Wf-2650 Driver
Jermale Kunstler
You don't say what "problem" you are having trying to install your printer's driver, is it's hard to respond. Installing a printer driver is normally just a simple matter of downloading the file and then installing it. If a compatible driver is not available, then that is a different problem. You might visit the site below where many drivers are available for older printers.
Yes, same here. I went around and around through the settings, getting no where until I read this post. I changed the settings to "With Border/A4/Actual Size" and it copied. Only the bottom right edge of my copy shows a trace-about 1.5 cm, of a border that wasn't on the original. Ridiculous! Thankfully this was not anything that needed to be "perfect" in appearance. It isn't my machine so I don't have access to a manual, but you would thing making copies would be simpler!
I totally agree I hate this stupid printer Mac user also. I have court Monday have tons to print it was printing pretty good after I had to install the drivers AGAIN then all of a sudden all sorts of settings just changed on it's own 2 hrs later still not working. It's garbage!
Also having this problem with Epson XP320. Found that "with border" was the only way to change setting to "plain paper," which was apparently my problem, as just changing to "with border" alone, would not do it. This problem occurred only recently, after a software update.
Hi, I tried most of these suggestions, on my WF-2630 but none worked. It refused to copy, or let me change the paper source/size/type settings relating to copying! Then I went into Set Up/Printer Settings/ Paper Source Settings, and clicked down on A4/Letter Switching and found another option to switch paper size error reporting off! Changed that and everything working perfectly!
I was using my Epson ET-2650 with other Wifi system (Non NetGear) during the last 2 years without any issue. Recently I migrated to Orbi (RBKE963). Printer is visible during a few minutes after reboot the printer, but later is not visible for any device in the network. I use this printer for iPad and iPhone, and I need to reboot every time for print.
Have you checked the attached devices page to see if it is actually connected to the network? While you can do it through the app, preferential to do it via the WebUi (log into 192.168.1.1 or whatever IP your router is assigned) and check attached devices.
While I don't have that particular Epson printer, I do have another model (ET-4750) attached wirelessly to my 960 series Orbi and can print to it from all machines. I have found that assigning a reserved IP really helps. If the printer bounces between router and satellite, it may get a different IP address and therefore, the devices may find it one time, but not the next. Assigning a reserved address helps that situation.
You assign the reserved address through the Advanced Tab, Setup, LAN Setup page via the router WebUI. I usually assign my printers in the 192.168.1.12x range - but that's just my preference. Once assigned, be sure to hit the APPLY button. The router will go through a reboot, and you may also need to turn the printer off and back so that it reconnects to the correct IP address. If you have several devices you want to assign reserved addresses to - you can do multiples then hit apply once they have all be set. I would limit the multiples to no more than 10 before hitting apply - just to insure you don't try and assign the same IP address to multiple devices - and also allows the router to lock in those addresses as well.
Once a reserved address is assigned, go back and run through the Epson setup on all of the machines you want to print from and insure you go through the Networked device process. It should look through the network, find the printer, and do all the background stuff to set up the connection to always hit it on that particular IP address. This step is important to do on each device so it knows how to get to the printer.
Other things to think about - especially with the 960 series and how it CAN be set up. Not sure if you are using the IoT network for the printer and regular network for your PCs/Phones/Tablets (or some combination). I read that Airprint wants you to be on the same network as the printer. Whether that actually means same SSID or just the same network IP ranges - I do not know personally. But that's another thing to think about.
I just switched over from an Epson to a Canon. Although Apple professes to have it, Printer Drivers, all so you don't have to go get "drivers" or whatnot. They don't and Ya do. After setting up a new printer I always go to the units support page and see if there is software for the printer. Most likely it's outdated, but works. That's a part of the Apple Ecosystem that doesn't get much attention. This also will give you features that the Apple Light drivers might not.
The Gold selected one is what I use now. This is with the software I found for my printer installed. Then you get all those specifics that are pulled automatically. The Bonjour, which was a big deal and still around, will be there when you open the panel. Bonjour was suppose to be the end all be all of Universal Peripheral Communication. It didn't really catch on. The one below it that has the IJ, Ink Jet, takes a couple of minutes to show up. Now this next one is using a Static IPA. Which I do since I have three different printers. This is after clicking on the IP button.
This is the IP Panel. See the Globe at the top left. The other was "Default". I put in the IPA and it was valid. Next below in the "Protocol" drop down the first selection is "AirPrint". Select that and the settings at the bottom will auto fill.
After setting up all three this is what I got as usable printers. On the right it will give you all the info about your printer and buttons for any features. I use this printer setup since I can access the scanner from this panel and also from the Scanner Software as well as from the Print Queue Panel. I can also connect to this printer using AirPrint even on an Android device. The other two setups only give me:
Just limited features of the printer. So with this I hope it's enough to get you started and you can play with it and find out which setup works best for you. But go see if there is Software for your printer and the macOS you're running or close to it.
Glad it's working now. If you would, please mark the response that you used (assuming it is the reserved address one) as the "Accepted Solution". That way, if someone else runs into this same issue, they can see what was done and know how to resolve it.
If you can access the printer's web page - then the printer is connected to the network so thinking this is not a router/satellite issue but rather an issue with the service you are using for printing. If the printer wasn't connected to the network, you wouldn't have been able to get to the web page.
When you say it shows offline from Windows and MAC devices - how are you seeing it offline - or is it trying to print and erroring out and displaying an error message? Have you logged into the router's admin page and see if it shows as an attached device or if it doesn't show up? It would be better to do this through the WebUI vs the app because the app has not been too consistent/reliable lately.
Again - I am not versed in anything run on an Apple based device but for your Windows based device, do you have the Epson Connection Monitor running? Does this show the device is offline? The only time I have had this show as Offline is if I am actually away from home - or if I signed into the Guest Network or if I have a different router online behind the RBKE960 running in router mode so it has a complete different SSID and IP rage. Once again, not on a ET-2650, but on an ET-4750 - not the exact same device, but should be pretty similar. Other than in those cases - my ET-4750 to RBKE963 has been connected, wirelessly, for months with no issues.
I had also problems with my SONOS system and I restart the Orbi router. After that, all started to work again and it has worked for 4 days, but now printer is offline again from my computers and I can not print.
As a alternative suggestion, you might want to find you a compatible USB to Ethernet print services device that you can directly connect the printer using wired method instead of using wireless if the wireless can't be resolve here.
Still trying to figure out if it is an Airprint issue, a printer issue, or a network issue - which is why I asked if the printer still showed up as a connected device on the network. Are ALL of your machines connected via AirPrint or do you have some not connected that way? If there is a mix, hopefully we can identify if it is an AirPrint or AirPrint and 960 combination issue by seeing if non-Airprint mode works.
Additionally, some printers turn themselves off or go into sleep mode after a while - but usually "wake themselves up if something tries to print to them" - or at least the Epson printers I have use, connected via Windows - do so. If yours is not waking up - it may be a setting. If this is the issue - turning off and back on would reconnect to the network.
There was another user the other day that posted issues with AirPrint and the 960 series - so it actually could be something related to AirPrint and the 960 itself. If it is this - then it most likely needs to go to engineers - it's not something the User Community can resolve (which this is).
Airprint visibility has often plagued me in my Orbi AXE network. I have 3 wireless printers (2 HPs and one Canon) and often my iPhone will only show one of them. It may change which one shows up the next time I try to print.
I looked at it again now because I could only see one of the HP printers. I followed the instructions in -Bonjour-and-Airprint-fix-at-least-for-me/m-p/1883437 and now I can see all 3 printers on my iPhone:
So try changing your RIP version to RIP_2M and see if that improves things for you. For me, that setting was previously set to RIP_1. I'm not sure why and may have been a prior attempt to fix Airprint.
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