Windows 10: Cannot connect ANY printer to my Window 11 Pro pc. All Apple and Android devices in my...

Why is adding a printer on Windows 10 such an impossible, time wasting, frustrating task?All Android and Apple devices in my house work beautifully, but this Windows laptop????? Every week I need to install and re-install my printer drivers, need to open the trouble shooting client for both my Epson and HP printers to solve some stupid issue, and now after both printers were reading as being offline and refusing to print despite obviously being turned on and able to print from Android and Apple devices on the same network,neither will even show up in my devices list so I can even attempt to

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HP Deskjet 9300 printer on Win 7 or Win 8.1

But it does ask you to connect the printer

Step Two
11. Connect the USB cable to the product, and connect the USB cable to the computer. A Device driver software was not successfully installed window opens.

Step three:
3. Click the drop down menu, and then change the port from LPT1 to USB or DOT4.virtual

If you connect the printer in Step two #11 then maybe when you get to Step three #3 there will be USB port in the list.

 

Windows 10 + printer connection

Hi Debbie,

The printer offline status is your printer’s way of telling you that something is wrong with the communication between your computer and your printer, so one of the first things to check is your printer’s connection with your PC. Here are a couple of things
you can try:

• Power off, and then power on your printer to restart it. Wait for a while for it to be fully ready.
• Check your printer connection. Check your printer and make sure that it’s connected to your PC network.

Aside from the above steps, I also suggest that you go through this list of suggestions to fix printer connection
in Windows 10.

Please respond to this thread to let me know how the issue progresses. Similarly, if you have more questions, please inform me by replying to this post.

 

Windows 11 pro can't connect to network share printer!

Hi,

I have just purchase a new lenovo laptop running windows 11 pro (Version 22H2, OS Build 22621.819). So far all is working perfectly. Except one issue. we have a shared network printer connected to another PC which running windows 7 pro. when i go to network --> looking the share printer the printer shows up in the list. Select the printer then click connect then error message "windows could't connect to the printer", i have the latest updates and the network profile i have tried private and public, same result.

i also try method below:

Method 1: Restart Print Spooler

Method 2: Change computer name

Method 3: Update Windows

Method 4: Run the Printer Troubleshooter

Method 5: Re-Enable the Print to PDF feature

Method 6: Uninstall the KB5006746 update ( this update did't no in the windows update list)

Method 7: Through Registry Editor

Method 8: Update the Printer Driver

Method 9: Uninstall the Printer Driver

Method 10: Disable Firewall





Any suggestions appreciated.



Alex