Re: Epson & Mac OS 8.6

[Tony <artdept@camtech.net.au>]

Bob Somerville Roberts wrote:
>The problem is on a Mac 9600 with an XLR8 400Mhz G3 accelerator and
>an Adaptec SCSI card 2490UW and an Epson Stylus Pro 5000 (without
>RIP) and files printed from PhotoShop 5.02.  The images just come out
>as either random text or graphic gobbledegook.

Several things here, Bob.
Check out <http://macfixit.com/> and look in their OS8.6 section.
I seem to remember some issues with updating UK versions of OS8.5 with US 
OS8.6 updaters (it's being fixed now). Also there are quite a few issue 
with Adaptec cards (can't remember if they are printing-related), and of 
course the CPU upgrade card - is it OS8.6 savvy?

Can you boot from another drive with OS8.5.1 on it and print?
Does it print OK with all other applications?
Have you tried saving other file formats with your test file?
How is the printer connected to the Mac? Check other options here.

>It is, of course, not the fault of Apple, Epson, Adaptec Adobe or Interex

None of those guys are going to admit a thing until there's hard evidence 
that it's their fault. Unhappily you'll have to narrow it down through 
trial-and-error, changing only one thing at a time in tried-and-true 
fault-finding fashion.

Best of luck

regards
Tony Barnett

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