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Mac OS Sequoia - 15.6, Photoshop 26.10.0 Release.
Epson L18050 Ecotank printer.

After a hard drive crash I had to reload my Photoshop application, and printer drivers.

Initially, it seemed that everything was working as it should

When I select to print from Photoshop, in the 'Photoshop Print Settings' dialog box, everything looks normal.
I select 'Photoshop manages colors', I have the correct Paper setting in 'Printer Profile'
I typically use 'Hard Proofing'

HOWEVER - when I select 'Print Settings' at the top of the 'Photoshop Print Settings' dialog box, a much reduced menu is presented.
'Paper Size', 'Layout', and 'Paper Handling' are all as they should be.
Under 'Printer Options' > 'Color Matching' - 'Epson Color Controls' is correctly selected.

BUT when I select 'Print Settings' - I was previously presented with a detailed menu of options which included choices for 'Borderless', 'Sharpen', 'Remove Red Eye' etc etc.
Now, instead, I get an extremely basic popup window that only gives me a couple of options. 'Media Type', 'Print Quality', and an option for 'Borderless' printing
See Screenshot below.

I don't know that my results are much different - but I really liked having the granular control over 'Print Settings' I had previously.

Am I missing something? Have I made some fundamental error in setting up Photoshop or my Printer?

Grateful for any input

print settings.png
 
scrimshanker said:
Mac OS Sequoia - 15.6, Photoshop 26.10.0 Release.
Epson L18050 Ecotank printer.

After a hard drive crash I had to reload my Photoshop application, and printer drivers.

Initially, it seemed that everything was working as it should

When I select to print from Photoshop, in the 'Photoshop Print Settings' dialog box, everything looks normal.
I select 'Photoshop manages colors', I have the correct Paper setting in 'Printer Profile'
I typically use 'Hard Proofing'

HOWEVER - when I select 'Print Settings' at the top of the 'Photoshop Print Settings' dialog box, a much reduced menu is presented.
'Paper Size', 'Layout', and 'Paper Handling' are all as they should be.
Under 'Printer Options' > 'Color Matching' - 'Epson Color Controls' is correctly selected.

BUT when I select 'Print Settings' - I was previously presented with a detailed menu of options which included choices for 'Borderless', 'Sharpen', 'Remove Red Eye' etc etc.
Now, instead, I get an extremely basic popup window that only gives me a couple of options. 'Media Type', 'Print Quality', and an option for 'Borderless' printing
See Screenshot below.

I don't know that my results are much different - but I really liked having the granular control over 'Print Settings' I had previously.

Am I missing something? Have I made some fundamental error in setting up Photoshop or my Printer?

Grateful for any input

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Hi @scrimshanker

One real possibility is that when reloading photoshop is that the Print Driver may have defaulted back to the MacOS printer driver name Air Print. You can check this out in the Printer and Scanner section of system settings. As an example, here is what I have on mine and I have an Epson P900 printer.

Screenshot 2025-09-13 at 4.36.08 PM.jpg

This can be fixed by reinstalling the official printer driver from their website.
I have had this happen to me several times before where Air Print sneaks in and overrides the Epson official printer drivers. Once I reinstall those (I keep the dmg file handy) all goes back to the way I wanted which is all of the Epson options, not a subsetting set of options.

Hope this helps
John Wheeler
 
Thanks for the input John Wheeler!
I removed the Epson printer from 'Printers and Scanners', trashed the Epson folder from Library>Printers, and downloaded a new version of the driver from the Epson website.
I've performed this routine several times since I first noticed the issue - but this time it worked!
At no time did I see any reference to Air Print with the previous driver installations, and my printer is not listed as Air Print enabled, but it's possible that an Air Print driver was inadvertently installed...as you suggest above.
Thanks again
 
I had the same problem after upgrading my OS, Epson's driver was installed, but macOS was still forcing the generic one. Resetting the printing system and reinstalling from Epson's support site fixed it. The advanced menu popped right back up in Photoshop
 
I just installed an epson P900 and did update its firmware, but I have the same problem: print settings does not even include "options"
 
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