Epson Printer stopped printing

For some reason, my Imac 10.8.5 quit communicating with the Epson Artisan 835. I have two printers and rely on the older because it is less expensive to operate. I have tried reinstalling drivers, complete shutdowns, resetting the printers, everything. When I reset the printers, I cannot add the printer except by adding printer Adobe 8.0 pdf which is the only other printer besides my older one. I made sure the correct driver was running and I added it but changed the name to Artisan. I added the Adobe 8.0 choice but that too does not work. I am sure a software update caused this problem. In the past if it wouldn't print, a shut down was all that was needed. The printer states the network is good. The printer and scanner operate well. When I try to print, the icon appears and then disappears.

Open the Sharing pane in System Preferences. If the Computer Name is not set, enter a name. You may first have to click the lock icon in the lower left corner and authenticate to unlock the settings. Then reinstall the EPSON update.
Credit for this solution to ASC user Yuengdog1983.

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Hi! I recently bought an Epson Stylus TX210 All-In-One printer. I installed the drivers and software bundled in the included CD and I used it without any problems for 2 days, until the I was prompted to download Epson Printer Drivers 2.1. After the installation, I noticed that whenever I wanted to print anything, the "Print" blue glowing button in the print dialogue won't do anything and no matter how many times I pressed it, it didn't continue the printing process. I've tried everything to solve the issue, but so far anything has worked properly.
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I would like to inform everyone that I've successfully solved my problem and now my printer works again!
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1-If you installed drivers from the CD included in the printer, first uninstall them by opening each individual installer on the /Commons/ folder on the CD. After the installer prompts you for the password, select the "uninstall" option on the drop-down menu on the top left section of the window. Make sure you run the uninstall option -if possible- on all installers included on the CD.
2-Trash the HD\Library\Printers\EPSON folder and empty the Trash Can. There's going to be a couple of files being in use and you won't be able to delete them -yet-.
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4-Empty the Trash Can again. The remaining files should be gone by now.
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6-Go to http://www.epson.com.ph/epson/drivers/driver_download.htm?dc=1&mode=3&m=false&ca tid=4&pid=1473 and download the Epson Stylus TX210 Driver for Mac OS X. -Note: I tried multiple versions of the TX210 drivers found online and this particular version was the only one that worked. It's interesting that the this for both the SX210 and TX210, and the installers that only contained the TX210 drivers didn't work-. If for some reason the page changes, the name of the file you're looking for is SX210Series652EMP2.dmg
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