Windows 10: printer stopped working after win 10 updates

Brother MFC-885CW stopped printing after Win 10 updates.


The scanning function still works through scan app on PC, and the PC recognizes the printer but when selecting to print it states it is printing but it is not and sometimes the browser window will abruptly close after selecting PRINT.

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Following Win 10 Update (1803): Unable to print (Printer offline message).

Printer Samsung ML2950 Series.

I have followed all the suggestions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027397/windows-10-fix-printer-problems

None of them fix the problem.

The printer is working fine. Another WIN 10 computer on the network is able to print to the printer without issue.

Latest updates:

• WIN 10 1803

and

• Security Update for Adobe Flash for Win 10 1803 KB4338832

I uninstalled KB4338832 and the problem persists, so I presume that the problem is with the 1803 update (as that took around 2 hours to install, I'm reluctant to uninstall it to test it).

 

All Printers Stopped Working After Windows 10 Update

All Printer Drivers Became Inaccessible or Stopped Working after a Windows Update:

OS Edition WIN 10 Home; Version 1803; Build 17134.48; Installed 05/12/18

Since last Windows 10 update on 5/12 all my printers stopped working.

When I try to print from an application a full list of printers appears. Some printers (e.g. Microsoft Print to PDF) is greyed out and cannot be selected, others can be selected but none works.

Settings/ Printer Scanners Does not show any printer. When I tried Add a printer, no printer was detected including my USB connected HP Printer.

Device manager shows no printers.

There is no place to select any printer and update driver.

All the missing printer drivers are listed in the Setting///Print Server Properties/Drivers

Printer troubleshooter detects all the printers but all it does is to allow me to make any printer my default. Still nothing works.

I tried all the Microsoft published fixes that I found. Nothing works.

I reinstalled my HP printer using HP app. It is now showing on tools/printers and on Device Manager.

I tried to manually install Microsoft Print to PDF. It is not listed in the printer driver list for Microsoft.

HELP is greatly appreciated.

 

Can not get printer working in win 10. Suddenly stop working because of stopped printer spooler

Can not get printer working in win 10. Suddenly stop working because of stopped printer spooler