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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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PowerShell script to re-install printer, set to default if it was default
We have a printer at work that is giving us problems. We have tried a few different solutions but when a user goes to print to this printer Windows 7 will sometimes display something like:
Windows ...
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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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Sharp MX-4101N MFP for 64-bit
I am having absolutely no luck getting the Sharp MX-4101N network printer drivers to work on 64-bit operating systems (Windows 7 and Windows 8). I had already installed some Windows 7 32-bit ...
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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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IPP Printing from Windows 7 Ultimate
I have network IPP working on Ubuntu and Windows XP. On my Windows 7 instance, it refuses to acknowledge the remote server connection. Can anyone suggest how to configure this correctly?
My install ...
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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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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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How to rename network printer on Windows 7?
This question is similar to How do you rename a printer device in Windows 7 64 bit, except the answers there do not work, and I'll provide more information.
This is a home network, not a domain. I ...
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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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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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Windows 7 file and printer sharing doesnt work for me
Until a few days ago I hadn't had any problems, but now I can't use file and printer sharing in Windows 7 but everyone else on the network can.
It is possible I installed some program that made a ...
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How to backup printers driver?
As a network administrator I sometimes have to do a clean windows install on a system and I want to know if there is a way to backup up printers driver that were installed in on old version of windows ...
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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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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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