Windows 10: Windows 11 Add a second thermal printer port.

Hi, I used 2 Rollo thermal printers with no issues with Windows 10 as the operating system. I upgraded to Windows 11 and now I can only get one Rollo thermal printer connected. I contacted Rollo support and we spent quite a bit of time working on this issue. Windows 11 apparently will not create a 2nd thermal printer port. Has anyone else had an issue installing 2 thermal printers with Windows 11 or found a fix to this issue? Any advice or help would be appreciated as I really need to thermal printers for use in my business. Thanks in advance.

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HP Deskjet 9300 printer on Win 7 or Win 8.1

But it does ask you to connect the printer

Step Two
11. Connect the USB cable to the product, and connect the USB cable to the computer. A Device driver software was not successfully installed window opens.

Step three:
3. Click the drop down menu, and then change the port from LPT1 to USB or DOT4.virtual

If you connect the printer in Step two #11 then maybe when you get to Step three #3 there will be USB port in the list.

 

Second Instance of printer

What are you trying to accomplish?

In general, you can have multiple instances of the same printer, but how you go about doing this will depend on what you're trying to do. For example, I have two identical HP printers connected by wi-fi. The "Print" dialog thus permits me to select where
I want the output to go.

If you have one printer that is always connected to the same USB port, you should be able to create a second instance of the printer in Devices and Printers as follows:

1. Click "Add a printer" in Devices and Printers
2. Select "Add a local printer"
3. Select "Use an existing port"
4. In the drop-down list next to "Use an existing port," select the port to which the printer is already attached. For an HP printer, this is likely to be "DOT4_001" or similar, although it might be "Virtual USB xxx." If you're not sure, see the note below.
5. Click "Next"
6. Select the make (HP) and model of the printer from the "Install printer driver" dialog (perhaps you're doing this so one instance of the printer can use a different driver, such as a PostScript driver)
7. Make the appropriate choices on the next page and complete the Wizard

Note for step 4: If you need to confirm the port to which the printer currently is connected, right-click on the printer's icon in Devices and Printers and select "Printer properties" (NOT "Properties" or "Printing preferences"). Click the "Ports" tab.
The port to which the printer is connected will be checked and highlighted. You may have to click and drag on the faint vertical separator bar between "Port" and "Description" in the table's header row.

 

Setting up a Thermal Printer

I have just downloaded Windows 10 and I am trying to set up a
thermal printer. So far I have downloaded all of the drivers and have set up a
Standard TCP/ IP Printer Port. The only problem I have is that I am not able to select
'apply', so my changes can happen. Does any one have any advice?