Epson EcoTank ET-4550 - Manual (Page 2)

Contents
Introduction
Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Caution, Important and Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Operating System Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Network Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Wi-Fi (wireless) network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Ethernet (wired) network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the Product over a Network
Changing the Connection Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
From Network Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Smartphone or tablet (iOS/Android). . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the Product to a Wi-Fi Network
Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Wi-Fi setup wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Direct Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Wi-Fi Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ad Hoc mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting
Tips for Solving Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Printing a network connection check report. . . . 21
Displaying the network status and printing a
network status sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Disabling and initializing the Wi-Fi settings. . . . 22
Updating product firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checking the communication using the Ping
command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setup Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to Wi-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to Wi-Fi Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting to Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting to Wi-Fi or Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Computer Connected to Wi-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Computer Connected to Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . 28
Computer Connected to Wi-Fi or Ethernet. . . . 28
Smartphone or tablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scanning Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to Wi-Fi or Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Problems Specific to the Operating System. . . . . . . 29
IPv4/IPv6 function table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
iOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Android. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Software Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
A dial-up connection dialog box appears when
printing with EpsonNet Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unblocking Epson software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The product cannot set up network services or
suddenly cannot use network services. . . . . . . . 33
Copyrights and Licenses for Network
Features
Copyrights, Trademarks, and Licenses. . . . . . . . . . 34
Info-ZIP copyright and license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE LICENSE. . . . . . . . 35
Network Guide
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