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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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