Epson scanner will not work with latest windows 10 update

Anonymous
2018-05-21T00:46:27+00:00

My epson perfection v700 scanner (that allows me to scan photos, negatives, documents, etc.) and that I paid over $800 for) stopped working with teh latest update two days ago. I've downloaded a new driver and other software from Epson and it doesn't work. Can I uninstall this update? I like my scanner a whole lot more than I like Windows.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-19T17:42:02+00:00

    I don't blame you. I would be livid by now. My printer is a xp-820, so I wonder if all Epsons are having this issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-19T07:27:47+00:00

    I am trying to upgrade the problem to Microsoft since THEY even don't have a generic driver for the wf-4740 Epson printer and I am seriously contemplating a return.

    Lets see how it goes from here

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-12-18T19:56:30+00:00

    OK, MOST printers ARE junk. IMO. Good luck, I'll be watching for the solution. And printer recommendations. ;->

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-18T19:49:17+00:00

    Duftopia, don't buy a new computer to get your printer to work, that is useless. I bought a new computer a couple months back, the Epson printer worked great with it. Then Windows updated (which of course we do want, for protection), and after that I cannot print from my laptop. No Matter What.

    It is extremely frustrating, now I can only print from my iphone, so I have to mess around getting the documents, etc, to my phone. I already spent hours trouble shooting and researching, too -- not as much as you did, as I gave up quicker. 

    Printers these days are junk, anyway. $100 or less, they work good MAYBE a year, then they are crap no matter what brand and no matter how many times you clean the heads (wasting half the ink cartridge) and align the stupid dots. It's sickening, but as soon as my husband also cannot print from his computer, I will probably throw this printer out, as the quality has gone to, well, you get the idea. 

    Good luck! 

    All printers are not junk. Mine is a high end, high spend double sided printer. I t just wont work with my new computer.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-12-18T18:21:40+00:00

    Duftopia, don't buy a new computer to get your printer to work, that is useless. I bought a new computer a couple months back, the Epson printer worked great with it. Then Windows updated (which of course we do want, for protection), and after that I cannot print from my laptop. No Matter What.

    It is extremely frustrating, now I can only print from my iphone, so I have to mess around getting the documents, etc, to my phone. I already spent hours trouble shooting and researching, too -- not as much as you did, as I gave up quicker. 

    Printers these days are junk, anyway. $100 or less, they work good MAYBE a year, then they are crap no matter what brand and no matter how many times you clean the heads (wasting half the ink cartridge) and align the stupid dots. It's sickening, but as soon as my husband also cannot print from his computer, I will probably throw this printer out, as the quality has gone to, well, you get the idea. 

    Good luck!

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