Printer, Device Manager & Devices and Printers

I have an Epson XP-7100 printer connected to my Windows 10 desktop computer via USB. All is working fine, no problems to report. But I do have 2 questions I hope someone can answer for me.

1. In Device Manager, why is the printer listed 3 times?


2. In Devices & Printers, how do I rename the printer?

Uninstall then reinstall the Epson,following the maker's instructions completely.
Then run---dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ---and ---sfc /scannow ---until a clean report is given.

Hearsepilot said:

Maybe the printer and the scanner are seperate logical devices so needing seperate drivers. As for renaming what appears when you look through properties?

I checked & it does seem that the Scanner & Printer do use seperate drivers, so I guess that's the reason 2 listings are under 'Imaging Devices'. As for the renaming situation; when I open Printer Properties, I see this:


But the name in the 'Properties' & the name listed in 'Devices and Printers' is different. Even clicking 'Change Properties' doesn't change the printer's name in 'Devices and Printers' (which is what I really want to do). Also, I cannot find any instance of XP-7100 in the registry, only Epson XP-7100

joeandmarg0 said:

Uninstall then reinstall the Epson,following the maker's instructions completely.
Then run---dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ---and ---sfc /scannow ---until a clean report is given.

Sorry, I don't know what you mean by this.

Could you confirm you are unable to uninstall the Epson .

Nothing is wrong.

1. The top two (Imaging devices) are for the Scanner and probably the SD Card Reader, and the lower one for the Printer.

2. Name differences don't matter. Just leave them be, that includes meddling in the Registry.

Series is after the name as the range of printers use the same printer control language. There maybe other ID numbers after as well.