Windows 10: Apps in Win 10 Pro cannot find printer

My printer, a Xerox phaser 6180, installed fine, prints a test page fine and also prints fine from the Edge browser. It is plugged into a usb port and shows up fine in the port listing. Device Manager says the printer is working properly. But none of the apps installed on the computer can find the printer. Where is the disconnect here??

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Win 10 Pro - Devices and Printers

OK, thanks for letting us know. No further suggestions as this time. BTW I have both an Epson XP-960, as well as a 3880 and no issues. Point? I doubt it's an Epson driver issue.

@WOT,

Devices and Printers working just fine here under Windows 10 Pro x64. Version 1703, Build 15063.296...





No issue prior to the Creator update either.

 

Windows 10 Home Won't Print to Remote Printer


I have three computers.
Machine 1: Windows 10 pro, has the USB Brother HL-5040 printer
Machine 2: Windows 10 pro, prints OK to the remote printer.
Machine 3: Windows 10 home, Used to print, but not anymore (THIS IS THE PROBLEM).
I’ve tried everything that I can think of, and would appreciate any suggestions.
I did these steps on Machine 3 that did not work.

1. Remove the printer device.
2. Add a Printer
3. The printer that I want isn’t listed
4. Select a shared printer by name
5. Browse
6. Select the displayed Machine 1.
7. Select the displayed Printer.
8. Next
9. Failure “Connect to Printer”.
10. Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or Hostname
11. Next
12. Set Hostname to Machine 2, and set port name.
13. Detecting TCP/IP Port
14. Additional Port information required.
15. Device Type – Standard, Brother Port Server
16. Next
17. Detecting the Driver Model
18. Install The Print Driver
19. Select Brother and Brother HL-5040
20. Next
21. Replace the Current Driver
22. Printer Name (setting it to HL-5040)
23. Next
24. Do not share this printer
25. Next
26. You’ve successfully added “HL-5040”
27. Finish

Printing on Machine 3 puts the document in the print queue, which reports error printing.
Printing from Machine 2 to the printer on Machine 1 works perfectly.
All three machines are in the same HomeGroup. Machine 3 can access the shared files from Machine 1.

 

Win 10 Pro - Devices and Printers


I Have PC running Win 10 Pro, i5 6300 Skylake CPU, 16GB RAM, SSD Main Drive.
I have read a number of posts relating to my problem her, but none of them have fixed my issue.
Since upgrading to WIN 10 from WIN 7, I don't think I have ever had to look at Devices & Printers.
Just the other day, I installed my old HP 5280 Photosmart in place of my Epson XP630 witch is being serviced for Ink Smudging problems.
The Install went well and the Printer works fine.
I went into Devices and Printers to confirm which Printer was set to Default; the result was a Blank Screen. I tested this a number of times with the same result.
I checked Device Manager and the C5200 Series Printer was listed.
I have gone into Settings/Devices and it is listed there also.
I Googled the problem and found numerous post about Bluetooth Issues and Device Management, all of which when tested, failed to fix the issue.
On this Forum I found a Registry Fix, which when applied, made no difference.
Troubleshooting Printers found nothing wrong.
I would have thought that if Device Manager can see the Printer, surely Devices and Printers should also see it.

Surely this cannot be such a difficult issue to resolve - there must be a Setting or Value somewhere that is causing this.
I have not found anything put out by Microsoft in relation to this fault.

Can someone with experience of this problem provide me with advice that will correct the problem.

Regards