An error occurred while communicating with the scanner (-9923)
Hi, I'd be grateful if someone had a solution or some guidance to the above error message on Mojave with an Epson XP-830.
Here are the details:
I am running a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) with macOS Mojave Version 10.14 on an AirPort Time Capsule Wi-Fi that is bridged to a Verizon FIOS router. I have an Epson XP-830 for which I am getting the above error when I try to use the scanner through the Preview application, or the "Open Scanner..." button in the "Printers & Scanner" widget in the System Preferences. I am reasonably certain that I have used the scanner successfully since upgrading to Mojave.
So far I have:
- Recycled the power on the printer
- Unplugged the printer, waited 30 seconds, reconnected power and then powered it on
- Restarted the laptop
- Uninstalled from System Preferences and reinstalled the printer using the default Secure AirPrint driver
- Uninstalled from System Preferences and reinstalled the printer using the EPSON XP-830 Series driver
- Downloaded the latest Epson driver (dated 9/11/2018) from https://epson.com/Support/Printers/All-In-Ones/XP-Series/Epson-XP-830/s/SPT_C11C E78201 and installed the printer with that driver
- Ensured that both printer and laptop are on the same network
The printer cannot use the 5 GHz network, so I put the laptop on the same network as the printer, though it has normally been on the 5 GHz network.
- Reset the NVRAM (although I never got a second chime as the documentation indicates)
- Reset the SMC
- Restarted the AirPort Time Capsule
- Checked the Printer Advanced Settings:
- Disabled IPV6
- Set the DNS Domain Name Setting to "Auto". It is now connected to the same DNS Domain Name as the laptop
Any thoughts, hints, guidance, or downright first-hand experience would be most welcome! Thanks for your time.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Mojave (10.14), 2.6 GHz i7, 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SDD