Windows 10: Windows 10 does not recognize hard wired printer

I asked this in the HP forum and did not get a working answer yet. So I thought I would try it from the Windows side.


The history. I had an old computer that was running Windows 7. I upgraded to Windows 10 when Windows 10 came along. My vintage printer, an HP Laserjet 1018 was connected to it and worked just fine. I retired my old computer a couple of weeks ago and now have the Laserjet attached to my new computer. And that's when it stopped working.


If I go to the Control Panel -> Devices and Printers. It shows up as HP Laserjet 1018. Only it shows up under Unspecified along with my Fitbit Base Station which does work as advertised. It does not show up as a printer.


If I go to Device Manager, it shows up under Software devices along with the network printer which does work and my TV!


My network printer has a print queue, but this printer doesn't.


I've been able to get to the device and attempted to update the driver. Windows goes through the process and tells me that it already has the best driver available: Generic Printing Device.


I have the CD that came with the printer. I ran it and it did all it should do loading files. The last step in the installation is to connect the printer and turn it on. When I did that, nothing happened. I even switched USB ports, but that didn't help either.


I removed the device and rebooted. The device was re-established in the same state as before.


Yes, I know I can get a better printer for $99 today, but the old printer does everything I need it to do. Besides, I'm hoping to learn a little bit more about the hardware end of Windows.

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Windows will not recognize a printer that is hard wired to the PC.

Original Title: printer recognition

I just installed Windows 10. Windows will not recognize a printer that is hard wired to the PC. I tried uninstall and reinstall of the printer and now I have the same printer on the "devices" page twice and cannot get one of them off. Neither printer
device will print from a program. All my finances are crippled until I can get this fixed. Can you help?

The printer is hp Photosmart C6280 all in one

 

How can I get Windows 10 to recognize an Unspecified Device as a Printer?

I have installed a DYMO printer, but it is not listed as a printer but only as an Unspecified Device. How can I get Windows 10 to recognize an Unspecified Device as a Printer? All printer troubleshooting steps require it to be listed as a Printer, and
all Help solutions assume that it can be recognized as a printer.

 

Network Printer NOT RECOGNIZED!

Hi Laura,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

To assist you better, please provide few details.

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  Is your printer is connected to wired or wireless network?
  
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  Are you able to view your printer on your network location?
  

I would suggest you to try running Printer troubleshooter and check if it helps.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Type troubleshooting in the
  Search area on the taskbar.
  
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  Click on View all on the left panel of the Troubleshooting Windows.
  
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  Select Printer.
  
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  Follow the on screen instruction.
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.