no color managment or page placement capabilities.

Help!

TIA

Noel,

Hello.

Yep I read them all but not being a computer scientist I don't quite grasp

the importance of drivers when it comes to the differentiation between

being able to print documents and PDFs from the computer and not being able

to print images from photoshop.

Do you ?

Any help is welcome.

Bill F

I have exactly the same problem with PSE 9 , and Epson were as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

Have now downloaded a trail version of CS6 in order to test some prints, but i need to change the gamma and there is nowhere to do that.

Its got to be a compatibility problem with the software as it was okay on windows 7, before I changed to a Mac (Grrrr)

Phil.

Hi there

I have achieved success great success with the following settings ..

Although I am using a specific paper and ink (Lyson/Marrut) I am not using their custom profile, so no guarantee it will work for your ink and paper type.

Printer manages colours

Perceptual

In colour matching make sure "Epson colour controls" is checked

Now go into the drop down print settings menu

Paper is premium semi-gloss

Superfine 1440 dpi

Adobe RGB

Click on the advanced tab and change the gamma to 1.8

This worked like a dream for me and even the paper and ink compant said their profile could do no better.

If that doesnt work then its hit and miss and playing around with the permutations, oh and your will get no help from Adobe or Epson .. they we both as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.

Good luck

Phil.

i have tried printing via the Preview App, this gives much improved prints and suggests that the driver is ok. it is Adobe that needs to get its act together.

Once again, Mr.Cox: I am impressed by your restraint and equanimity.

And what value was provided by calling for an act to be gotten together?

We have the Adobe CS5 Suite. We recently upgraded our MacBook to OS 10.8.2. I have an Epson, but a different model, a Stylus CX5800X.

Every time I now attempt to print from Photoshop the program crashes. I found this thread, read all the comments and suggestions. I went to Epson to see if I needed a driver update. Epson’s site directed me to use the Apple Software Update feature, which says there is no Epson update available or needed.

Which leaves me where I started … with a printer that has no problems functioning with any application other than Photoshop CS5. I can print fine when doing so from Word, Preview and other programs including Adobe Acrobat.

Forgive me, I'm no geek, but I find it logical to presume whatever lines of errant code are causing this problem are associated with Adobe Photoshop CS5. Perhaps if someone could offer a cogent explanation for why it cannot possibly be a Photoshop glitch as opposed to simply insisting it MUST be a driver problem it would help matters.

I may have finally resolved this for myself--at least my R2880 prints are looking like my OS X Mountain Lion display instead of looking like old dirty Victorian-era paintings.

I have been using my ColorMunki Photo to calibrate both my display and printer, without real success. Today I did a lot of printer jet cleaning. I also created a Illustrator with the color names--red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, white and black--in large print and the approriate color. I did discover, after not using my printer for some time, that some of the inks simply were not printing and others were not printing well. I removed the cartridges and shook them until I could hear the small "tinkle" sound.

Next I used the ColorMunki to create a new printer profile. At one point the profile app requests that you turn off all "automatic printer settings". I've always found this confusing (and I'm a UX developer). In the past I'd just select "ColorSync" and no special profile. This time I selected "Epson Color Controls". I also verified that "Print Settings" and "Paper Configuration" settings were defaulted. Once the profile was created I tried using it from Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4. I got the same muddy print when I selected Photoshop (or Lightroom) manages printing and the profile.

Then I tried using the "Managed by Printer" setting. In the printer dialog box I selected ColorSync and the profile I just created. This time the prints looked great! I've been using Mountain Lion since its release and I think this is the first time I've gotten a satisfactory skintone print.

So...

1) Create a printer profile with the printer handling the profile. Or, get a profile from the paper supplier. I use Red River Paper and they have profiles for their papers and most printers.

2) When printing let the printer manage color.

3) In the Print dialog box select "ColorSync". Then select the profile you created or the one you downloaded.

For my R2880 step 3 occurs in the "Color Matching" panel. Once you select ColorSync a "Profile" popup menu then appears.

Not sure about other printers but hopefully the hint of using "printer manages color" and ColorSync + profile gets you headed in the right direction.

BTW, I do like my ColorMunki Photo. My third, and hopefully last, profiler.

Kevin

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Just make sure you see Chris' reply to my original post, about not selecting "16-bit" in the Epson driver settings.