My Macbook Pro won't recognise and/or detect my Epson WF-5320 Printer anymore.

I have a new Epson WF-3520 series printer that when first purchased and set up according to the guide connected perfectly with my Macbook Pro. Eventually, when I went to print a document, my Mac would tell me the printer was not connected. I had restored the printers default settings and had set up the printer as first purchased, which lead to it to work again. However, over time it decided not to connect again. Now when I attempt to install the printer's connection with my Macbook, it tells me connection failed. Whenever I go to Syste Preferences > Print & Scan > then click the "+" button to add my printer (as I have read this suggestion on other forums for this particular problem) my Macbook will not recognise any nearby printers at all. Are there any detailed step by step suggestions on how to fix this problem? It is very inconvenient as I need documents printed for university and I can't keep affording to print at public printing stations. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated, Thank you!
Also, I do not have a USB connection that could connect the printer and laptop together.. would this be an issue? As the printer is wireless.

I also have this problem. My MacBook alays has trouble recognizing HP printers and scanners and I allways have to restart programs and reboot the laptop in order to scan with HP scanners.
However with the C4480 it just does not work it doesn't seem to matter how many times I reboot.
HP Products suck on the Mac. And tech support doesn't seem to have any answers.

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