printerwindows 7
I am running Windows 7/64-bit (Ultimate). I recently replaced my printer. For some reason, I cannot remove the printer from Windows.
I have gone to Start | Devices and Printers, right-clicked on the printer and chosen "remove device".
Everything appears seems to work — I get a UAC elevation prompt, and the printer disappears from the console, but the next time I open "Devices and Printers", it'll be back. Any ideas?
You have established that your printer is online, and can be connected to across the network and a web-browser. That's excellent.
The next step is making sure your Windows device for this printer is configured properly.
What you need to do is open the "Printer Properties" dialog for the printer in question (Start --> Devices and Printers --> right-click on printer, choose "Printer Properties")
Then, choose the Ports tab, and make sure that the port with the checkmark next to it, correctly represents the network address that your printer is at.
Rebooting and restarting your computer, printer and/or print-spooler, or upgrading the printer memory should not affect this setting (and if they do, I would start to question whether your printer was set to use DHCP, or had other even more arcane problems).
In case your network is using DHCP for printers, then it may make sense to set the port for your Windows 7 printer to a DNS name instead of an address, so that if/when it changes in the future, your computer will be able to resolve the name to an address.
Insert the cable USB-to-Parallel-IEEE-1284 into a USB2.0 port. Keep in mind that USB 3.0 ports will not work. This is the scenario we have now:
Double click on EPSONTM-P2.01 (or whatever you have on your machine) > Change settings (with Administration privileges) > Driver > Update Driver > Browse my Computer for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer > Printers > Generic > generic / Text Only
Of course, feel free to pick up the right driver if you see it.
It's a kind of magic: now the not-recognized USB Printing Support has become a printer. Test it and everything should be fine.
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Also, is the printer installed on another account and set as the default printer? Perhaps the administrator account, that may cause it to reappear in your account.