Windows 10: Printer listed second time as original 1 without a driver

This is probably trivial, but I have a Canon Pro-100 printer that has been reinstalled and works fine. In settings, there is another Canon Pro-100 Original 1. The message says, "Driver is unavailable.: I want to clean things up, but there is no ">" on this line to let me remove the printer. Every search I have done to click the printer, then remove, but when clicking this printer, nothing happens, I am running Windows 11 and it is up to date.

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Printer is shown as (copy 1) with no listing of the original

In Settings, Devices and Printers my printer is shown as (copy 1) with no listing of the original. I have deleted the printer and then added it but it still shows as copy 1. I'd like to delete both the original and copy but can't locate the original to
delete it. Any ideas would be most welcome.

 

win10 sez no drivers for brither hl5040 printer  

To be sure that you followed my suggestion correctly, I will specify some steps:
CP>devices and printers>add a printer>the printer that I want isn't listed>add a local printer with manual settings>define port>Windows update and install

 

printer driver is unavailable

Hi Robert,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I regret the inconvenience caused to you. We will be glad to assist you with this issue.

It would be grateful if you can reply to this question in order to assist you further:

• How exactly did you try to download the drivers?
• Did you try to check if the printer driver's are shown in the device manager?

Let's try the following steps and check if it helps:

Step 1: Run Hardware and device Troubleshooter.

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar and select it.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click Hardware and device
  troubleshooter.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
• Check if issue persists.

Step 2: I suggest you to visit the manufacturer website of the printer and download and install the latest drivers and check if it helps.

Let us know the status of the issue. We will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.