Illustrator won't print after shutting down unless I reinstall the printer driver every time

Everytime I shut my computer down, Illustrator forgets what post-script is until I reinstall my printer driver. I've reinstalled the same printer driver from the same downloaded file multiple times now. I shut my computer down for the weekend - and every monday when I boot up it will refuse to print from illustrator until I reinstall the driver. I've tried waiting, days even, to see if it will start working on its own as sometimes illustrator likes to forget thiings for the first few minutes that it is open (like fonts,) but this never resolves on its own. I can work around it, but it is extremely annoying to have to do this every monday just to get my software to work - and the printer works fine with other software. It is an Epson Ecotank ET-2850