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Cannot access a shared printer on a network

I can't access a shared printer on a network. I'm using a Windows 7 PC. The problem is when I type an IP on the start logo search bar that has a shared printer, "\\172.16.0.254" a window will appear ...
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Canon printer does not print over the network at times

We've been having this printing issue for the last two months where the printer stops taking prints over the network at a certain point. Each and every time we need to reset the printer by powering it ...
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Emulate a network printer as a USB printer?

I have a very niche problem where I need to set up a network printer for use with an application which only accepts USB printer connections. Is there any way to fool this application that our network ...
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Epson printer connects to the network that is not listed

I have an Epson L3250 printer. I set the printer connect to network 192.168.1.0 for wireless printing. Then I set static DHCP for IP address. After few days, why does that printer connect to network ...
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Unable to connect "Canon PIXMA MG3650S" to the local WiFi-network. DIRECT-WLAN of the printer is not found in the list of the "Canon PRINT"-app

I have bought the printer "Canon Pixma MG3650S" from Aldi Online Shop. I set up the printer, connected it to electricity, and turned it on. I downloaded the "Canon PRINT"-App from ...
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SMB-shared printer visible, but can no longer connect to it

I have a Brother HL-L2300D printer, connected by USB to a Raspberry Pi serving as a print server for a LAN segment somewhere. The Pi runs Raspbian, and has a samba server and a CUPS server running - ...
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Windows Local Port disappearing after every restart

Since 1903 update both windows 10 and windows server are facing the issue that we can add a Local port but it disappears after every restart. The port apparently exists in registry but does not shows ...
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How to print from Windows 10 to a USB printer connected to a LinkStation NAS

I have a Buffalo LinkStation LS210D NAS connected to my router which serves several Windows-10 PCs on my home network. The manual for this LinkStation model advertises the ability to make a printer ...
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Printer Goes Offline After ~3.5 Hours

I have a client with two Epson wide format printers. One of them is older, an SC P5000, and it works perfectly. Nothing weird there. They got a new printer, an SC P9000 a while back. Ever since, it ...
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Best way to add a printer to a computer

We have an HP desk jet (HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3835 All-in-One Printer) , and it is connected using wifi on our home router/modem network. However, I'm not sure if the computers of the other people ...
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Windows won't recognize network printer

So this has been driving me crazy. I've set up a shared printer via Samba on Ubuntu using this very helpful guide. Everyone using a Mac can connect and print perfectly. Windows on the other hand will ...
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A home networking disaster

I am trying to set up home networking, between a PC with Windows (has only wired LAN), a laptop with Linux (has Wifi and Wired LAN) and a printer (I want to use the printer only using wired LAN), but ...
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Adding a network laser jet via ipp to a windows workstation

My company has an HP Color LaserJet MFP E77822 on the network. Not attached to a print server or anything. Just on the network. And I can add it to my Windows workstation just fine via the "add ...
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'Destination Host Unreachable' when pinging a printer from some hosts on local network

Problem I have a Brother MFC-2700DW on my LAN I'm trying to access from a variety of devices. I've assigned a static hostname (ohbrother) and IP (192.168.2.135) for it in my OpenWRT router. What's ...
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Windows 7, Printer is unavailable until PC reboot

We are having a problem that I haven't seen before and can find no answers to online. A desktop running Windows 7 is unable to print using network printers. When the user tries, no matter what ...

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