I have 3 stations and 5 epson tmt20 printers conected to stations. The problem i am having is that printers stop working after couple hours of service. I have tried everthing that i could think of googled milion options reinstoled printers updated drivers reinstalled windows , installed everthing from scratch, but the same problem keep coming back. Printers will work fine for hal hour or so ant than for no reason att all it stops printing. Have 3 new stations one with windows 8 and 2 with windows 10. All brand new with latest updates. Printers are brand new with latest driversā¦ No idea what to do? Anyone out there had this proplem or have idea how to fix it up? Thanks
Are they USB?
Go into the device manager and disable all usb power down options.
Matt
Hi thanks for the response, they are usb printers, i did that first time it started playing up and still facing same problemā¦
Did you do it to all the āUSB Root Hubā too?
Literally everything. Right click > properties > power management
Other than that no one will be able to help you. You would have to contact the manufacturer or see if they have a support site
Matt
Check this I just found on another website
Yes. I also found the Windows default setting of turning of the usb ports very annoying but in Windows 10 there is an easy fix. Access Power Options (e.g., by typing āPower Optionsā in the search bar of Control Panel) Click on āChange power plan settingsā on the power plan that is being used (has a bullet ticked) Click change āAdvanced power settings In popup box, double click on USB settings and on USB selective suspend, then click on āEnabledā and change to āDisabled.
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Have a simular prob with my card swiper so just did the above, hopefully itll work 
Matt
I do have the same problemā¦ my solution was to turn off and the turn on the usb printerā¦ that seems to send an= wake up call to the usbā¦
G.
did you see the solution above?
yes, I saw thatā¦ will try it
thanks!!!
G.