Windows 10: Not connected to the shared printer after switching from LAN to wifi New Windows 11 24H2

If I start my notebook without plugging in the network cable, i.e. with a wifi connection windows 11, then printing works on a shared printer server 2012R2 shared printer, and if I plug in the lan cable it works. However, if I start the system with the lan cable plugged in and after system startup I unplug the cable and the machine switches to wifi, then the printer is not reachable although in the file manager I can see all the shared printers of the server, but it just can't connect Either I have to restart the print spooler or restart windows. I have tried restarting the print spooler

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sharing a printer through wifi connection

I'm trying to share a printer (canon mp730) through a wifi network. My computer (windows vista) is connected to the printer directly. The other computer is windows xp.

When I'm working on the xp machine and press "print", it opens a dialog box and form there I select "find printer". When I click on that, it shows me the printer connected to the Vista machine select print, I get a warning message saying "you are about to install a printer driver on your machine...blah blah". I click "yes" on that and then get a message saying that the server for the printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. What to do? It seems like I've got the latest driver for the mp730 installed on both machines.

 

Is this possible? (Access LAN-connected printer from home wifi)

Settings and versions:

• Latest version of windows 10 on both computers.
• "Network discovery" and "file and printer sharing" turned on in both the PC and Laptop
• "Share printer" turned on in the USB-connected printer settings

My specific setup:

Internet cable from wall-----xfinity router-port 1----eero wifi-----laptop

xfinity router-port-2----PC (hard-wired)-----USB-connected-printer

I want to do this:

• From my Laptop (which is connected to my home wifi) I want to access/use a NON-Wifi-printer which is connected via USB to my "hard-wired-non-wifi-capable" PC.
• Said another way: My PC is hard-wired (not wifi capable) and has a USB-connected printer which I'd like to access/use from my wifi-connected laptop.

I gather that I need to get my LAN-connected PC onto my wifi network somehow. What I've read online makes me think it's possible, but instructions about "MS Virtual adpater" and other such things don't seem to apply to my version of windows. (Iow, the menus
they call for aren't there)

When I try to add the printer to my laptop it doesn't see it. When I try to add it manually by typing in the printer address, it doesn't find it. e.g. [http://computername/printers/printername/.printer] (I changed the
bolded words and left the non-bolded as is. Was that correct?)

Is this doable?

Moved from Windows 10 / Network & internet

 

Lan and wifi connection switching randomly

Am running Windows 10 homewith HP laptop. I am connected directly to my cable/phone modem and, also, have installed Netgear router connected to modem. My internet connection keeps on changing from LAN to Netgear wifi. It is bothersome when trying to download and surf. Not sure whether it's a Windows problem or Netgear problem. Any suggestions would be helpful.