Another information technology computer printer problem in the world order. This time an individual was no longer able to use their Epson 4500 printer. Their original initial question is quoted verbatim below.
All of a sudden my Epson 4500 printer/scanner says it’s not connected to my Macintosh (operating system Mojave 10.14.3). It has just happened on a frantic work day. What to do?
It is definitely connected.
This is a common problem that occurs on both Apple Macintosh operating system computers and Microsoft Windows operating system based computers. This individual could no longer scan using the automatic document feeder. Also, this type of false positive, so to speak, problem is not mutually exclusive to just Epson brand printers.
This type of computer printer problem can occur with any brand of printer. When they tried to scan they also received that dreaded not connected error. This individual tried to power off both their Apple Macintosh computer and Epson 4500 printer as well as disconnecting their printer from their Apple Macintosh computer.
You will want to power off your printer. Then you will want to disconnect the power cable from your wall outlet. Now disconnect the universal serial bus printer cable from both your printer and computer.
You can press and hold the power button on your printer for thirty to sixty seconds. Then leave your printer disconnected from the power source for five to ten minutes. You can then reconnect the universal serial bus cable to your computer and printer. Now connect the power cable to the wall outlet.
You will want to power on your printer and see if it will now print and or scan. If this does not fix your problem with your printer, then you will need to download and reinstall the printer software and driver.
You will want to remove all instances of your printer software from “Applications”. Then you can remove all instances of your printer from “Printers & Scanners”. Now you can download and install the printer software from this Epson ET4500 uniform resource locater web page download link.
These instructions were written for an Apple Macintosh computer with Apple Macintosh operating system Mojave ten dot 14 dot 3 10.14.3 installed and an Epson ET 4500 printer. You can most certainly use these instructions as a basis point to possibly solve the same printer problem with the same error on other Apple Macintosh operating systems. You would just need to download the appropriate Epson printer driver for your specific Apple Macintosh operating system.
Also, you can use these instructions as a basis point for troubleshooting printer not connected errors on Microsoft Windows operating systems. Once again, you would just need to download the specific driver and software appropriate for the version of Microsoft operating system installed on your computer.
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Epson 4500 Printer – Not Connected to Macintosh Fix Video Transcript
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this is Aaron with anetcomputers.com
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With Another Printer problem imagine
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that this deals with an Epson 4500 how
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to
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fix Epson 4500 printer not connected
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error all right what you'll want to do
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is properly remove the printer software
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and driver and if you're patient I
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discuss exactly how to do
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that but first I'm going to go over some
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of the details about this now this video
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is going to primarily discuss how to fix
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this problem on Apple Macintosh now the
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basics you could use for Microsoft
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Windows the more specifically succinctly
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detailed instructions no I'll give you
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maybe some bonus tips towards the end
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and give you some Clues but no I'm not
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going to go over all that I'm just gonna
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just stick to the Macintosh but now this
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problem printer not connected is classic
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and it is not mutually exclusive to any
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operating system this occurs with both
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Microsoft Windows operating system oh
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yes yes yes it does and it also occurs
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with Apple Macintosh operating system
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yes yes yes it does you know what I'm
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saying also it is not mutually exclusive
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to the printer this example is just with
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an eps 4500 but no no no no no any
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inkjet printer could potentially have
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this problem laser jet that's a whole
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another discussion that's a whole
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another video I my my experiences are
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laser jet printers are usually more
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reliable it depends on the the model
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number but whatever the model but let's
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digress away from that okay so here is C
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verbatim their question or whatever they
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Quagmire all of a sudden my EPS 4500
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printer scanner says it is not connected
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to my Macintosh they were using
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operating system mob 10.4.3 it has just
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happened on a frantic workday what to do
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well you better submit those TPS reports
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before your boss fires you it is
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definitely connected okay classic
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classic the old Friday afternoon and
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your your I was going to be become
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derogatory but you know maybe I
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shouldn't W it's Free Speech but
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whatever and your boss those crooked CL
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I mean
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they demand that you turn in a report on
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a Friday afternoon and they never told
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you before that and now your printer
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does not
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work what do you
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do to save your job I mean to keep
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yourself out of the unemployment line I
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mean not to receive that pink slip I
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mean thank dog I'm not religious and
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thank dog I don't live work in corporate
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environments anymore I mean okay now
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this is very common and and I already
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went over it it occurs on both the major
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operating systems Apple Macintosh and
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Microsoft Windows they could not scan
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any longer they could not use the
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automatic document
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feeder and I already went over the fact
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that it's not
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brand inclusive no it is not mutually
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exclusive to the Epson this can happen
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on any brand printer you know what I'm
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saying so when they tried to scan they
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received that not connected error very
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classic now they tried to power off both
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their Apple Macintosh computer and then
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power off their Epson 4500 printer as
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well as they claimed
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that they disconnected their printer
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from the Apple Macintosh computer okay
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now I have some instructions that have a
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little bit more details that could
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potentially fix this problem number one
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you want to power up your printer number
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two you want to disconnect the power
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cable from both the wall out outlet and
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the printer or just the a outlet most
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printers
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have
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corded caes so occasionally I find
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printers that actually have a cable up
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with a power supply that's
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actually removable on both end anyways I
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digress now you're going to want to
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disconnect the universal cobus printer
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cable from both your printer and your
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computer and you may want to just well
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you don't have to but but use sometimes
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I do recommend that you shut off your
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your computer that's probably yeah you
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could do that too okay then you will
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want to press and hold the power button
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on your printer for up to 1 minute 60
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seconds then you're going to leave your
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printer disconnected from the power
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source for 5 to 10 minutes then you can
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reconnect the universal shabus cable to
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your computer and printer then you're
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going to want to plug in the power cable
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into the wall outlet then you'll want to
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power on the printer and see if it will
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now now print and or scan and see if it
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fixes that printer not connected
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error if that does not fix your problem
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a lot of times chances are it is the
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printer software and Driver it is so
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what you'll want to do is properly
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completely correctly remove a printer
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from Apple operating system a lot of
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people don't know this this is what you
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want to do
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you'll want to remove all instances of
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that specific printer model
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from applications the software so you
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browse to Applications remove all
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instances of the software for that
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specific printer sometimes it shows up
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duplicates yes yes yes it does then you
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want to remove all instances of that
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specific printer model from printer and
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scanners then after you completed those
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two important steps then you can go
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ahead and download the printer driver
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from Epson I have a direct link at my
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website anet computers plural.com
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uniform resource locator highlighted on
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screen type that into the address bar of
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your web browser bam you can read the
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blog post bam click on that hyperlink
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bam it'll automatically download the
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software to your computer but remember
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this video was specifically succinctly
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discussing Apple Macintosh operating
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system with the Epson et-4500 you know
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what I'm
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saying
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okay
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now that is how you completely remove a
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printer from Apple operating system you
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cannot if you don't follow these two big
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steps you may become a victim of an
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infinite Loop you'll sit there and try
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to reinstall install the printer
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software 10 times and no bueno it's
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because you have to remove it from both
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applications and from printers and
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scanners Microsoft Windows is similar
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but not the exact same I'm only going to
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go over the generalities you know what
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I'm saying in Microsoft Windows you go
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to programs and features or programs and
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then remove all instances of the Epson e
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yeah the Epson software and believe it
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or not on Microsoft Windows you you also
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browse to printers and scanners and you
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remove all instances of the exact same
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printer if they're duplicates you remove
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the duplicates you know what I'm saying
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there's a special step that most people
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do not know it's called a print UI tool
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I'm not going to cover that but I am
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going to describe in a little there'll
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be a little bit of overtime because I'm
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going to describe to you what to me is
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most likely the issue with printers on
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both Apple Macintosh and Microsoft
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Windows operating system the driver
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becomes corrupt I know apple is rotten
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to the core
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and and Microsoft doesn't have the
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greatest track record the word corrupt
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is AR propos for both those corporations
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you know what I'm
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saying a corrupt corporation and a
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corrupt printer driver
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on that corrupt corporation's operating
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system you know what I'm saying rotten
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to the core man okay that is the the
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root cause analysis I found out that if
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you do not here's what
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happens especially on Microsoft Windows
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you go and you re reinstall the printer
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software and you try it five times and
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it doesn't fix a problem well that's
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because on Microsoft the printer
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installation program and I found out
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that it's not just one brand it's a lot
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of Brands when it goes to reinstall the
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printer driver it already detects that
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there's already already a a printer
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driver installed so it either ignores it
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and skips that step or it tries to
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overwrite like maybe the older driver or
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some generic driver from Microsoft yeah
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and and and it it doesn't
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work same thing on possibly on Apple
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Macintosh the driver a lot of times is
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the culprit so you want to remove the
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driver otherwise you're going to become
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a victim of an infinite Loop and so
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that's why on Windows you would use a
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tool called print UI which I'm not going
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to go over the exact instructions it's
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they length here that
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tool
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will properly manually remove the driver
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and then you would reboot the computer
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on Microsoft Windows you know what I'm
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saying so there are steps that you have
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to take to completely
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correctly properly remove printer
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software and printer driver on both
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Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows if
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you don't follow the instructions and
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you just try to reinstall the software
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on top of
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itself you could try it a thousand times
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and it's probably not going to fix your
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issue you know what I'm saying all right
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I think that's
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enough that is my video pertaining to
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how to fix the printer not connected
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error on Epson 4500 again remember you
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can use these troubleshooting tips and
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