Windows 10: printer wont print

My Epson printer has been sitting for quite a while. I put new ink in it. It just wont print.

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Windows 10 Home Won't Print to Remote Printer


I have three computers.
Machine 1: Windows 10 pro, has the USB Brother HL-5040 printer
Machine 2: Windows 10 pro, prints OK to the remote printer.
Machine 3: Windows 10 home, Used to print, but not anymore (THIS IS THE PROBLEM).
I’ve tried everything that I can think of, and would appreciate any suggestions.
I did these steps on Machine 3 that did not work.

• Remove the printer device.
• Add a Printer
• The printer that I want isn’t listed
• Select a shared printer by name
• Browse
• Select the displayed Machine 1.
• Select the displayed Printer.
• Next
• Failure “Connect to Printer”.
• Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or Hostname
• Next
• Set Hostname to Machine 2, and set port name.
• Detecting TCP/IP Port
• Additional Port information required.
• Device Type – Standard, Brother Port Server
• Next
• Detecting the Driver Model
• Install The Print Driver
• Select Brother and Brother HL-5040
• Next
• Replace the Current Driver
• Printer Name (setting it to HL-5040)
• Next
• Do not share this printer
• Next
• You’ve successfully added “HL-5040”
• Finish

Printing on Machine 3 puts the document in the print queue, which reports error printing.
Printing from Machine 2 to the printer on Machine 1 works perfectly.
All three machines are in the same HomeGroup. Machine 3 can access the shared files from Machine 1.

 

Printer wont print


My printers(2 different printer) wont print. They were both working fine before but i think after one of the windows update, it changes something. Both printer are recognize by my pc and one of my printer can still scan but they both wint print. So i tried ti do a troubleshoot and it says that usb2 is not compatible with my pc's usb3 ports . But they were working before so i really think that an update caused this problem. What do i need to do to fix this? Thank you

 

Print to PDF missing in Printer List

Hi William,

We suggest that you disable and re-enable the Print to PDF feature. Here are the steps:

• Click on the Start menu and type in Windows Features.
• Choose Turn Windows features on or off.
• On the next window, find Microsoft Print to PDF and disable it. Click
  OK to save changes.
• Restart your PC.
• Repeat the same steps to re-enable Microsoft Print to PDF.

If the issue persists, we suggest that you perform the troubleshooting steps suggested on the link below under
Advanced:

Fix printer problems

Regards.