St-m1000 Driver

[Quincey Homer]

Iam getting the notorious 'Filter' failed error message. I have had this before and managed to find a way to print something simple (B+W text) first (I think). This time I have not found a way around this despite following many suggested solutions from your website and others. At one point, printing from any application would cause it to simply quit. I can't print anything.

I may have other issues happening and I am sure they are separate from this problem which I have had in the past. My computer has been freezing and restarting often would not result in the computer successfully coming back up. I seem to be OK for now, but I had to leave the computer all night after a Restart to find it working this morning.

In the instructions from Epson below, you can use Command-Shift G in the Finder, then, a.) Replace 'space'>'space with /; b.) Make sure the items are moved to trash and not just copied; c.) This should work for other printers, so step 10 would be to go to the support page for your printer; d.) If the support page does not offer a downloadable file, follow the steps for Adding A Printer as you normally would in Printers & Scanners of the Systems Preferences.

Since there is no actual file to download on the page mentioned, I followed all the steps a couple of times. The Updates option in the App Store shows no updates to be installed. I always keep my system up-to-date.

I suspect that some file in the Epson folder of Libraries/Printers is perhaps corrupt, but unlike the old days of the Mac, you can't just reinstall the software. At least I have found no way. I dragged that Epson folder out, hoping that it might get replaced by Updates, but it didn't.

A search on the Internet reveals that other people are asking about this problem and they are using other printers from other manufacturers. I don't know if it is a problem caused by the MacOS, or the printer driver software. Maybe the OS is damaging the driver software. I have posted this issue on the Apple Communities website.

As for the virus checker software. They are stand alone and are not set up to run automatically. I think the MacOS Gatekeeper fends off most problems. In nearly thirty years of using Macs, I have never had a virus, etc. But when things get squirrelly, I sometime run some software.

Don't. Those things cannot possibly help and will only cause trouble. Uninstalling whatever "virus checker" you are using in strict accordance with its uninstallation instructions is Step 1 in diagnosing the problem.

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