The Paper Source Setting is Invalid in the Epson Printer

July 5, 2021
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Epson is the most popular brand which offers smart and efficient printers for its users which will help them to manage their complex business or individual works more easily. However, a printer is a machine which may face certain issues while operating. One of the common issues is that the printer will photocopy nothing but plain paper and another issue is that it uses a ton of ink and prints everything like a photo. It is infuriating when you tried everything and it still showed “paper source setting is invalid. If you are also running with this error then have a look at this article where all the reasons related to this error and solution of error “paper source setting is invalid” is given.

The reason behind the paper source setting is invalid

  • The main reason for the “paper source setting is invalid” is the clogged printhead. Printhead is clogged usually when users don’t use their printer regularly. If you don’t use your printer regularly then ink dries up in the nozzles.
  • Another reason for the error “paper source setting is invalid” is the borderless option is not supported with plain paper. Most of the time Epson printers can print images with no border around the ages just like a photo lab. Finding the right borderless size paper on the right surface is very difficult and problematic. The message of “paper source setting is invalid” displayed when an unsupported paper size or paper type is selected for paper source.
  • Paper source setting is invalid error also arises due to software update. A software update would disable the printer. The issue of cartridge incompatibility also arises through software update. Sometimes the cartridge failed and refused to work after updating the software.

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Some easy and simple methods for fixing the persisting error

You can fix the error “paper source setting is invalid” by selecting supporting paper size and paper types. To solve the issue, you want to follow all these below steps very carefully:

  1. Place your documents or photo that you want to print on up, bottom, or right on the corner of the scanner glass.
  2. Now click the home button and press the down arrow to select “setup” and then click on the “ok” option.
  3. Select the “page setup” option in the menu list and then press on the “ok” option.
  4. Press the right arrow to select paper size and follow one of the options:
  • If you’re copying letter size paper then select the letter and click on the “ok” option.
  • If you’re copying a photo then select size from available paper and click on the “ok” option.

The table shows compatible paper size and paper types.

  1.  Press the down arrow to select paper type and follow one of the options:
  • If you’re copying size paper then select plain paper and click on the “ok” option.
  • If you’re copying a photo then select a size from the available paper types and then click on the “ok” option.
  1. Press the home button, click the up arrow to select a copy, and click on the “ok” option.
  2. Click on the “ok” option to copy settings.
  3. Make sure that the following is selected under settings:
  • If you’re copying letter size paper then the layout is set to border and document size is set to the letter.
  • If you’re copying a photo then the layout is set to borderless and documents are set to paper size.
  1. Press the back button and then press the start button to get the desired print either black/ white or colored depending on the ink installed.
  2.  Now take a sample by printing a copy, wait, and observe if the scanner glass glows then it makes your copy printed.

Printer error “Paper source setting is invalid” on window 7, 8, and 10 in Epson printer

We have seen that this error comes in window 10, also it comes in window 7 or 8. One of the reasons for the error “paper source setting is invalid” on window 7 or 8 is driver incompatibility issue or may window 7 or 8 is not given a software update for that printer. We have discussed all the resolving steps for this issue on window 8. You can follow all the above solutions for window 7 and also for windows 8. 

Technical assistance for troubleshooting the issue

If still, this error persists in your printer after applying the above solutions, then you can contact the technical customer support team of the Epson printer.

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