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I am trying to connect an Epson ET-2760 printer to my MacBook pro

How do I connect the printer to my same wi-fi network?



MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 22, 2022 2:59 PM

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Jan 22, 2022 3:23 PM in response to Duryea3721

Hello.


I'll try the best I can to do show you.


  1. Navigate around, find WiFi or something similar.
  2. Click connect if prompted.
  3. Enter network username and passcode.
  4. You can do this.

This for AirPrint, to do it on your phone do the following:

  1. Go to the app store
  2. Search Epson
  3. Locate the one with printers from Epson
  4. Download it, and give it time to finish
  5. Open the app
  6. If Epson made it this way, signup/login to your account and follow directions
  7. Click on Setup
  8. Locate to Printer if asked
  9. Or use a QR code if given on your printer
  10. Connect the network that way to your printer
  11. Follow directions from your Epson printer
  12. Once done, you should be able to connect.

If not working, reset the connection by doing a reset on your printer then follow the instructions here again until connected.


If I unable help, contact Epson Support. Phone number will be given if WiFi is not functioning.


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Jan 22, 2022 3:02 PM in response to Duryea3721

to do this over Wi-Fi, the Printer needs to know three things:

1) what network-name is it supposed to join

2) what is the password to get on that network

3) how is it supposed to get an IP address (DHCP or manual at a specified address)


without all three of these, it can't join your home network, so it can't be 'discovered'.


There are basically two ways to get these into the Printer:

a) fat-finger it in through the printer's "front panel"

b) connect using a USB cable first, tell it the stuff, then disconnect the cable


There is one more way, but it is unbearably inconvenient. Leave the USB cable connected and the computer powered on at all times, and print over the network to a queue on the connected computer.


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In addition, the path of least resistance is to use the AirPrint Drivers. Again this is part of the cute trick of printing directly from your phone. The problem with that is you get NO Access to printer special features such as alternate paper sizes, two-sided printing, manual feed, and features you paid extra for.


Once the Printer is selected, your Mac will have a discussion with the printer about its capabilities, and may propose several choices of Drivers. BE PATIENT. You must take great care to select the full-featured driver intended for Network use, not the (Often default) AirPrint driver.

I am trying to connect an Epson ET-2760 printer to my MacBook pro

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