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I'm using an Epson Stylus SX600FW printer via WLAN on Windows 8.1. On Windows XP I used to have a lot of options in the printer settings, which looked like this: extensive printer settings

For example I could choose to print multiple pages of a PDF on a single page (under Page Layout) etc. Now, under Windows 8 the settings window looks like this even though I have installed the newest driver from Epson(this is not the generic Windows Printer Driver) limited printer settings

How can I bring back the extensive printing preferences?

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  • Did you install the Driver with the USB cable plugged in? Without this it unlikely will work.
    – Ruslan Gerasimov
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 1:11
  • The driver installation process for this is very cranky, capricious, sou you need to follow instructions exactly step by step.
    – Ruslan Gerasimov
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 1:19
  • Did you install this driver (as per the Windows Compatibility site): epson.co.uk/gb/en/viewcon/corporatesite/products/mainunits/…
    – hdhondt
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 1:38
  • Thank you for the hint @RuslanGerasimov :) A reinstallation did it, which I should have known...
    – John D.
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 15:58
  • Yes, with Epson it is like that...glad to know it is all right now.
    – Ruslan Gerasimov
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 22:21

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I have installed the newest driver from Epson

The latest Windows 8 Epson driver for your printer is v6.67 from 24-Oct-2012.

It seems that this driver package was not the one that was installed on your computer, because you did a network installation that installed the Windows driver that was exposed by the printer's firmware and was built into the firmware when the printer was fabricated (probably in 2011), a driver which was incompatible with Windows 8.

The above driver from 2012 is compatible with Windows 8 and Printer Settings.

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  • Thank you for this elaborate answer which would have convinced me if I couldn't get it to work the second time around.
    – John D.
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 16:00
  • This answer was based on your text: "I have installed the newest driver from Epson". If it would have been "from WLAN", the usual remedy is always to try a local installation first, because the printer's firmware does not usually publish the latest driver. I have modified my answer.
    – harrymc
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 16:54
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It works now. The problem was that the installation failed because I wanted it to install via WLAN the first time around. Strangely, it seems as it was only partly installed. A reinstallation using a USB connection resolved the problem. I now have the extensive set of printing options again.

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