Windows 10: I m using windows 11, I am unable to add a printer or print on a shared / network printer

I m using windows 11, I am unable to add a network printer or print on a shared / network printer . please assist in setting up by adding the network printer.

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Printing to a printer shared by a MAC on network

Hello,

It's possible that the recent update on your MacBook Pro may have changed some settings that are causing the issue. Here are some steps you can try to resolve the issue:



1. Check if the printers are shared on the network. On your MacBook Pro, go to System Preferences > Printers & Scanners, select the printer you want to share, and make sure the "Share this printer on the network" option is checked.



2. Check if the Windows 11 machine is able to access the shared printers. On your Windows 11 machine, go to Settings > Devices > Printers & scanners, click on "Add a printer or scanner", and see if the shared printers are listed. If they are, select them and try printing a test page.



3. If the above steps don't work, try resetting the printing system on your MacBook Pro. To do this, go to System Preferences > Printers & Scanners, right-click on the printer list, and select "Reset printing system". This will remove all printers from your MacBook Pro and reset the printing system to its default settings. You will need to add the printers again and try printing from your Windows 11 machine.



If none of these steps work, you may need to contact Apple support for further assistance.

Hope this helps!

Best regards
Zunhui

 

Error - Printing on Network printer

We have 4 printers on our Windows print server. The server was migrated from win2k3 to 2k8 on friday. 3/4 printers are working great, the other is having issues. When trying to print a test page to it, it gets a job status of Error - Printing.

When sending a small word document to it, it sends it to the printer, the queue is empty but nothing prints. If I goto the printer itself, it doesnt show any errors and I can print things such as information sheets and diagnostic files just fine.

All four printers are the same model, all 4 have a static IP. I can ping the printer successfully. I've tried printing from both an XP machine and the print server itself. I tried removing and adding the printer on the print server. And lastly, uunplugged the printer for 30 seconds, plugged it back in.

Any ideas?

 

printer won't work on network but will over usb

his printer has a built-in print server.

What you need to know what ip is being give to the printer. Perhaps you can print a status sheet from the printer.

Then Go to printers in control panel

add a new printer

local printer attached, uncheck automatically detect and install PnP printer

create a new port, select standard tcp/ip port

a new window should open and enter the ip there where it says printer name or IP address (port name then should be also be filled as you go)

and pretty much follow the rest of the steps, you will need to install the printer drivers.


These steps is the easy, but not the right way.

The right way is to use the network option on the initial screw and search for the printer server...but that can be tricky to configure.