Ever since getting Gigafast in May I've struggled to get my EPSON XP-8600 working reliably with the Vodafone router ("Vodafone Wi-Fi Hub").
I'll connect the printer to the Wi-Fi using the screen on the printer and it will connect fine and allow me to print a document. But as soon as I try to print another document the computer says "Communication error" and fails to find the printer.
If I turn the printer off then on again it will often then let me print another 1 or 2 documents before doing the same thing.
- The issue occurs whether printing from my iMac, MacBook or iPhone.
- If I connect my computer and printer to my old (non-Vodafone) router it works absolutely fine.
- The router and printer show the strength of the Wi-Fi connection as "Excellent",
- I've tried resetting the printer and router to factory settings, and the router is running the latest firmware (19.4.0551-3269082).
- Printer and router in different rooms, so can't connect it via USB instead, needs to be Wi-Fi.
I've spoken to Vodafone at length on live chat and we got nowhere. They wouldn't even send me a new router to try as apparently it doesn't count as "service impacting".
Anyone else had similar issues?
