Unable to access shared printer windows 7

That's actually how I fixed another issue we were having with different printers. Didn't even think to try it for this one as well. I'll try it later today and then report back. That solution worked for this issue as well, G. We had this issue here with a Cannon Color Printer, and instead of pushing out the driver, we made a registry tweak on the print server to make Windows see it as a Packaged driver.

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Popular Topics in Windows Spiceworks Help Desk. Skip to main content. Find threads, tags, and users From in Windows, when trying to connect to the printer, you get this: From within our software, the error that is returned is "Could not Spool Print Job".

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Comment Show 0. Related Questions. I can open one of these to see what is printing but two give me the same error as I get when trying to install the printer of same name that is located on my home network. I get the idea that my computer is using that driver or whatever we may call it to connect to the network printer but since its contaminated it fails.

It only shows printers that you installed at some point but that device is currently not connected. Once connected those are no longer hidden. My laptop immediately recognized the new shared printer and loaded the driver.

I didn't have to touch a thing. In an attempt to remove the old conflicting driver of same name, I removed the laptop from the network and then rejoined. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hello Kenneth, Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

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