Windows 10: Enable bidirectioinal support is greyed out for Epson Printer on WSD port

I can not enable bidirectional support, without this warnings about low ink etc do not appear on laptop. I tried clicking on Change properties with the shield and this didn't help, Removed the printer and reinstalled this hasn't helped and the change properties with the shield button isn't showing now. The printer is connected through a WSD port.


Can anyone help please?

Mary

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Printer port confusion


Since upgrading to Win 10 from release date, my wifi printer (Epson XP-215) worked fine until a few weeks ago, when the printer showed 'offline' and the connection could not be restored. Thinking it was a printer problem, I called Epson support and they talked me through a lengthy procedure of removing and re-installing the printer. It worked fine for a couple of weeks and then the same thing happened again. This time I found my own way to remove and re-install the device. However, after a week or two, it again became unavailable. This time, I found that Win 10 was looking for the printer on port 192.168.1.7 whereas the printer was on 192.168.1.8. I just changed the default port in printer properties and normal service was restored.
Today, it happened again but changing the port this timed failed to restore the connection. So, I removed and reinstalled the printer. Now I find that the printer works OK but the icon has changed and the port connected is listed as WSD.
Can anyone tell me what is happening here and why is Windows 10 repeatedly losing the connection?

 

Win 10 keeps changing my printer static IP port to WSD, already turned off windows printer management

Have seen this problem on a few machines. WSD takes over as the default port from a port based on a static IP. When someone prints there are no errors except the printer prints nothing. Best advice I have seen for manually added printers is:

Control Panel -> Device and Printers -> Add A Printer -> The Printer I want isn't listed -> Add a printer using a TCP/IP address... -> change "Device Type:" from default "AutoDetect" to "TCP/IP Device".

That key last step may prevent the dreaded WSD port being added as an available port. Enter the IP and continue the installation. I tried adding an existing printer twice, one with AutoDetect and one with TCP/IP Device. The AutoDetect install showed up
as WDS, and the TCP/IP install showed up with static IP in the port and no available WDS ports listed.

Hopefully that method works for most cases.

 

Multifunction Printer does not operate as scanner under Windows 10 Pro

Both the printers on the Toshiba are defined as WSD ports.

When I attempt to define the printers on the HP as WSD ports I get two different results, depending on the printer:

• For the WF-4640 printer, the printer is initially on line, then becomes off line. The Epson Scan Settings Test Option works OK even when the WF-4640 is not defined in the control panel (Devices and Printers)
  
• For the XP-600, the printer remains on line and appears in the Scanners and Cameras view, but cannot be accessed by either "Windows Fax and Scan" or "Epson Scan" (The "Epson Scan Settings" Test option works OK). The XP-600 defined as a WSD port does not
  operate successfully as a printer.