Epson XP-202 printer (version driver 9.0) no longer works with wifi

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Epson XP-202 printer (version driver 9.0) no longer works with wifi

Hi,

I have an Epson XP-202 with latest installed driver and for no apparent reason the printer no longer works with wifi. I have tried with usb cable and it works like a charm.

I'm able to print with wifi from my smartphone without problems.

All of this is very annoying because the printer has always worked with my Mac wireless.

I tried to delete the folder in /Library/Printers/EPSON then reboot, reinstall driver etc but no luck

When I try to print any file, from the print queue for few second I get the message: "Print - Looking for printer", then "Stop - Filter failed"

(I translate the messages in English so the words may be slightly different)

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 28, 2020 8:58 AM

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mcflay Author

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Mar 28, 2020 1:03 PM in response to mcflay

Ok I found a solution! :D

With the app EpsonNet Config I can see the IP address of the printer

So I added another printer configuration in the system preferences using that ip and with socket as protocol

Here a screenshot:

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Mar 28, 2020 12:42 PM in response to Old Toad

It appears that Epson has only updated it Windows driver to 64 bit so you'll probably have to try a 3rd party print driver: Gutenprint. For scanning try the demo version of VueScan.

I tried the scanner wireless and it works...

[wireless recap]

what doesn't work is: the printing process + the app Epson Printer Utility 4 (automatically installed by macOS Catalina) that doesn't find the printer over the network
what works is: scanner + the app EpsonNet Config + Epson Software Updater + Epson Firmware Updater (basically all the applications that I downloaded from the Epson website)

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Mar 28, 2020 10:31 AM in response to mcflay

I have an Epson XP-202 with latest installed driver and for no apparent reason the printer no longer works with wifi. I have tried with usb cable and it works like a charm.

I'm able to print with wifi from my smartphone without problems.

All of this is very annoying because the printer has always worked with my Mac wireless.

It's your Mac that can't print via WiFi, not the printer.

It appears that Epson has only updated it Windows driver to 64 bit so you'll probably have to try a 3rd party print driver: Gutenprint. For scanning try the demo version of VueScan.

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mcflay Author

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Mar 28, 2020 9:01 AM in response to mcflay

If I remember correctly a few weeks ago I received an update for the printer drivers and I've a doubt that the latest version of the driver is the problem with the wifi ..

Is there a way to download an older version of my epson driver?

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Mar 28, 2020 9:36 AM in response to mcflay

The "filter failed" could be the result of a 32 bit driver, but there should be more information on what filter is failing in either Console (search for "Epson") or the error_log in /var/log/cups (search for "filter").

Hope this helps.

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mcflay Author

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Mar 28, 2020 12:30 PM in response to jblanchard1

Thanks for your suggestion. Here the command I've used:

cd /var/log/cups && tail -f * | tee ~/Desktop/printer.log

Looking log files I think that the main problem is:

PID 1520 (/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Filter/rastertoescpII.app/Contents/MacOS/rastertoescpII) stopped with status 206 (Interface output queue is full)

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ziyi160

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Mar 28, 2020 11:03 AM in response to mcflay

This seems the issue I having. The Mac cannot reach the printer over wifi after installed 10.15.4. I didn't even install the printer driver, only AirPrint.

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Epson XP-202 printer (version driver 9.0) no longer works with wifi

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