Why Is Epson Printer Offline?

You may encounter Epson Printer Offline message while using your Epson Printer. The first thing that strikes one mind is what does Epson Printer Says Offline mean? The offline message crops up when your printer faces difficulty in communicating with your PC. The error may occur due to wrong printer configurations or faulty drivers. Catch a glimpse of various reasons behind the Epson Printer Offline message.

• Connectivity problems between the printer and your PC.
• Faulty, missing or outdated drivers.
• Spooler service not working properly.
• Epson Printer offline error may occur due to Wi-Fi connectivity issues.
• Too many former printer jobs in the printer queue.
• Change in printer settings by the auto-updated printer driver

It is very essential to know the accurate reason to find an appropriate fix for “Epson Printer Says Offline” issue. Given below is step by step direction to resolve the issue.

Check Printer Settings

Uncheck “Use Printer Offline” feature for the printer for getting rid of “Epson Printer Offline” issue.

• Firstly, press Windows key and R simultaneously, from your keyboard
• Run box will appear. Type control and then press enter.
• After that go to control panel and then proceed to All Control Panel items. Go to Device and Printers now for fixing "Epson Printer Says Offline” issue.
• Tap on Device and Printers
• After doing the needful, right-click on the printer and click to see what’s printing.
• Then tap printer now to ensure that there is no checkmark before “Use Printer Offline”
• Click the printer again. Now, check on Set as Default Printer this time for going ahead with fixing “Epson Printer Offline” concern
• Close the window now and check whether you can use the printer and no error is coming yet again.

Update Epson Printer driver

Epson Printer Offline issue can crop up due to faulty, missing or outdated drivers. You can either go for updating the drivers manually or automatically with Drive easy. You can visit the Epson printer Support page for downloading the drivers manually. Drive Easy automatically recognizes your system and appropriately finds the correct drivers. Follow the steps for updating Epson Printer driver automatically.

• Firstly, download and install Drive easy. You can get in touch with experts at Epson Printer Support to avail help regarding the same.
• After you are done with the installation part, Run drive easy and click on Scan Now button. Drive easy will automatically scan your PC to detect any problem drivers
• Click update button next to the driver that is flagged. This will initiate automatic download and installation of correct version for the free version for fixing Epson printer offline issue
• For the Pro version, click update all to initiate automatically download and install correct versions of drivers that are missing or out of date.
• After doing the needful, restart your PC and check whether you can use the printer and remove Epson Printer says offline concern

You can communicate advanced printer experts, if still not able to resolve the Epson Printer Offline issue.