Re: Epson printer network visibility

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Peter,
> You're sure you have the latest Printer drivers installed? I figured when I 
> did the online installation and registration the driver update would have 
> occured. I suppose it's possible that didn't happen so will ensure tonight.
>   
> >

DON'T download from Epson link, Use Apple Software Update and check you have 
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Epson Printer Drivers v3.1 for OS X

Post Date: Jun 18, 2015

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Ronni

> On 14 Sep 2015, at 8:20 am, petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote:
> 
>  Thanks Ronni, see comments alongside below.
> 
> You're sure you have the latest Printer drivers installed? I figured when I 
> did the online installation and registration the driver update would have 
> occured. I suppose it's possible that didn't happen so will ensure tonight.
>   
> >
> Epson WF-4630 Series. 
> Is the Wi-Fi icon ON the product's control panel? Yes
> Your Airport Wireless Network is a Dual-Band 5GHz & 2.5GHz? Yes - on the LCD 
> panel for the printer, the network SSID appears twice with both ticked.
> 
> When you click on " [+] then 'Add Printer or Scanner' , does it open up the 
> Default window - Name: Location: Use:? When I click the "+", the Add window 
> opens up. There are no printers listed in the Default window.
> Can you type the Epson Printer name in Search field and find the Printer that 
> way? Not tried this but I will.
> Can you Add the Printer using its IP Address or Name? Yes, In the IP screen I 
> can add it that way and then it will print - however the IP gets reassigned 
> whenever network rebooted - usually for non related reasons.
> And you have 'Printer Sharing' turned ON in System Preferences > Sharing? Not 
> sure - will check tonight.
> Does the Epson printer show in Sharing under Printers:? Will check tonight.
> 
> On your Printer LCD settings - Print a Network Status sheet.
> If it's similar to my Epson TX810FW
> 1. Enter the Setup mode.
> 2. Select Network Settings.
> 3. Select Confirm Network Settings
> 4. Confirm the connection status. If you want to print status sheet, press 
> Start.
> That will show you the Network settings details and give you a clue. Yes, I 
> did this and it all appeared good - no errors noted, IP was assigned OK, SSID 
> was correctly noted. Will review again tonight.
> 
> Have you tried 'Reset' the entire print system? Sometimes it’s necessary to 
> reset the entire printing system. Yes,I did this as well last night to no 
> avail.
> From the Printers & Scanners preferences, use secondary (Control-click) in 
> the printers list (left panel), and choose “Reset printing system” from the 
> shortcut menu. 
> Click OK in the verification dialog. 
> Next you’ll have to authenticate as an administrative user. 
> 
> This clears all configured devices, shared settings, custom presets, and 
> queued print jobs. 
> While this may seem drastic, it’s likely to clear up any software-related 
> printing issues.
> 
> Then try to Add the Epson WF-4630 Series printer. After the reset, I tried 
> this again, from my own and my wifes MBP, again with no visibility.
> 
> There are some new things to try in what you provided here, thanks again 
> Ronni for detailed items on this. I hope I sort it tonight - I'm sure the 
> printer wont work if I end up tossing it into the pool! Just kidding.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete...
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> To:
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> 
> Sent:
> Sun, 13 Sep 2015 23:46:15 +0800
> Subject:
> Re: Epson printer network visibility
> 
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> You're sure you have the latest Printer drivers installed? 
>   
> >
> Epson WF-4630 Series. 
> Is the Wi-Fi icon ON the product's control panel?
> Your Airport Wireless Network is a Dual-Band 5GHz & 2.5GHz?
> 
> When you click on " [+] then 'Add Printer or Scanner' , does it open up the 
> Default window - Name: Location: Use:?
> Can you type the Epson Printer name in Search field and find the Printer that 
> way?
> Can you Add the Printer using its IP Address or Name?
> And you have 'Printer Sharing' turned ON in System Preferences > Sharing?
> Does the Epson printer show in Sharing under Printers:?
> 
> On your Printer LCD settings - Print a Network Status sheet.
> If it's similar to my Epson TX810FW
> 1. Enter the Setup mode.
> 2. Select Network Settings.
> 3. Select Confirm Network Settings
> 4. Confirm the connection 

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5

[Bill Parker]

Thanks Ronni,

Ran DU and told me the Disk needed repair: one block had the wrong number.  Did 
that  and after restart the speed of start up and other things improved.  DU 
doesn’t identifiy any problems.

Many thanks for the help.

Bill



I 
> On 14 Sep 2015, at 13:55, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 14 Sep 2015, at 11:22 am, Bill Parker > > wrote:
>> 
>> Just installed Yosemite 10.10.5 on my Macbook Pro after reading Michael 
>> Hawkins’ glowing report...
>> 
>> Did this as prescribed by Ronni.
>> 
>> Ran Disk utility  - took about an hour +  and still is see a report as 
>> follows:
>> 
>> "Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
>> Warning: 
>> SUID file 
>> “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent”
>>  has been modified and will not be repaired.
>> Group differs on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be 80; 
>> group is 0.
>> Permissions differ on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be 
>> -rw-rw-rw- ; they are -rw-r--r— .
>> Repaired “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”ACL found but not 
>> expected on 
>> “private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.stackshot.plist”Repaired“private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.stackshot.plist”User
>>  differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; user is 244.
>> Group differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; group is 244.
>> Repaired “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”ACL found but not expected on 
>> “private/var/root/Library/.localized”
>> Repaired “private/var/root/Library/.localized”
>> Permissions repair complete
>> 
>> There has been no speed change and spinning beach ball is still in abundance 
>> and everything is slower than it should be.
>> 
>> Any help to get this right would be appreciated, especially how to fix the 
>> SUID ( not knowing what is is, but it sounds serious!)
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> The Repair Permissions listed above are NOT causing the slowness & beachball 
> issues.
> You can ignore the Repair Permissions report - As long as you see 
> "Permissions repair complete” you are OK.
> Please read:
> Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely 
> ignore - Apple Support 
> 
> What could be happening is Spotlight might be indexing your Hard Drive 
> therefore slowing everything down.
> 
> If it doesn’t settle down after awhile - try a couple of restarts of your 
> Mac. then Test if any change. 
> I would also suggest you run ‘Verify Disk’ in Disk Utility just to check if 
> the Hard Drive is OK
> Open Disk Utility and click “Verify Disk” (that’s Verify Disk NOT Verify Disk 
> Permissions)
> NOTE:
> Your computer may be slow or unresponsive while the startup disk is being 
> verified.  The progress indicator and status messages may not be updated 
> until the verification process is complete.
> 
> Post back if any errors are found or if DU says The volume  appears to be 
> OK.
> If you post back, give us details of your Mac -  amount of RAM (memory) 
> processor speed etc.
> Also how much “Available" space on the Hard Drive?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 
> 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD
> 
> OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
> 
>> 
>> Bill
> 
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Re: Yosemite 10.10.5

[Michael Hawkins]

Yeah!
I feel vindicated!
Time for another beer with Ian, Bill.
Cheers,
Michael.

> On 14 Sep 2015, at 4:59 pm, Bill Parker  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ronni,
> 
> Ran DU and told me the Disk needed repair: one block had the wrong number.  
> Did that  and after restart the speed of start up and other things improved.  
> DU doesn’t identifiy any problems.
> 
> Many thanks for the help.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> I 
>> On 14 Sep 2015, at 13:55, Ronni Brown > 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 14 Sep 2015, at 11:22 am, Bill Parker >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just installed Yosemite 10.10.5 on my Macbook Pro after reading Michael 
>>> Hawkins’ glowing report...
>>> 
>>> Did this as prescribed by Ronni.
>>> 
>>> Ran Disk utility  - took about an hour +  and still is see a report as 
>>> follows:
>>> 
>>> "Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
>>> Warning: 
>>> SUID file 
>>> “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent”
>>>  has been modified and will not be repaired.
>>> Group differs on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be 80; 
>>> group is 0.
>>> Permissions differ on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be 
>>> -rw-rw-rw- ; they are -rw-r--r— .
>>> Repaired “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”ACL found but not 
>>> expected on 
>>> “private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.stackshot.plist”Repaired“private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.stackshot.plist”User
>>>  differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; user is 244.
>>> Group differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; group is 244.
>>> Repaired “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”ACL found but not expected on 
>>> “private/var/root/Library/.localized”
>>> Repaired “private/var/root/Library/.localized”
>>> Permissions repair complete
>>> 
>>> There has been no speed change and spinning beach ball is still in 
>>> abundance and everything is slower than it should be.
>>> 
>>> Any help to get this right would be appreciated, especially how to fix the 
>>> SUID ( not knowing what is is, but it sounds serious!)
>> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> The Repair Permissions listed above are NOT causing the slowness & beachball 
>> issues.
>> You can ignore the Repair Permissions report - As long as you see 
>> "Permissions repair complete” you are OK.
>> Please read:
>> Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can 
>> safely ignore - Apple Support 
>> 
>> What could be happening is Spotlight might be indexing your Hard Drive 
>> therefore slowing everything down.
>> 
>> If it doesn’t settle down after awhile - try a couple of restarts of your 
>> Mac. then Test if any change. 
>> I would also suggest you run ‘Verify Disk’ in Disk Utility just to check if 
>> the Hard Drive is OK
>> Open Disk Utility and click “Verify Disk” (that’s Verify Disk NOT Verify 
>> Disk Permissions)
>> NOTE:
>> Your computer may be slow or unresponsive while the startup disk is being 
>> verified.  The progress indicator and status messages may not be updated 
>> until the verification process is complete.
>> 
>> Post back if any errors are found or if DU says The volume  appears to 
>> be OK.
>> If you post back, give us details of your Mac -  amount of RAM (memory) 
>> processor speed etc.
>> Also how much “Available" space on the Hard Drive?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 
>> 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD
>> 
>> OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
>> 
>>> 
>>> Bill
>> 
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