Downloaded driver but printer doesnt show up

Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 8. Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 8. Sign in to vote. Monday, January 21, PM. The method that worked for me was: Remove the printer in Control Panel Shutdown the printer Reboot Download the driver from HP Install the driver but when the driver selection came up select Windows Update Selected the printer from the list of all printers Power up printer Pretty weird way but in my first attempt I installed the driver as it was and that caused a worse situation than before printer cpu crashed when printing.

Tuesday, January 22, PM. Consult vendors support and Microsoft compatibility llist. More Less. Reply I have this question too 3 I have this question too Me too 3 Me too. All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. User profile for user: greg sahli greg sahli. Different router? Give us some detail just to be sure. Have you tried powering down the router for 10 secs and then back up? Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post.

Nov 17, PM in response to greg sahli In response to greg sahli I hadn't powered down the switch not a simple router as it was working just fine for all the other devices and Macs that flow through it. As an experiment, I've just done so. Unfortunately, I can't test to see if it has made any difference, as I still cannot see the printer driver in the Add Printer dialog box, so I cannot add my Epson to the printer list to even see if there continues to be a communications error.

Epson StylusPro just stopped communicating Fax is not supported on ARM devices. Under Optional Features , select Add Feature. Type Turn Windows features on or off on your taskbar and select the Control panel setting. If the check box is already checked, uncheck it and select okay. You can check by following the steps below:. Navigate to Windows Update in the navigation panel on the left of the window. Select the checkbox next to the driver that is associated with the device you are attempting to install.

If you recently upgraded from an earlier version of Windows, your printer driver might work with the previous version but might not work well or at all with Windows On the right, under Related Settings , select Print server properties. On the Drivers tab, see if your printer listed.

In the Printer Driver Selection dialog box, on the left, select your printer manufacturer, on the right, select your printer driver, select Next , select Finish , and follow the instructions to add your driver. Windows 11 Windows 10 More After the Windows setup was completed, it had a few unknown devices.

No combination of scanning for new hardware or restarting the computer caused it to be listed in device manager. The link lights on the integrated network card were still on, indicating it was getting power.

I ran through the driver setup file a few times to no avail and received an error saying the driver was already installed.