Windows 10: I can't add a printer to my window 10 PC

Discus and support I can't add a printer to my window 10 PC in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I was having constant trouble using my printer. It would not come off the offline. There were too many printers added so I took out all of them ,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Shajee_786, Jul 2, 2020.

  1. I can't add a printer to my window 10 PC


    I was having constant trouble using my printer. It would not come off the offline. There were too many printers added so I took out all of them , thinking if I added my only printer I should be able to solve my problem. Now I cannot add printer back on . It is not detecting . I do see it being shown as connected to Bluetooth. I have been having "printer offline" issue since the new update for window 10 which I up loaded last week.


    Can some resolve my issue. I am desperate to get my printer connected to my window 10 PC.


    Thank you very much.


    Syed Hussain

    :)
     
    Shajee_786, Jul 2, 2020
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  2. Boatvan Win User

    Windows 10 GPO Printer Add issues

    A total shot in the dark since this is a very specific issue to our environment, but here it goes...

    A little background on this issue, my school district is moving to windows 10. We partially deployed Windows 10 LTSB to some of the labs in the district. We are seeing sporadic issues with our Group Policies deploying printers. We have below 50% success rate with printers actually installing on the Windows 10 client machines.

    Thinking it was an issue with LTSB, we downloaded and installed Windows 10 Education version 1709 on a test VM and joined it to the domain. I then applied GPO’s from 4 different servers. 3 Physical Server 2012 R2 servers and the original problem Server 2012 R2 VM Server.

    What I found was the same inconsistency after rebooting the Win 10 Edu Test VM. I am getting the same Event 513. See below:


    I can't add a printer to my window 10 PC print.png


    I am 100% sure the naming is right because I can manually add the same printer using the \\SERVER\FerLib path. All printers that fail to add have the Event 513. I am also going to post this on other forums.

    We are only seeing this on student accounts which are domain guest accounts, meaning their profiles are non-permanent. We do not have the option to turn them into regular users per district policy. If you need more info that I omitted please let me know. We are getting desperate.

    Thanks!
     
    Boatvan, Jul 2, 2020
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  3. I can't find my printer in Windows 10 and it won't print either

    been there , donethatad imnfinitum
     
    jamesfortenberry, Jul 2, 2020
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  4. I can't add a printer to my window 10 PC

    I can't find my printer in Windows 10 and it won't print either

    Hi Shiela,

    Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I will certainly help you with this.

    I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

    • Have you already install and added Printer on your PC?
    • Is your printer connected with wired connection or wireless connection?


    I suggest you to follow the below given link to add the Printer to Windows 10 device and check if it answers your question.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/connect-a-printer



    If you have any other issue with printing, I suggest you to try running Printer troubleshooter and check if it fixes the issue. To do so kindly follow the below given steps:

    • Type troubleshooting in the search bar.
    • Select Troubleshooting.
    • Select View all on the top left corner.
    • Click on Printer.
    • Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
    • Check if issue persists.


    Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Parth P Patel, Jul 2, 2020
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