Trouble connecting to an Epson XP-205 to scan with the button

Just bought an Epson Expression Home XP-205 Small-In-One printer/scanner. Works like a dream apart from one thing:
     The quick scan 'button' feature fails to work.
If you're not familiar with this printer you won't know what I'm talking about. It allows you to scan a document imediately and save a copy to your computer. Saves the bother of printing or photocopying - a digital copy gets saved quickly to wherever you like on your computer. I would find this really useful, and I've been wresting with the printer and my iMac for hours to try and get it to work without success.
The computer recognises the printer on a wifi network without a problem. I can print and scan the conventional way, no problem. The one thing it won't do is let me set up the pair of buttons you need to press simultaneously to do a quick scan. I've tried setting up the Epson Event manager, but it fails to even recognise the scanner/printer's name correctly. The drop-down to select scanner just gives the choice "EPSON XP-200/ME301", which is not my model.
I have emailed Epson Technical Support who were no use at all, just sent me a link to some generic stuff which doesn't cover this particular model.
I feel it may be a cross-platform issue which either Epson or Apple need to fix. The driver probably works on a Windows PC, and nobody bothered to check it on the latest Mac OS.
I realise it is a very long shot that someone out there happens to be using this printer/scanner, and has come across AND solved this problem, but I live in hopes!
Cheers
Bruce

Hello jack Schmidt. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Hmm, metal walls do pose a problem with Wi-Fi reception that unfortunately does not affect all Macs (or PCs) the same way. One suggestion is to look at using a transceiver. One vendor, that I'm aware of, that provides these is hField Technologies, Inc., and they have a product called Wi-Fire that I think is what you may be looking for.

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