I have the new Mac mini M6 and connected my Epson 3880. I get a connection, but as soon as I send data to print, I get a communication error and the printer goes offline. I've checked the driver (it's current), the cables and connectors - all working - double checked on my old Mac mini M1. I'm on macOS 26.0.1. I've been working with ChatGPT but all avenues fail. I even tried printing through to the M1 as a server, but the same thing happens - as soon as data is received, it goes offline. It seems that MacOS 27 no longer supports Rosetta which is what the epson driver runs on. ChatGPT says that a native Apple Silicon driver package based on Gutenprint 5.3.5 may work but lacks Epson specific ink-level reporting.
Has anyone tried this? Or should I just send the file from my M6 to the M1 and print from there as usual. I wanted to use the M1 for other purposes, but seems that I'm going to need it as a dedicated print maker.
any suggestions?
