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Why is my Epson ET-2600 only printing test pages when connected to iMac?

After OS15 update on iMac, Epson ET-2600 printer prints test page but not documents anymore. Computer says "looking for printer" after asking it to print a document. Printer is connected by wifi and utilities says that it is connected/green light shown. I removed Epson software, reinstalled latest Epson driver/software and rebooted both computer and printer. If it prints the test page from instructions sent by the iMac, I know the connection is working. Epson ET-2600 is the default and only printer. Any suggestions. Likely has something to do with software update. Anyone else experiencing this?



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iMac 24″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Oct 23, 2024 7:50 AM

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Posted on Oct 28, 2024 5:51 AM

Den. You had another good suggestion. I check my Firewall, and it was already off, but your suggestion got me searching around. I found that "EPSON Printer (rastertoescpll) was turned off under Local Network. I don't know what that is but turning it on made my printer work. Just sharing what solved the problem. Thanks for taking an interest in my issue.

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Oct 28, 2024 5:51 AM in response to den.thed

Den. You had another good suggestion. I check my Firewall, and it was already off, but your suggestion got me searching around. I found that "EPSON Printer (rastertoescpll) was turned off under Local Network. I don't know what that is but turning it on made my printer work. Just sharing what solved the problem. Thanks for taking an interest in my issue.

Oct 24, 2024 11:52 AM in response to den.thed

Den, thank you for your suggestions. I did reset the print system and also redownloaded the latest Epson driver. From my Mac, I then instructed the printer to print the test page (System Settings/Printers & Scanners/Options/Utility/Print Test Page). The printer did print the test page, confirming that the printer is connected via wi-fi and is working. However, when, from my Mac, I try to print a document from Word (or other applications), it still says "Looking for printer". How is it possible to print a test page but not a document from the same computer? Does that indicate an OS issue or a printer driver issue? Thanks in advance for helping me think through this problem.

Why is my Epson ET-2600 only printing test pages when connected to iMac?

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