The Epson scanners need to be connected to the Windows system for getting detected by the Epson Event Manager software. After this gets detected, users can scan as many documents using this software. It also allows users to scan multiple pages into a single PDF file for better convenience. These days many users who scan originals using the Epson scanner have noticed an unusual error while trying to connect to the selected device on the Epson Event Manager app. The error says The Selected device is read-only and does not proceed from there.
Why am I getting the selected device is read only in Epson Event Manager?
When users try to connect to the scanner device using the Epson Event Manager app, it throws an error message we discussed above in this article. Here are the reasons for this error message to occur on any Windows system while using the Epson scanner:
Write permission security – The main reason is the disabled write permission security of the user profile on the Window system; try giving the write permissions to the user profile. Outdated scanner device’s driver – When the scanner device’s driver is not updated regularly, it throws errors like mentioned above; so, update the scanner device’s driver on the system. Event Manager app compatibility mode – If the Epson Event Manager app is not compatible with the Windows version and runs as an administrator, it might cause such problems. Windows Image Acquisition Service – When the Windows Image Acquisition service is stopped, this also might create issues like The selected device is read only.
Don’t worry if you are facing this kind of issue. This article guides you on how to resolve the error and continue scanning the documents without any problems. SPONSORED
How do I fix Epson Event Manager the selected device is read only error?
1. Check the Windows Image Acquisition service
2. Update the scanner device’s driver
If the manual update didn’t work out, you can use a software that automatically finds updated drivers and update them. We recommend DriverFix for this. DriverFix is a tool that scans your system and updates any out-of-date driver. It’s faster because it updates all of them simultaneously and it’s a lot safer because it uses its own database for driver files.
3. Run the Epson Event Manager app as an administrator
4. Give the write permissions to the user profile
Why won’t my Epson printer scan to my computer wirelessly?
Many Windows users have reported that they were unable to scan any documents wirelessly. There may be many factors responsible for this issue. One of the reasons could be that the computer system itself is rejecting the network channel which receives the instruction from the scanner. Another reason is that the scanner device is not able to communicate with the system’s network interface when there are many other wireless network interfaces present. Some users also had issues where the scanner was not being detected on their Windows 11 system. Hope you managed to resolve the issue using the fixes explained in this article. Please let us know in the comments section below!
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