Epson 740 Printer Driver for OS 10.4.5?

[bluecabochon]

I am on a rented iBook G4 running OS 10.4.5. until I get my new iMac. I have my old Epson Stylus 740 printer that I would like to connect to this laptop so I can actually work at home. I was previously on B & W G3 desktop running OS 9.2.2. and nearly all of my hardware dates back to 1999.

I checked the Epson site and couldn't find any drivers to download. Am I blind or are they not available? I probably won't be able to use this printer on the Intel iMac (right?) but I'd like to be able to during this interim period.

Thanks in advance.

 

[bousozoku]

Have you tried connecting it to see if it will work?

You could always search the drivers in the /Library folder but connecting it would be the easiest way to check it.

 

[ITASOR]

Have you tried connecting it to see if it will work?

You could always search the drivers in the /Library folder but connecting it would be the easiest way to check it.

Yes, I would try this. The 740 is/was extremely popular, and if you have the standard Epson drivers all installed with OS X (if you didn't choose not to during a reinstall) then I'm almost guarantee there's a compatible driver. Plug it in and in a page setup window add the printer.

 

[bluecabochon]

I did find a driver and installed it (i think) correctly into the Library. Word recognizes the printer by type but it doesn't print. Used the page setup feature. For Settings: it's set to "Page Attributes"; the other choices are "Custom Paper Size" and "Microsoft Word". Is this the correct setting?

Until last week I was using Office 98; I'm now using Office:mac 2004 Student & Teacher Edition, which is new to me so I'm not that savvy within its navigation yet.

I had to reinstall my Epson printer software off the original CD (did Easy Install) and am hoping that nothing in there is causing a conflict.

Help!

Update 12/11/06: Dids install driver and used printer setup utility, and it works fine. According to Epson, this printer will work on an Intel iMac running Tiger.