I have a couple old 740s, out of which I am pretty sure I can get one
working. In another thread I read of gutenberg drivers- is that the way
to go for old printers on the new Mac OS (leopard, not brand new)?
Related to the 740, might there be a subsitute ink tank in shades of
grey that'd sub for the tri-color tank, and thus get decent B+W prints
(at least they'd have no color cast!)
John McWilliams wrote:
> I have a couple old 740s, out of which I am pretty sure I can get one
> working. In another thread I read of gutenberg drivers- is that the way
> to go for old printers on the new Mac OS (leopard, not brand new)?
>
> Related to the 740, might there be a subsitute ink tank in shades of
> grey that'd sub for the tri-color tank, and thus get decent B+W prints
> (at least they'd have no color cast!)
>
"Arthur Entlich" <e-printerhelp@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:gZxWj.136781$rd2.16891@pd7urf3no...
| At one time there was a Quad tone B&W ink set and drivers available for
| several of the older Epson printers.
|
| The company has changed hands but is still around, but if they make
| drivers for the 740, I'm not sure.
|
| Check this out:
|
| http://www.piezography.com/site/what...ezography.html
|
| Art
|
|
| John McWilliams wrote:
| > I have a couple old 740s, out of which I am pretty sure I can get one
| > working. In another thread I read of gutenberg drivers- is that the way
| > to go for old printers on the new Mac OS (leopard, not brand new)?
| >
| > Related to the 740, might there be a subsitute ink tank in shades of
| > grey that'd sub for the tri-color tank, and thus get decent B+W prints
| > (at least they'd have no color cast!)
| >
Digging through some old CD I found an OEM install disk for an Epson 740 if
that will help.
> | > I have a couple old 740s, out of which I am pretty sure I can get one
> | > working. In another thread I read of gutenberg drivers- is that the way
> | > to go for old printers on the new Mac OS (leopard, not brand new)?
>
> Digging through some old CD I found an OEM install disk for an Epson 740 if
> that will help.
Thanks, but I have old drivers already; I am hoping for something
that'll work simply with Leopard.
Arthur Entlich wrote:
> At one time there was a Quad tone B&W ink set and drivers available for
> several of the older Epson printers.
>
> The company has changed hands but is still around, but if they make
> drivers for the 740, I'm not sure.
>
> Check this out:
>
> http://www.piezography.com/site/what...ezography.html
>
>> Related to the 740, might there be a subsitute ink tank in shades of
>> grey that'd sub for the tri-color tank, and thus get decent B+W prints
>> (at least they'd have no color cast!)
>>
Thanks, Art. They have 'em for the R300 which I may convert instead, but
I didn't see anything for the 740.
More concerned about driver for Epson 740 that'll work fine with Leopard.
Matt Broughton wrote:
> In article <K9idnXITvYUC2LbVnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> More concerned about driver for Epson 740 that'll work fine with Leopard.
>
> Free, open source driver is Gutenpirnt
> <http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3>.
>
> Commercial drivers <http://printfab.com>
>
Thanks, I downloaded same recently and have yet to haul out the
printer and try it.
Epson 740 - Mac OS X- 
Linear Mode
