Windows 10: July 6, 2021—KB5004945 Update 'bricks' zebra printers

This morning I updated July 6, 2021—KB5004945 and have no communication with the zebra printer. The print spooler has been reset, uninstalled all the printer software. It worked before the Windows Update July 6, 2021—KB5004945, after update it does not function. I can see that it is connected under printer settings, no error messages when attempting to print.So I installed the printed on another PC that had not been updated. The printed works on that PC, Updated Windows....voila no printer function. This seems to confirm the windows update is this issue. Any help?

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Windows 10 Update now Zebra 2844 Printer Problems with Endicia Pro and Dazzle

Got it "mostly working" now - call it 95%.

Driver for the LP2844 Zebra is listed on the Zebra website as compatible with windows 7.

So right clicking on the Dazzle software icon --> Properties --> Compatability Tab

Inside there - check box next to "Run As" and select Windows 7.

After a reboot - Zebra LP 2844 would print labels and not leave "data" in the print queue so the next label and the next label and so on will print.

However, every now and then (every 4 or 5 days) - the printer queue will misbehave as documented earlier in the thread.

I may try "Run As" Windows XP if it gets really annoying in the future.

Zebra does not seem to be planning to update the driver software so this fix might be all we can do.

 

Win 10 Update Default Printer Changing Issues

Here is the issue I found and not Microsoft nor Zebra wants to admit or correct the problem:

When upgrading to windows. the following transpires.

• In Windows 10, your default can be the printer you last used. To turn on this mode, open Start and select Settings. Go to Devices and
  switch Use your last used printer by default to On.

Although this is true! Only if the zebra is attached locally and NOT SHARED

If you share the printer to another computer and that computer prints out a label. It will set the zebra printer to default .

If you print the label locally from the source computer it works fine. I support pharmacies and since Microsoft is giving the option to upgrade their OS. to win 10 it becomes a problem. Zebra will not update their driver to fix this problem :

Hopefully someone will understand how much of an issue this is.

~Ariel

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New Win 10 Creators Update making Zebra LP 2844 or ZP 450 Not working

The following was provided by someone in another forum, which is Step 2. However, the following worked....

"They do not show up under Printers. They will show up under Other Devices under the Bluetooth & Other Devices page under Windows 10 Settings.

Forget about that, and open Device Manager (not a W10 app, but the legacy Control Panel). Look in Device Manager and you will see an "Other Devices" category. Click on it, find your Zebra, Update Drivers tab. That is where
you need to manually select Printer, Zebra as manufacturer, then select the appropriate Zebra driver."