These programs might block the incoming connection to the shared printer.ĭisable VPN if configured on your system. When you are facing the Windows Scan and Fax not detecting scanner issue, you can run the Windows 10 built-in Hardware and Devices troubleshooter to diagnose and fix the exact issue.
If you are having a problem with network sharing printerĬheck the firewall and Antivirus/ network protection software.
GPO -> set "Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Device Installation\Prevent metadata retrieval" to enabled On the plus side, youll know you have the correct driver installed because this will not work if the wrong driver is on the printer. Preventing Windows from downloading the device Icon worked for me. The service codes alert the user when a normal service interval or consumable replacement is approaching or has been reached. What it looks like is one development group at Microsoft isn't talking to another one. The service codes are displayed on the control panel. You have to create the share manually because Microsoft will offer the description name with spaces.
Turn off SNMP and that problem is resolved.įor \\server\printershare I have found if you remove spaces from the share name, that will resolve those printers from showing offline sometime later. At some point it loses communication and thinks it went offline. The reason SNMP is turned off is because on TCP/IP enabled printers in Windows 8, the printer will show offline unless you delete and recreate To turn SNMP back on, on the printer, to see if it will then show up and if so, see what happens when I remove it. If all your devices still do not appear in File Explorer, make sure that they are connected properly to the network, and wherever applicable, check to make sure sharing and network discoverability.
You can still print to it from any app but you cannot select it as the default from Devices and Printers because it doesn't list. This applies to devices that are not running Windows 10 1803, or any version of Windows such as a network drive, or a Mac or Linux PC on the network. The only one that is NOT listed is one setup as a TCP/IP printer and that is because SNMP was turned off, is my guess. Simply click the printer you want to connect to, then click 'Add device. Restarting the print spooler, disabling/re-enablingīluetooth Support, restarting Devices and Printers, right-clicking and clicking refresh, pressing F5 for a refresh, logging out and logging back in, restarting the computer ALL have no effect but changing the view, does. I could then change it back to detail and they would still be listed. I changed it to large icons and the printers showed up. However, to get it to show up, change the view to some other view. It's also listed under Device Manager as a print queue. When you choose to print in an app, it's listed. If you tell it, it's not in the list and set it up manually using \\server\printshare then it may or may not show up. If it's in the list when you want to add a printer and select it, it will show up.
I found this depends on how you setup the printer.