Epson WorkForce 500 and Airport Extreme

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Epson WorkForce 500 and Airport Extreme

I have an AirPort Extreme (802.11g) as my main wireless router. I also have an AirPort Express as a WDS (propagating the signal from the main base station). I am connecting the Epson WorkForce 500 into the AirPort Extreme's USB port and I am able to add the printer however I am not able to print. It never actually connects to the printer.

- I had an HP before working just fine
- I've tried restarting both the computer and the AirPort Base Station

Me and my girlfriend both have laptops and not much counter space. It is crucial for us both to be able to print remotely. Also it'd be nice to be able to use the scanner remotely too.

I hope you guys can help us!

Thanks a lot!

MacBook Pro Core2Duo 2.4Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 2GB RAM

Posted on Nov 2, 2008 12:10 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 14, 2008 4:43 PM in response to Alexandre Macedo

Same problem.. Any solution? I used to have a minolta color laser printer and it was fine.

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Answer 2

Pastime

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Dec 19, 2008 7:20 PM in response to Alexandre Macedo

I just bought one as well. I have it connected to my Airport Express and it is working for me off of my MacBook but I cannot print to it from my Windows XP machines.

To get it to work on the Mac go to Epsons driver downloads page http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid= 109523&prodoid=63075462&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh
and get the *"Printer Driver v6.21A"* install it. Then download and install the "*Printer Driver Update v1.02*" and install it. "This update allows printing via Bonjour when connected to an Apple AirPort Base Station."

If anyone knows how to get it to work with my XP machines I'd love to know

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Answer 3

Jan 2, 2009 1:15 PM in response to Pastime

Thank you for this solution. I had the same problem and this worked. After both downloads I had to remove the printer and then re-add it. Both my wife and I are able to print now through the airport.

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Answer 4

Jan 3, 2009 12:31 PM in response to Pastime

Hi,

To get it to work with XP go here: http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1004.html

I followed this and my Epson Workforce 500 works like a charm.

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jk2563

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Mar 15, 2009 4:02 PM in response to Pastime

You are my hero! Thank you so much for the instructions to get my Epson Workforce 500 printer to print wirelessly through my Airport Express! It worked like a dream! Thank you!

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