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The Epson printer not printing can be caused by several underlying problems with your computer. Epson printers are a very good printing companion. If you have been searching for “my epson printer won t print”, your print needs attention.
Reasons for Epson printer not working
- One of the main reasons behind the Epson printer not printing can be a sudden stop in the process of Print spooler, a program that runs in the background to manage the printing instruction given by the device to the printer.
- The Printer drivers you are using might be outdated. An outdated printer driver might not be able to process printing information, which can lead to the Epson printer not printing anything
- If there is a paper jam inside the printer, it will not allow the paper to go inside and outside of the printer, and the Epson printer will not print
How to solve Epson Printer Not Printing on Windows computer
Restart Print Spooler
Your Epson printer will not print any documents if there is an issue with the Print Spooler of your printer. When the spooler stops working or the cache files are overloaded, it creates an error and pauses the print service. The cache files of the Print Spooler need to be deleted, and the Print Spooler needs to be restarted. Follow all the steps below to do the same.
- Start the run box by pressing the “Windows” and “R” keys together on your keyboard.
- A run box will appear on the screen.
- Write “Services.msc” in the run box. Click on ok or hit the enter button to open the services window.
- A services window will open where you can see the list of services currently running on your Windows device.
- Find “Printer Spooler” from the list of services
- Click on “Stop” to stop the print spooler service
- After stopping the spooler service, we will now need to delete the cache files in the print spooler folder, first minimise the services window.
- Go to the System 32 folder in the Windows folder located in the C drive
- In the “System32” folder, find the Print spooler folder and double-click on it to open
- Select all the files by pressing ctrl+a and then click the delete button to delete all the files in the folder
- GO back to the services window
- Open the print spooler and click on start
- The print spooler will be restarted
After the print spooler is restarted, turn off your printer and restart it after a wait of two minutes.
When the print is restarted, run a print test to see if the issue of the Epson printer not printing anything is solved or not
Epson printer not printing wirelessly
Epson printer not printing wirelessly is an issue related to either the printer or the WiFi or both. If “my Epson printer is not printing” was your last internet search, it can be because of the Epson Printer not having a good connection with the WiFi or it is disconnected temporarily. Follow the steps below to fix the Epson printer not working
- Open the network settings of your printer
- Click on the WiFi network you are using and click on “Forget Network.”
- Your Epson Printer will be disconnected from the WiFi router
- Turn off your printer completely
- Turn the router off and restart it after five minutes to restart the power cycle of your printer.
- Turn on the printer
- Connect the printer to the WiFi by carefully typing in the correct credentials.
- Check if the printer is connected to the WiFi.
- If the connection between the Printer and the WiFi is weak, bring the Printer closer to the WiFi.
- If there is an electronic device coming in between the WiFi signal and the printer, move the device far to get an interrupted network signal
- When everything is set and done, Run a print test to check If the Epson printer not printing is fixed or not.
Epson Printer not working is a problem you can fix on your own by just following the simple steps. If you are not able to fix your Epson printer using this troubleshooting guide, you can take the help of a printer expert. Call printer touch now and book an appointment with a printer expert to get your printer back to printing.
