Windows 10: Printer not printing thru wifi or direct connection to laptop

Discus and support Printer not printing thru wifi or direct connection to laptop in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; laptop and printer were communicating thru wifi but no longer. I wired printer to laptop directly and still unable to print. Please help, thank... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by JamesBurns_829, May 17, 2020.

  1. JAMESBURNS_829
    JamesBurns_829 Win User

    Printer not printing thru wifi or direct connection to laptop


    laptop and printer were communicating thru wifi but no longer. I wired printer to laptop directly and still unable to print.

    Please help, thank you....

    :)
     
    JamesBurns_829, May 17, 2020
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  2. TEHGHEY
    tehghey Win User

    Cannot connect Win 10 PC to printer with WiFi Direct

    Hello. I installed a HP printer model M402dw and turned on WiFi Direct mode. I am able to connect to the printer enough to see it in the WiFi connections list as well as in Available Devices when I try to Add Printer.

    I am able to add the printer, send documents, and print with two Windows 7 machines. The process was smooth and easy.

    When I try to Add Printer on the Windows 10 machine it asks for a WSP PIN. The printer even receives the signal that the computer is trying to connect via WiFi Direct and shows a PIN on its little LCD screen. When I enter the PIN into the box on the PC, it just sits and spins. Eventually the printer times out and gives up and then a while later Windows also gives up and says "That didn't work. Try again...blah blah...or contact the device manufacturer...etc." And when I click OK to close the window a box pops up with "The argument is invalid."

    Can anyone please tell me how to get this to work? Thanks.
     
    tehghey, May 17, 2020
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  3. ALLANP
    AllanP Win User
    Laptop won't print but PC will

    Thanks Jimbo will try your suggestion when I get my PC going again (waiting for motherboard).
     
    AllanP, May 17, 2020
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  4. FAFA21
    fafa21 Win User

    Printer not printing thru wifi or direct connection to laptop

    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.
     
    fafa21, May 17, 2020
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