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Orbi Airprint problems with Epson ET-2650
Hi, I was using my Epson ET-2650 with other Wifi system (Non NetGear) during the last 2 years without any issue. Recently I migrated to Orbi (RBKE963). Printer is visible during a few minutes aft...
When you say "Printer is visible during a few minutes after reboot the printer, but later is not visible for any device in the network" do you mean that no other device (PC, Phone, etc) can see it?
Have you checked the attached devices page to see if it is actually connected to the network? While you can do it through the app, preferential to do it via the WebUi (log into 192.168.1.1 or whatever IP your router is assigned) and check attached devices.
While I don't have that particular Epson printer, I do have another model (ET-4750) attached wirelessly to my 960 series Orbi and can print to it from all machines. I have found that assigning a reserved IP really helps. If the printer bounces between router and satellite, it may get a different IP address and therefore, the devices may find it one time, but not the next. Assigning a reserved address helps that situation.
You assign the reserved address through the Advanced Tab, Setup, LAN Setup page via the router WebUI. I usually assign my printers in the 192.168.1.12x range - but that's just my preference. Once assigned, be sure to hit the APPLY button. The router will go through a reboot, and you may also need to turn the printer off and back so that it reconnects to the correct IP address. If you have several devices you want to assign reserved addresses to - you can do multiples then hit apply once they have all be set. I would limit the multiples to no more than 10 before hitting apply - just to insure you don't try and assign the same IP address to multiple devices - and also allows the router to lock in those addresses as well.
Once a reserved address is assigned, go back and run through the Epson setup on all of the machines you want to print from and insure you go through the Networked device process. It should look through the network, find the printer, and do all the background stuff to set up the connection to always hit it on that particular IP address. This step is important to do on each device so it knows how to get to the printer.
Hi, After reboot the printer, all devices in the network can detect the printer and print on it. But after a few minutes, the printer is like it's off, but it's obviously on.
I can connect to local web page of the printer, but it's offline for my Mac and it's not possible to discover it from my iPhone.
Router see printer as an attached device in any moment.
I'm going to put a static IP as you commented and I will publish my results.
Best Regards,MonkeyIsland
Hopefully doing a reserved IP address helps.
I'm not very versed in iOS or Airprint stuff - being a Windows based guy. I have read a bit on Airprint and understand it can have issues with networks sometimes.
Other things to think about - especially with the 960 series and how it CAN be set up. Not sure if you are using the IoT network for the printer and regular network for your PCs/Phones/Tablets (or some combination). I read that Airprint wants you to be on the same network as the printer. Whether that actually means same SSID or just the same network IP ranges - I do not know personally. But that's another thing to think about.
If the reserved address thing doesn't work - we may need to delve a bit more on HOW you have your network and device connections set up.
We've got a pretty versed group of folks here on the community! I'm sure we'll figure out the right combination!