Windows 10: Shared Printer installation issue - 0x000003e3 error?

Discus and support Shared Printer installation issue - 0x000003e3 error? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hi all, I have a friend with a small business at their home that does boat repairs. I'm trying to get a receipt printer set up on one Win10 desktop PC... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Darkstrike, Dec 12, 2020.

  1. Shared Printer installation issue - 0x000003e3 error?


    Hi all,

    I have a friend with a small business at their home that does boat repairs. I'm trying to get a receipt printer set up on one Win10 desktop PC that is shared from another Win10 computer in his shop...it used to work fine, but when I try to connect to the share, I get a 'Cannot connect to printer' (I can't remember the exact phrasing) with error 0x000003e3. I can see and access the shared printer on the PC I want to set it up on, and it will prompt to install drivers from the other PC, but it fails with that error in the middle of driver installation. Not even sure why it prompts for drivers because the correct drivers are already installed on that PC where the receipt printer USED to work fine before anyway!

    Anybody know what could be going on or how I could fix this? I've tried everything I can think of off the top of my head...

    I've double and triple-checked everything I know to check; the share is set up correctly, the permissions are set up correctly, both accounts on both PCs are admin accounts (not that that necessarily matters), they're on the same network, 'File and Printer Sharing' is turned on on both PCs...I KNOW one PC is running Win10 version 2004 and the other I THINK is running that same version.

    Thing is, he has a lot of printers (laser, vinyl, a cash drawer shared from one PC to another for his business software that gets set up as a printer, a label printer).....is there any way I may be able to get this working without having to re-setup all his other printers as well? (The cash drawer is a PITA as it has to be manually set up as a 'printer').

    Thanks for any help! Shared Printer installation issue - 0x000003e3 error? :)

    :)
     
    Darkstrike, Dec 12, 2020
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  2. LiBRaINF Win User

    Windows 10 1803 error 0x000003e3 when connect shared printer

    Start last week, I facing issue that when I want to connect shared printer on another Windows 10 1803 then will pop up error 0x000003e3 during install driver from host. Please kindly help.
     
    LiBRaINF, Dec 12, 2020
    #2
  3. Error 0x000003e3 when trying to install a shared printer (Server 2012 R2) from a Windows 10 (winver 1703) computer

    Open a shared printer prompts for Install Driver, then failed with error message:

    • Cannot connect to printer
    • The operation failed
    • Error message 0x000003e3

    This issue seems to only occur on some of the Windows 10 hosts after recent Windows update. Other hosts succeed in same action. The host experiencing this issue seems to have difficulties connecting to all shared printers even from different Windows Servers
    (2012, 2012R2, 2016).

    Removing entries under HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Print/Drivers/Version 3 does not resolve this issue.

    However, adding same network printer using TCP/IP connection directly was successful.
     
    WANG Kaiqi, Dec 12, 2020
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  4. newtekie1 Win User

    Shared Printer installation issue - 0x000003e3 error?

    Can't share printer—getting error message

    Step 1: Go to store.
    Step 2: Buy a less shitty printer.
    Step 3: Pick up some beer while you are there.
    Step 4: Enjoy both your new printer and your beer.

    In all seriousness, I have had more issues with Lexmark printers and their shitty drivers then any other manufacturer, HP is a close second though.

    However, if you don't want to get a new printer*Laugh :laugh:, and I can understand that, when my Lexmark was giving me the same troubles in Win7(and Vista) I had to make sure the Windows firewall was ON and the firewall service was enabled and running. After I shared it I could re-disable the firewall and firewall services.
     
    newtekie1, Dec 12, 2020
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