Windows 10: Generic / Text Only Printer not printing as expected

I have configured a generic / text only printer to print instrument and alarm status in our company. I needed the file in notepad. It previously worked, printed properly with all the right details. However, for some reason I can't determine, it has failed to show the data I have been printing. When I open the file, it has no text in it, just symbols like below. Previously, it has like 100+ KB file size. Now, it just shows 1 KB file size whenever I print. I have tried deleting and reinstalling the printer, but the same issue persists. When I try to use Microsoft Print to PDF, there is no issue

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Error printing on Generic Text Only printer -Win10

Hi
Bstuttman,

A compatibility issue is one of the possible reasons why you're having this error. However, I still want to dig deeper into this issue. Kindly answer the following questions:

• Are you only experiencing this issue when printing on Generic Text Only printer?
• Have you also checked the USB connection? This is to verify if your printer is properly connected to your computer.
• By the way, does it only happen to a specific application?
• Have you also consider using the printing troubleshooter? If you still haven't, I encourage you to run the troubleshooter and see if it resolves the issue. Visit this
  article to know more details about it.

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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.