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possible to manually copy printer driver from win 7 to win 10?

I have a venerable but still very serviceable HP6840 network printer, and my old 64 bit Windows 7 box has a driver for it and happily prints to it. However, my windows 10 laptop doesn't find a driver ...
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cannot print from the server computer when client isn't connected

I have two computers (km1 and km2) which are connected to each other and km1 is server. My printer is HP Laserjet 1020. Both systems have Windows 7 - 64 Bit. Whenever I connect printer to km2 which ...
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How to tell Windows 7 that my printer is not offline?

tl;dr Is there anything that I can do to "clean" network "path" to my printer or otherwise force my Windows 7 to recognize my printer as being on-line (which is true), while it claims that is off-line?...
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Print job owner info?

Print queue shows HomeGroupUser$ as owner instead of network computer name or user name of the said network computer. I'm looking to pause print jobs using the computer name; and then manually resume ...
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Default Printer keep changing in windows 7

I am facing a issue in windows 7 enterprise edition for default printer settings. The windows 7 machines are virtual machines and i connect it via remote desktop connection. I need the default printer ...
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Shared printer as local printer in Windows

I want to use a shared printer as local printer (because I have to find them with local service user that has visibility only to local printers) in a Windows 7 environment. Is there a solution to set ...
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How to reconfigure sharing printer to clients pc?

Sorry for bad english... I have a client who is sharing a printer from a pc (windows 8.1) and have other 3 pcs (windows 7) conected to that printer. I disconnected the printer to check it and then ...
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Switch between two identical network printers

I have two network printers from the same manufacturer and having the same model and driver. To avoid load on one printer, I divided my users into two Teams (Team A and Team B) Printer 1 with IP : ...
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How make users unable to add network printer via IP address?

-Windows domain environment: -Windows 7-10 machines. My network printers are connected to my print server. Print server then shares out printer with appropriate permissions. I want users to only ...
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adding local printer via creating standard TCP/IP port vs adding network printer

My question is that what is the difference between adding local printer by creating standard TCP/IP port wizard and adding network printer wizard under device and printers in control panel? It is ...
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What does Epson windows driver "Share Network User Settings" do?

What does the Epson windows driver Version Information >> Client Settings >> "Share Network User Settings" setting do? By context I would think this means page sizes & colour configurations etc. ...
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How to redirect LPT1 to PDF printer or OneNote printer

There is a very old foxpro DOS program, which print doc via LPT1 , now user want to have soft copy . So I shared the PDF printer and OneNote printer on my local machine, and tried to map LPT1 to them ...
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Making a shared printer the default throughout a domain

I have attached a printer to a network server that is always on and have shared it. Now, everyone can connect to it and print. The problem is, not every one knows the procedure of importing a shared ...
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Quick print to wrong printer. How to change?

I work with a user who's work flow includes opening an InfoPath 2013 form, making a change, print, and repeat. Ever since a new printer was installed InfoPath quick print still goes to the old printer ...
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lpd printer configuration in osx prints, but not when using windows. Why?

I'm using a really strange print server, from win-star, model WS-NU78W44, trying to share a HP LaserJet M1120 MPF. When I tried to use the print server's installer, on windows, it worked well, but now ...
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Print job error information on Windows 7?

When a print job goes to "error" status, is there any way to get more detailed information on what exactly went wrong?
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Suddenly can't print to network printer--except via telnet/browser connection to port 9100

I have a laptop running Windows 7 64-bit and an HP 7310 OfficeJet. I've been printing to this printer for years. It has a fixed IP address on my home network. The printer configuration on my computer ...
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Brand New HP Color LaserJet M452dn will not print out of box

I have a brand new Color LaserJet M452dn and I just plugged it in. Gave it a manual IP address. I can get to the homepage for the printer on the address. I can add the printer by IP address but when I ...
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Disable SNMP Status on all TCP/IP Printer Ports

On Windows 7 / 8[.1], you can configure printer and port information via the command line as the administrator, for example: cd /d %WINDIR%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US prnmngr -s computer-...
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Can Only Print When Local Admin

We have a user on our domain that just of over a week ago that printing stopped working to our network printers. All other people can print to these printers without issue and if someone else logs ...
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Windows 7 network printer to automatically print to a folder on the server

I manage a small cyber cafe at a library and we want printing support for all the clients on the public network. However, most of the equipment that we have access to doesn't allow any form of ...
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How to delete non-existing printers in Windows?

A few network printers have been removed from the print server and I wish to automatically remove them by a script (e.g. using objPrinter.delete_ in vbs) from any client still referencing them; ...
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"The specified printer has been deleted" message

Attempting to print or even view printer preferences has been throwing this error all afternoon and there's been no sign of any relevant troubleshooting solutions on a google search. Any ideas what ...
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Printer driver needs to be installed on every reboot

Currently I have a Dell 1815n MFP printer to which is connected to my network via ethernet and a router to which the rest of my computers are attached to as well. I can install the printer fine by ...
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Windows printer doesn't show up, how to remove driver

I have a networked windows printer that I first tried to install in windows 7 with a 64bit driver wich was wrong, now the printer always results in an error trying to install it 0x00000c1 more or less ...
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Add network printer as a local printer

I want to add a network printer as a shared printer. I am following the following instructions: Click Start > Devices and Printers. Click Add a Printer on the top. Select Add a local printer. Select ...
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Printer "Windows Update" - Why always so slow?

In every version of Windows I've tested, when you click the "Windows Update" button, before adding a printer, it is always so slow to complete updating. Even if you have top-notch hardware ...
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How to connect a USB only printer to router without USB port via a USB to ethernet adapter?

I have Cisco Linksys router which does not have a USB port and a USB to ethernet adapter; picture below. When I try to connect the printer to the router using the adapter the router does not shows the ...
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How do I view printers of other Windows user profiles?

As an admin, remote desktopped to a clients computer, how would I find out what their saved profile network printers are? Is this a registry entry I have to look for? Or is it saved in a specific ...
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Samsung printer successfully connected to wireless network but not pingable by client

I'd like to connect a printer to my wireless network which also serves three desktop client PCs. The only way to use the printer at the moment is to connect it directly to one of the clients via USB. ...
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