Fixing Wireless / WiFi Printing Problem

Wireless printing is really helpful because we can use a limited number of printer to be accessed by many users with the absence of USB cable connection. But it can be double edged when there is problem with print despite it can be used to print normally when using cable. The most common problem is the  connection between printer and computers isn't linked. Actually we can tracing it by ourselves by checking the connection, the printer it self, and comparing with other computer. Few tips to trace it is described below:

1. Check your Printer

First we need to make sure that the Printer it's self working normally while using USB cable. If the printer can't printing while using USB, the problem is on the printer it's self. While the printer is able to print using USB cable but can't print using wireless, then check the printer connection, does it connected to any wireless network or not? For common Epson product you can check this by hold the i symbol until 15s then released it, if connected to any wireless the printer will printing it by describing it's current WiFi signal and it's IP (usually listed as 192.168.xxx.xxx and you need this IP to trace it later if the problem persist). If using WiFi Direct feature make sure the SSID (WiFi signal name) is broadcasted from the printer.

 2. Check the connection between printer and computers

The most simple way to check your connection to printer is by comparing your comparing to the other computers / laptops. Does the others computers can access the same printer or not? If the others also can't then it can be the wireless configuration on the printer. Does the it's configured as static IP or there is change on WiFi configuration on the printer it's self or all the network. Mostly it can be check by pinging the Printer IP by ping command from running CMD (for windows user).

 

If you get reply the there is no connection proble between computer and printer, but if the result of pinging is Request Time Out or Unreachable then fix the connection by checking each IP does it have the same network or not. 

 3. Check the computer it's self

If there is no problem on the connection between Printer and Computer then trace the computer, usually it can be solved by removing printer from control panel and adding it again.  

You can try to print test after re-adding it, if the problem still occurred try to:

a) Removing the printer again then uninstall the printer driver from program list 

b) Restarting your computer or laptop 

c) Re-install the driver and adding the printer again from the control panel.

Hopefully after doing this the problem is solved. Have a try !

Fixing display problem on your computer / laptop

 

If the computer / laptop working normally you can always displaying your computer screen whenever you use monitor, projector or television. On Windows operating system you can control your display by pressing windows logo ⊞ + p on your keyboard whenever you connect to additional display or screen. Whenever your display having trouble (make sure your computer is still running by looking on your computer light indicator) there is potentially 2 suspect: One is the monitor it's self and the other is video card (VGA) or any internal part of your computer / laptop. Then how to identify which one that having trouble? The most simple way is displaying your screen on another monitor, projector or television.

If the VGA and HDMI port on your computer / laptop working normally you can test this method by displaying your computer screen on another displaying devices. If the problem didn't displayed on another display screen and working normally there then the problem is on existing monitor it's self. If the problem still on there whenever you've been adding / switching monitor, projector or television then maybe its your video card (VGA) damaged and it can be costly to change the video card if your computer having high specs on it (Usually on gaming laptop or computer).

 

In case if the the problem is on your existing display you can always try to switching it's cable to make sure on it's cable connector isn't the source of the problem. There are usually 3 type of monitor port: VGA, HDMI and display port. And don't forget to check your power cable of your monitor, if the light of monitor indicator didn't displayed at all then it's the main suspect.