Is my Printer too old?
I don't know anything about printers or technology, so bear with me.
I make art, and I've been looking for a printer with a scanner so I can make digital copies of my work and eventually start making prints of them. So, when I found this printer at a garage sale for $5, I figured it would be worth seeing if it worked.
I'ts and EPSON xp-310. It has no ink right now, and I've just been trying to figure out the scanner.
I have the printer connected to the internet, and I added the printer to the printer settings on my laptop.
When I go to scan on the setting "To Pc (WSD)" it comes up with the name of my laptop, but when I click OK, it says "Unavailable."
So, first dumb question: do I need to download software on my laptop for this printer to work? If so, where? I found this: https://support.epson.net/setupnavi/?LG2=EN&OSC=ARD&PINF=addsoft&MKN=XP-310, but I'm not sure if it's the right thing.
If it is the right thing to download, there's no option for Windows 11, which is what my laptop runs.
I clicked around some and ran into a page saying, "This product has reached End of Support." So, has this printer become obsolete? Is there a way for me to get it working?
Thanks in advance.