Even the release that came out two days ago didn’t fix this problem: Thanks for providing the old information, and helping people keep these things out of the landfill, especially if they don’t need a new printer, or don’t want to throw away money on a new one! All of this information helps people discover your site as well.Īhh, these driver updates didn’t solve all the problems by any stretch. A lot of these printers were sold, and people don’t necessarily want to throw things away so quickly. (For a textbook example of this, read about the ubiquitous “chroma bug” that made its way into almost every DVD player ever made.)Īlso, even if posts are old– this information is still useful to many people. Such bugs are usually due to careless software development with inadequate testing. If they are releasing drivers, there’s no reason why they couldn’t be careful enough to eliminate such obvious bugs (which probably exist in printers other than the 2200 as well). The problems with this printer are not the outdated hardware, but poor driver support from Epson. ![]() ![]() Ink is still available, and the prints are still quite good– the metamerism is not a problem for many purposes, especially with mat prints like Velvet Fine Art paper. My printer has seen very little use, and it is not worn out. If Epson had better support for their drivers and support over the time that I owned this printer (and in general), I also would be happy. I don’t believe there’s any reason to justify a throwaway society. All of the older cameras and lenses I own are fine. ![]() I have a Wacom tablet that is older, and incredibly, Wacom still support the drivers, and it works fine– because they are a good company with good customer support. The $1000 that I paid was the going price at the time here, so if it was available for less later, it’s not the issue. If I would’ve gotten 10 years of good use from my Epson 2200, I wouldn’t have written that comment. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.)ĭan, thanks for the quick reply. (BTW, I added “note” to this post to remind any other readers that the post is quite a few years old and no longer provides useful or current information. While I have shared your frustration with Epson’s driver updates and their lack of response to customers’ needs, at this point I recommend updating to a newer printer – not only have you gotten full value (and a longer than expected life-span) from your 2200, but you will find that the newer printers produce much better and more consistent image quality. Later generations of Epson and other brand printers have largely solved this problem or reduced it to insignificance. This was especially a problem when making black and white prints. It was one of the last Epson printers designed for photographic use that still struggled mightily with metamerism failure an issue that led to prints picking up odd green or magenta coloration in different kinds of ambient light. The $699 Epson 2200 printer was introduced 10 years ago in 2002, and was ultimately available for prices much lower than that, so my sense is that anyone who got 10 years of use from this printer should congratulate himself or herself for getting their money’s worth! (The price of the hardware might amortize to as little as $60/year!)Īs you probably know, while that printer was quite something at the time of its introduction a decade ago – when the idea of a printer with a 13″ carriage for such a low price was unheard of – it had its “issues,” and its technology is now quite outdated. ![]() The updated driver appears to resolve the very serious printing problems that rendered the 2200 essentially unusable for several months.ĭion, thanks for the update. The good news is that Epson did release updated drivers during the past week. I won’t recount the whole story here (that’s what links are for!) but the short version is that Epson had not updated their drivers when Apple released the OS update, and then Epson failed to communicate with their customers or update the drivers in a timely fashion – leaving photographers who used several of their printers including the 2200 “high and dry.” For my part, I would not get a 2200 at this point, no matter how cheap it was – and I have not owned a 2200 since perhaps 2010 or so.)Ī while back I posted about serious problems with the Epson 2200 printer when used with Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6.x “Snow Leopard” operating system. In all likelihood, based on my past experience, this printer and other older Epson printers will not be supported indefinitely by Epson. This short article and link to Epson 2200 printer drivers was accurate when it was originally posted, but you should consult current information sources and perhaps contact Epson directly for update information. (IMPORTANT NOTE: I generally do not remove old articles from this web site since search engines and other links tend to point to them.
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