Thank you Daniel, I will try these steps. Peta
On 07/04/2010, at 8:35 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Hi Peta > > Sounds like a few issues going on there. > For the Epson one, it may pay to remove the printer and reset it up then see > how it goes. > > For the Adobe software you can deactivate it on the old machine which then > allows you to active it on the new machine. > Other programs can be similar. > > Hope that helps. > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > On 7/4/10 6:56 PM, "peta belczowski" <petabelczow...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Thank you to all who replied to my Epson printer problem. >> >> Yes, I had discovered "LITE" when following Daniel's instructions. >> >> Also the message "the printer is not registered" once I arrived at this >> point; >> therefore I apparently cannot take things any further. >> >> Possibly my previous Mac had all the registration details. When my husband >> bought me my lovely Mac OS X, which of course has Snow Leopard, and I >> connected the external hard drive (which Daniel had installed onto my first >> Mac), all programs etc transferred/copied beautifully to this machine and I >> was soooooo impressed. >> >> The "ink level status and buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, not >> highlighted, cannot use. >> >> Problems - when we have bought programs for another Mac, I believe the newer >> Mac needs re-registering with new reg. numbers. >> >> For example, with my first earlier Mac I had bought and paid for Adobe. I >> was >> too busy learning and re-educating my ways of doing things from a PC and had >> never used the Adobe program. Now, although it has transferred to my new >> Mac, >> I cannot use the program. >> >> Too time consuming in today's world - of course I want instant results! >> >> Peta >> >> >> >> On 07/04/2010, at 5:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> >>> Hey Daniel, >>> >>> Not your bad;-) You did give the correct path to the utility. >>> >>> Sorry to hear you are suffering with cold/flu ... Plenty of liquids (not my >>> champagne) ... And Sleep! >>> Do you remember what SLEEP is?? >>> >>> Get well. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPhone >>> >>> On 07/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Daniel Kerr <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Oops thanks Ronni, my bad >>>> >>>> That's what I get for working off memory when away from my "real computer". >>>> (plus having cold and flu, does that count as an "oops" pass as well?) :o) >>>> I was sort of close then. Lol :) >>>> >>>> Kind regards >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Daniel Kerr >>>> MacWizardry >>>> >>>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>>> Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au >>>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>>> >>>> >>>> **For Everything Macintosh** >>>> >>>> On 07/04/2010, at 4:50 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Peta & Daniel, >>>>> >>>>> The older Epson Printer Utility doesn't work in Snow Leopard. >>>>> In Snow Leopard it was replaced by "Epson Printer Utility Lite.app >>>>> >>>>> You will find it in your Macintosh HD > Library > Printers > EPSON > >>>>> InkJetPrinter2 > Utility > UTL - "Epson Printer Utility Lite.app" >>>>> >>>>> And it is “Lite” – it shows a menu for printers, the Ink level status and >>>>> buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, but nothing else. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Ronni >>>>> >>>>> On 06/04/2010, at 7:34 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Peta >>>>>> >>>>>> You should have "Epson Printer Utility", which almost always gets >>>>>> installed >>>>>> if the CD was used to install it. >>>>>> You *may* find an alias to it in your Applications folder. >>>>>> If you don't then there should also be one installed in the following >>>>>> location. >>>>>> >>>>>> NOTE: As the following is buried away in Library folders used by the >>>>>> system >>>>>> please don't move or change or rename anything in here, as all the folder >>>>>> structure is set a specific way the System requires it. Moving or >>>>>> changing >>>>>> things can have damaging effects to your computer. >>>>>> /end note. >>>>>> >>>>>> Macintosh HD - Library - Printers - EPSON - InkjetPrinter - Utilities >>>>>> >>>>>> Inside here should be a Utility called Epson Printer Utility (may have a >>>>>> 1 >>>>>> or 2 or 3 after it). If you run this it will allow you to do the Print >>>>>> Head >>>>>> clean. >>>>>> (If the alias for it isn't in the Application folder, once it's running >>>>>> then >>>>>> you can Control click on it's Dock icon and Choose "Keep in Dock", that >>>>>> way >>>>>> it's there for whenever you need it next, without having to and relook >>>>>> for >>>>>> it) >>>>>> >>>>>> Once you open it, just follow you nose. It should bring up a window >>>>>> listing >>>>>> your model of printer, which you click next arrow, and it will show it's >>>>>> connected via USB. Once you click through enough arrows etc it will take >>>>>> you >>>>>> to a main "choice" window, where one of the options will be "Head >>>>>> Cleaning". >>>>>> >>>>>> (Looks like this link, although not for your printer model):- >>>>>> <http://files.support.epson.com/htmldocs/r800__/r800__rf/softx_4.htm#epson >>>>>> %2 >>>>>> 0printer%20utility%20functions%20b> >>>>>> (Or if the above link doesn't work, here's a tiny one) >>>>>> <http://tinyurl.com/yagu6k4> >>>>>> >>>>>> That should get it working for you (hopefully). >>>>>> >>>>>> Kind Regards >>>>>> Daniel >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Daniel Kerr >>>>>> MacWizardry >>>>>> >>>>>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>>>>> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >>>>>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> **For everything Macintosh** >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 6/4/10 7:16 PM, "peta belczowski" <petabelczow...@mac.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for this, but no, as I explained to Ronni, this option has never >>>>>>> come >>>>>>> up since we connected the Epson to the Mac (it used to show up with my >>>>>>> Toshiba >>>>>>> pc). So I cannot access in this way and there is definitely a problem >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> horizontal lines. (The printer therefore has not been cleaned for the >>>>>>> past 2 >>>>>>> years or so.) >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
