Fixing The Epson Printer Filter Failed or Stopped in Mac

Epson is a world-renowned brand with millions of happy customers around the globe. Epson provides an outstanding version with a great range of multifunction printers. That’s why people prefer Epson printers. The Epson Company always tries to bring some enhancements and new technologies in their printers.

Epson Printer Filter Failed or Stopped in Mac is one of the rare issues that the user faces in their apple devices. This issue arises when we try to print something on paper. Epson printer filter failure issues can occur all of a sudden. This problem can occur due to various reasons we will discuss later in this article about the cause and also suggest some ways through which you can solve the Epson failed issue in your printer.

Causes of Epson Printer Filter Failed or Stopped in Mac

Epson printer failed or stopped error in Mac is caused mainly due to a problem in the driver of the printer. Some of the causes are following

 Corrupted drivers

Drivers are the intermediate that allows communicating with printer and computer and if some of the files are missing in drivers can cause various problems. Corrupted issue arises from many other problems related to printing on an Epson printer.

 Wrong installation of drivers

For every model, there are drivers available on the official website. These drivers are very important to communicate between computers and printers. Drivers are available on the official site. Users can download their printer driver by providing the printer model number on the website. Sometimes users provide the wrong model number and install the wrong driver and this problem arises.

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Method to solve Epson printer filter failed Error in printer using Mac devices

If an Epson printer shows filer failed or filter stop message so there are few troubleshooting methods are there. YOU can try to resolve this issue. We know that this problem arises due to a faulty driver. So we can remove the faulty driver and make a new installation of the driver on Mac. It will make a fresh start.

Method 1) Uninstalling and reinstalling the driver

• Turn “OFF” your printer.
• Open “System Preferences”.
• Click on “Print & Fax”.
• Select the name of your printer.
• Click on your printer name and remove the name of the printer from the given form of the list.
• Now choose the option to delete the name of the printer from the list.
• Close the “Print & Faxes” window.
• Navigate to your Drive.
• Follow the path:  Library->Printer.
• Now, delete the folder name Epson.
• Now, get back to your hard drive and follow the path: Library->PPD->Contents->Resources.
• Look for the name of the printer on the list.
• Once I find the name, remove the printer name, folder from the list.
• Now follow the path Library->cache.
• Delete all the cache files present in it.
• Close all the tabs
• Then reboot your computer and turn “on” your printer machine.
• Visit the official site of the Epson printer, provide the printer model number on the website and download the driver.
• After downloading, launch the file and follow the instructions that appear on the screen. You have to make sure that you are following the correct steps.
• Check whether the following error persists or not if, not you can visit the next steps or you can also visit technical staff via a toll-free number.

Method 2) Software Update

There is a bug in older versions of software on the Mac, which is solved and updated.  You need to update your software from Apple software to resolve this issue. If your issue is not resolved then you get assistance via the toll-free number of Epson technical staff.

 Method 3) Missing computer Name field in Printer setting

• First you need to click on the Apple menu tab> now proceed to the “System preferences” option.
• Open “Print & Faxes”.
• Click on “Sharing properties”.
• You may find the computer name field is empty; this is due to the error message.
• Enter something on that field like (John’s PC).
• Press back and try to print something.
• If the problem persists, you can take Technical support help from Epson technical staff.

 Technical Support

In case if you need any help you can call on toll-free helpline number. They will help you to resolve your issue. Epson technical support has experts; they will assist you to resolve your queries. Our experts can fix issues as well as set your printer in optimum settings for smooth functioning. 

You can also visit the Epson printer official website https://www.epson.co.in/Support/sl/s. To Download the Epson drivers you can visit https://www.epson.co.in/driver websiteIf you find any hardware issue you can also visit the Epson service center available in our area.