Epson 3880 and Ventura

Please HELP!

I can't get my Epson 3880 to work on Ventura (13.3.1). Installed the latest drivers and printer software... finally got it to talk to my macBook. Now all fine art papers are not available anymore plus the printer throws endless paper skews no matter what or where I'm feeding it. Very odd since I read some people managed to get it working.


Anyone and clue? Would highly appreciate it.


Thanks Annie

Posted on Apr 11, 2023 05:06 AM

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Posted on Apr 11, 2023 05:24 AM

The last Epson printer driver (v12.62) for this device on Ventura was released Oct 22, 2022 and Ventura was initially released on Oct 24. This suggests that Epson built these drivers on either Ventura beta or release master, and any number of changes to the operating system since Fall 2022 may have compromised this early driver release.


When you installed the above driver, did you reset the print system by removing the printer entry and readding it by selecting the newer driver?


This printer is not supported by Apple's AirPrint.

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Apr 11, 2023 05:24 AM in response to pixelomi

The last Epson printer driver (v12.62) for this device on Ventura was released Oct 22, 2022 and Ventura was initially released on Oct 24. This suggests that Epson built these drivers on either Ventura beta or release master, and any number of changes to the operating system since Fall 2022 may have compromised this early driver release.


When you installed the above driver, did you reset the print system by removing the printer entry and readding it by selecting the newer driver?


This printer is not supported by Apple's AirPrint.

Apr 11, 2023 06:54 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks a bunch VikingOSX

Jep, used the Epson unistaller and reinstalled the printer with v.12.62. Used the Epson Firmware updater to install the latest (2018) Printer software. But, if the new driver was created on Venturas Beta... it means I got to wait til enough people urge Epson to make it work.

The printer was released Oktober 2009 so it's quite outdated. It's such a lovely printer though, no problems ever until now.

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