Windows 10: How do I share a printer when my computers have different versions of Windows?

The printer is connected to my main computer which is running Windows 7. I have a Windows 8 laptop and a Windows 10 laptop that I want to connect and share that printer to print wirelessly. I know the Windows 8 laptop can connect with a Homegroup, but what about the Windows 10 laptop?I also have a Mac I would like to share the printer with. Is that possible?

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Can't share printer—getting error message

Step 1: Go to store.
Step 2: Buy a less shitty printer.
Step 3: Pick up some beer while you are there.
Step 4: Enjoy both your new printer and your beer.

In all seriousness, I have had more issues with Lexmark printers and their shitty drivers then any other manufacturer, HP is a close second though.

However, if you don't want to get a new printer*Laugh :laugh:, and I can understand that, when my Lexmark was giving me the same troubles in Win7(and Vista) I had to make sure the Windows firewall was ON and the firewall service was enabled and running. After I shared it I could re-disable the firewall and firewall services.

 

Printer Sharing feature is Broken in Windows 10 latest version

Hello,

I am screaming inside now, Microsoft seems to have broken, or to be fair, let's just say heavily altered (and not in the good way) the well-known printer sharing feature that has been part of Windows for... since Windows 98 I guess? And I'm unable to make it work. Please help me!

This is a SHARING issue , a problem with Windows networking, and not a printer-specific issue. I can't share ANY printers at all, if I am using Windows 10 21H2, or any recent version of Windows 10.

If I use legacy versions of Windows, such as Windows 7, or even early Windows 10 from 2015, then it works fine using the same steps. It is crazy.

What I did:
- Set network type to home/private.
- Enabled file and printer sharing.
- Turned off password protected sharing.
- Enabled guest any "ANONYMOUS LOGON" permissions for the printer to be shared.
- Shared the printer using the system dialogue.
- Installed additional drivers using the share prompt as we have a legacy Win7 computer too, that is running x86. (The main system is Windows 10 21H2 x64 of course, now hosting drivers x64 AND x86 for this printer)
- Checked the network menu in explorer on the client computer (One running Windows 10 21H1 x64 and other running Windows 7 x86). They can both see the server (Windows 10 21H2 x64) and the printer share. But unable to connect it, or add it as an actual printer.

Error is: unable to connect to the printer,
with specific error code 0x0000011b

I looked up this code and it seems others have seen it too:
Please Wait... | Cloudflare

I tried these steps but they don't work. And I can't uninstall that update, its not in the list. Also that would make me vulnerable to run old versions of Windows 10.

What should I do? I struggle to digest that in the latest version of Windows 10, printer sharing is just, well, broken.

 

Printer Sharing

Hi Bransby,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

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

Computer you are sharing from

1. Type "Device and Printers" in the web and windows box

2. Find your printer

3. Right click on the printer

4. Select “Printer properties"

5. Click on the sharing tab

6. Check "sharing this printer"

7. Give the printer a Name

8. Click apply

Computer you are trying to share to:

1. Type "Device and Printers" in the web and windows box

2. Check for printer the devices and printers.

3. if it is not there click "add printer"

4. If the printer does not show up click “The printer that i wanted wasn't list"

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.