OT: New XP SP2 Epson R200 driver

[Colorado]

All of a sudden all my prints were coming out way too dark and horrible. I initially thought maybe it was my new aftermarket inks as I had not printed photos in a long time. Turns out, the Epson R200 XP driver was not compatible with SP2. I upgraded to the new driver from the Epson site and all is well. Thought I would share to help avoid headaches. CDs and DVDs came out fine, but photos were horrible. Weird. If you know of a better place to post this please do so. Thanks.

[jyn999]

All of a sudden all my prints were coming out way too dark and horrible. I initially thought maybe it was my new aftermarket inks as I had not printed photos in a long time. Turns out, the Epson R200 XP driver was not compatible with SP2. I upgraded to the new driver from the Epson site and all is well. Thought I would share to help avoid headaches. CDs and DVDs came out fine, but photos were horrible. Weird. If you know of a better place to post this please do so. Thanks.

@Colorado, are you saying that photo printing is still lousy even after installing the new driver?

[hudsonf]

He said after upgrading all is well.

[p_l]

Thanks for posting, Colorado; that's good to know.
Hey, isn't Windows Update supposed to inform you about about driver updates, especially from some fairly major company like Epson?

[jyn999]

He said after upgrading all is well.

Yes he did but then one sentence later he added

CDs and DVDs came out fine, but photos were horrible.

I guess I'm being very simplistic and literal by thinking the new Epson driver didn't fix his photo printing problem.

[Colorado]

CDs and DVDs came out fine before the new driver, but photos were horrible. After the new driver, everything worked correctly.

If you are having issues with printing photos after installing XP SP2, install the new driver from Epson.