Your printer might appear offline if it can't communicate with your PC. Here are some things to try to get your printer back online. epson printer offline windows 11
Check to make sure the printer is turned on and connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your PC. Your printer's built-in menu should show which network it's connected to, or check your printer's manual for more info. Epson printer offline windows 11
Verify that your printer is not in Use Printer Offline mode. Select Start > Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners . Then select your printer > Open print queue. Under Printer, make sure Use Printer Offline is not selected.
Open Printers & scanners settings
If these steps don't put your printer back online, then read Troubleshooting offline printer problems.
The printer works beautiful, except for when it isn't used for a couple days, which it will say "Offline". Troubleshooting in Windows 10 just says it's not powered on, but it clearly is. When I check the network status on the printer, it says still connected. I'm unable to ping it when it says offline.
Sometimes rebooting the router will cause it to come back, but usually I have to remove the printer completely, and re-add it manually using the IP Address. It doesn't come up as an addable device for some reason, which is the reason for manually adding it.
One possible fix I found said to go to the port configuration and disable SNMP. (SNMP Fix Tutorial)However, when I click on "Configure Port...", I get an error. Also, the port name is very odd looking.
Is there something I can do to resolve this that I'm not aware of?
Thank you for the response. It makes complete sense.
So I deleted the printer, and re-added it using the hostname instead of the IP address. I have the epson software already installed, and it says all drivers are up to date. When I try to run the Epson Event Manager, with the printer added, it says
And I still get the following error when I try to configure the port
I will let you know if/when it goes offline again.
This issue started before I ever started using the IP address to add it.
Thank you again for responding. reference link = epson printer offline but connected to wifi mac