Windows 10: Computer unable to detect shared printer on another PC.

HI,I have 15years experience with IT and am baffled by this. A Windows 10 Home PC LaptopPC is connected to an HP printer via USB and shared via network. The second PC with Windows 10 mode S TabletPC, cannot find the shared printer over the network. I even tried HP software. Both PCs are on the same Wifi Network set as Private . Sharing permissions are set to Everyone. Both PCs Sharing options are turned on: Network discovery, File and Printer Sharing, Public Folders. Password Protected Sharing is turned off.Pinged the PC shared the printer fine.Any ideas? TIA!

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Printer sharing XP PC to Win. 10 Laptop...

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you would like to connect the printer to Windows 10 running machine.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Log in to your Windows 10 computer with an administrator account.
• Connect the printer to the PC.
• Click on the Start button from the desktop.
• From the Start menu, click Settings.
• From the SETTINGS window, click Devices.
• Once the DEVICES window opens up, from the left pane, select the Printers & scanners category.
• From the right pane, under the Add printers & scanners section, click Add a printer or scanner.
• Wait until Windows searches for the connected printer.
  
  Note: If Windows finds the printer, you can click its name and can follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. If Windows fails to detect the printer, you can continue to next step.
• If Windows is unable to detect the connected printer, please click the
  The printer that I want isn’t listed link.
• From the Find a printer with other options window, click to select the Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings radio button.
• Click Next to continue.
• From the Choose a printer port window, leave the default options selected and click
  Next.
  
  Note: If you are an advanced user, you can also choose a different option from the
  Use an existing port drop-down list, or you can create your own port by selecting the
  Create a new port radio button and specifying your custom port in the enabled field before clicking
  Next.
• From the Install the printer driver window, from the list of printer manufacturers in the left section, click to select the one to which the connected printer belongs.
• From the right pane, locate and click to select the specific model of the printer that is connected to the PC.
  
  Note: At this point, you can also click the Have Disk button and browse and locate the driver for the connected printer if you have downloaded it manually from its official website.
• Click Next and proceed to the next step.
• From the Printer Sharing window, make sure that the Share this printer so that others on the network can find and use it radio button is selected.
  
  Note: If you do not want to share the printer with the network users, you can select the Do not share this printer radio button and jump to step 20.
• In the Share name field, type a short share name for the printer.
  
  Note: The name you specify here will be displayed to the remote users when they search for this printer over the network.
• Optionally you can populate the Location and Comment fields with your preferred information.
• Click Next to continue.
• On the final page of the wizard, click the Print a test page button to check the connectivity and proper functioning of the printer. (Optional)
• Click Finish to complete the process.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you

 

Unable to share printer


Hi

I have a new Windows 10 system (A) which has a printer attached. I'm trying to share the printer with another computer (B) also running windows 10, both computers can see each other on the network but when B tries to look at A it gets a message that it can't access A.

The printer is shared and as a far as I can see file and printer sharing is enabled but the add printer routine can't find it.

I can see A and it's shares on a W7 computer (C) on the same network without problem and it has detected and can use the printer.

All computers are in the same Workgroup and both W10 machines (A+B) are in the same Homegroup.

B was able to use the printer when it was attached to D, unfortunately D is now dead and replaced by A.

Any ideas

Thanks

 

Unable to connect to shared printer

Did you add the printer to both computers?