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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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"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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Windows 7 will not release ports until printer is uninstalled

I have Windows 7 installed on about 45 PCs, and about twice a week this happens to someone. The symptom people come to me with is that they suddenly cannot print to one of their printers. If it's ...
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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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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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Shared printer refuses to work on Windows 7, but works on Windows 8

I've spent hours trying to get a Oki C8600 printer working using Windows printer sharing. Let's call the three computers involved the following: WinXPserver - The Oki printer is connected to this ...
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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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Remote Desktop Printing

I use Remote Desktop with a VPN to my office. Sometimes I want to print documents created on the office machine to my remote location printer. The printer is a new Canon wireless unit. I checked 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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Vista printer persists in requiring password for Windows 7 computers

Windows Vista refuses to allow access to a printer from Windows 7. The Windows 7 laptops are in a domain and the Vista Home Premium machine is not. Its security settings are set to share without ...
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Driverless printer sharing on Windows

I have a printer hooked up to a computer running Windows XP. It prints fine from that computer, but I'd like to set up other computers (running Vista and 7) to print from it as well. I tried setting ...
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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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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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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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