**Cannot choose Media Type when printing from Photoshop CS2

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maryas7
Dec 12, 2006
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I am on a G4 Mac with OSX 10.3.9. I have been using Photoshp 4.0.1 in the classic environment with no problem. We bought my daughter a G5 with OSX 10.4.8 and purchased Photoshop CS2 to install on it. I also installed it on my G4.

I own an Epson Stylus Color 777 and have the latest driver on my G4. When I try to print from Photoshop CS2 I get a generic print window without the usual options. I have no option to choose my media type (I.E. Glossy photo paper, plain paper, etc.) The printing in inferior because of this and I have had to revert to Photoshp 4 to print my final documents.

I have 640 MB of ram and my CPU speed is 1.2 GHz
Is my printer too old for Photoshop CS2?
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John McWilliams
Dec 13, 2006
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I am on a G4 Mac with OSX 10.3.9. I have been using Photoshp 4.0.1 in the classic environment with no problem. We bought my daughter a G5 with OSX 10.4.8 and purchased Photoshop CS2 to install on it. I also installed it on my G4.

I own an Epson Stylus Color 777 and have the latest driver on my G4. When I try to print from Photoshop CS2 I get a generic print window without the usual options. I have no option to choose my media type (I.E. Glossy photo paper, plain paper, etc.) The printing in inferior because of this and I have had to revert to Photoshp 4 to print my final documents.

I have 640 MB of ram and my CPU speed is 1.2 GHz Is my printer too old for Photoshop CS2?

Dunno, but try holding down Cmd-Option-P to get Print with options. Does it work at all differently on your daughter’s G5?

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Chris_Cox
Dec 13, 2006
That sounds like you may have installed the wrong drivers (GIMP Print) for your printer.

And the printer driver support comes from the OS, not Photoshop.
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maryas7
Dec 14, 2006
Thank you! The problem is solved. I did some reinstalling and forgot about that.
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Chris_Cox
Dec 14, 2006
Glad to hear you got it fixed.

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