Questions tagged [printer]
A printer is a device used for printing text and/or graphics from the computer.
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Uneven color noise on prints from Epson ET-8550
The prints on my ET-8550 have noise regardless of the printing quality i choose. I tried various quality settings, but the basic issue remains and seems to be related to uneven transport.
I've made ...
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How to print directly in CMYK with a HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M176n printer?
I have an HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M176n printer. I replaced the black toner with a white toner cartridge in order to be able to print white on black paper.
Printing in grayscale seems to work okay, ...
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How to print from Surface Snapdragon to printer without ARM compatible driver
I have a new Surface Pro 11 Snapdragon running Windows 11 Home (24H2). I would like to print on my Brother MFC-J4620DW printer, but Brother does not supply any printer drivers that work on ARM for ...
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How can I fix a printer stall issue on my Lexmark X9350?
I've had my Lexmark x9350 printer for some time now. About eight months ago, I encountered an error message saying there was a paper jam. The printer has stopped working, and I can't seem to resolve ...
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How to change the Printer Model in Device Options within the Printer Properties via Registry
I am trying to change the printer model displayed in the Device Options section of the Printer Properties for various drivers.
I’ve already tried PowerShell modules such as PrinterConfiguration, ...
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Brother iprint&scan issues
I have a Brother MFC-L2750DW connected via WiFi to a Windows 10 computer.
The iPrint&Scan utility always showed my printer as offline, even though I could print and scan most of the times.
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Brother printers print random characters and change the size of the printed pages
We have the following printers: 3x Brother MFC-L5750DW and 2x Brother HL-L6250DN. About three weeks ago, we started experiencing some issues with printing.
All of these Brother printers are having ...
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How to change the USERID of a Fuji Xerox printer using Macos Terminal?
How do I change the USERID of a Fuji Xerox printer using the Macos Terminal? Not through a graphical interface, any ideas?thanks~
Change FujiXerox printer-Printer Options-Job Accounting using the ...
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Why has my HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 printer disappeared in Kubuntu?
I have been running an HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 for years in Kubuntu (now 24.04). Suddenly, something is wrong with the CUPS package: I can only find driverless entries!
Following CUPS package reinstall ...
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How to print from an iPad to HP8600 Officejet Pro without using Wi-Fi?
I have an HP 8600 OfficeJet Pro, an iPad and a Dell desktop. I can't print from the iPad using Bluetooth.
If I connect the printer to the desktop with a USB cable, could I then print from the iPad ...
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CA Certificate for HP printer
While setting up newly purchased printer HP Laserjet Pro M479dw, I got an issue with the scan to mail option. Unlike the older model, this one requires a CA certificate to operate the scan to mail ...
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one printer two wifi extender and wired network
I have a 1970's bungalow with cinder block walls. My ISP supplied a wireless router but due to the nature of construction and length of house, it only reaches the room it is in, the room behind it and ...
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Accessing a printer from another site (on another network)
My (small) company has two sites that have different networks, let's call them Main Site and Satellite Site. To access the company's main network at the Main Site, a user at the Satellite connects ...
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Postscript Timeout?
I have an Okidata C530dn laser printer, about 12 years old. I used it for years over my (wired) network from Windows, Mac, and Linux with very few problems.
While trying to work out some wireless ...
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How to trigger the "Refresh" printer entry in Windows Explorer via CLI
I want to trigger the "Refresh"-entry in the shell:printersfolder in Windows Explorer using the CLI (CMD or Powershell). Is there a way?
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Why am I getting a "Following unit is out of order." error (SC 990-00) on a Ricoh Aficio MP 4002 SP?
Why am I getting a "Following unit is out of order." error (SC 990-00) on a Ricoh Aficio MP 4002 SP?
I've been facing this issue for 4 months so far, I get this error randomly every 1 to 2 ...
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Problems changing the paper size in printer driver settings
I am loosing my mind over a simple problem. I want to print a word document on photo paper as I organise my notes in a Zettelkasten. But somewhere in the chain, the paper size seems to be wrong, the ...
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How to work with three different laptops to print to two different printers? [closed]
My organisation runs events with lots of last minute and mid-event printing needed. We use a standard back and white laser for bulk prints/copying and a colour printer for printing credentials.
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Network printer not working, address (null) when trying to use it with Fedora 40 workstation
I have an EPSON WorkForce PRO WF-6590 printer. It says it can print over the network but, sadly, I'm unable to make it work.
I have a Fedora 40 Workstation (GNOME 46.4) and when I start my session I ...
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ipp printer does not print on linux (good on windows)
The Problem:
I cannot print anything with my ipp printer on linux, including test page.
I didn't find anything obviously wrong in Ubuntu Settings.
When I tried to print something, I could see that ...
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What are the benefits to attaching a router to our T-Mobile gateway?
We are evaluating a T-Mobile gateway device, which according to my son, "is a glorified hotspot".
Our previous internet is a Cox provided modem/router.
My Epson WorkForce Pro printer wants ...
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Windows Server 2019 Print to PDF printer missing, can't re-install it - Error - Element not found
Microsoft print to PDF went missing
Operating system: Windows Server 2019
Tried re-adding print to pdf printer:
Add printer -> File -> Microsoft Print To PDF
However, I keep getting an error:
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Samsung C4060FX Issues
I purchased a Samsung printer and have suffered some really bad heat and the Fuser went. I bought a replacement fuser and installed it but the paper stops after feeding into the fuser causing a paper ...
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Canon MP560 seemingly “skipping” print lines
I’m desperately trying to revive my MP560- & I’ve done everything I can think of or find to resolve it! I’ve deep cleaned the head and even took it out to manually do so, made sure there were air ...
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Mint 21.3 did anyone installed Canon LBP2900 on this version
Seems that there's no one with this kind of hardware using Mint Cinamon 21.3.
Searched intensively threw the whole internet but, no luck.
There's a lot of examples with Ubuntu versions but, it simply ...
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Adobe Acrobat print booklet - prints blank pages on each left side
I'm trying to print a pdf as a booklet. The PDF is 61 A4 pages with images and text. When I print and select Booklet, it prints with a blank page on each left side. I googled and read the page count ...
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Error E-11 Ink pad change on Epson XP-325
E-11 error or ink pad must be replaced. The used stamp pad must be
replaced and the associated software counter initialized.
It may be possible to blot the ink pad with cotton buds, but to do
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Removing a DLL on startup
On Windows 10 startup, this RunDLL error message occurs:
"There was a problem starting C:\Program Files\HP\HP Deskjet 3540 series\bin\HPStatusBL.dll. The specified module could not be found.&...
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Microsoft Word scales up the header image when printing for unknown reason
I've got a coworker finds when he prints on company letterhead, the header image is scaled up about 20% and is cut off on the right by the page margin and on the bottom by the main text of the ...
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How to change "Original size" of paper in printer using Powershell
Good day!
The standard paper for our users is A4. However, after printer installation, the "Original size" always defaulted to A3 or Letter. Even after trying to save printing preferences ...
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IPP printer page size not available in Windows
I am working for a printer manufacturer and adding IPP support to our small form factor printers which print on 57mm paper roll. The printer works when connected to Linux, but when connected to ...
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.SPL and .SHD stuck in Spools folder
The only workaround I have been able to come up with is making a copy of the same .SPL file and pasting it back into the Spools folder. After that it processes. This is a virtual printer. The print ...
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How can I configure a WIFI-connected printer in a VM on a NAT connection?
I am running a Windows 10 VM in Qemu, using Virt-Manager. The network connection of the VM is NAT.
The host is MX Linux (based on Debian Bookworm).
I have a Brother MFC-L2710DW printer that is ...
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Storing CUPS printer config in home directory
Is there a way to configure CUPS to store printers.conf in a user's home directory instead of the global /etc/cups/printers.conf? Basically, I'm wanting to allow per-user configuration of local ...
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CUPS refuses to print with "Unauthorized"
Connected Brother driverless printer to Debian 12 machine. Attempting to print results in "lp: Unauthorized". CUPS can print a test page successfully.
Checked OpenSuse CUPS Problem, but ...
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Epson cartridges stuck to the far left side
I have a printer EPSON XP-235 using it with a Kubuntu.
The printer cartridges are stuck in the far left side. I have restarted the printer, unplugged it and pressed all buttons but the cartridges don'...
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My Hp officejet5740 is using the fax entrance to copy a document
For an unknow reason my HP officejet5740 no longer wants to make photocopies using the scan light. Instead, it tries to use the scan input to make photocopies, but it fails every time.
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Is this OEM section in an .inf driver file a bug?
I can't seem to find the driver name. Instead of specifying the name, this .inf seems to specify;
[Manufacturer]
%OEM%=OEM,NTx86,NTamd64
[OEM.NTx86]
%PRINTER1%=INSTALL_SECTION,USBPRINT\...
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HP Laserjet M283fdw stopped talking to Windows/HP Smart
I have an HP LaserJet MFP283fdw with non-HP toner. I turned off automatic firmware updates a long time ago to make sure HP couldn't stop me using non-HP toner.
But recently my Windows 10 PC has ...
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How to disable KDE Plasma automatically finding printers?
I'm using KDE Plasma 5.27 with Debian-12.
Everytime I turn on my printer, KDE always add a printer config in its printer list with a strange name, even though I have manually added a config for this ...
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How to print to 3 network printers in LAN from a remote WAN network?
On my LAN I have 3 network printers. 2 printers are connected via StarTech.com PM1115U2 Print servers and 1 printer is directly connected to the LAN as it is a network printer.
All printers are ...
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Resend the last print command in Windows
I use a Windows program to print a sheet via a printer using a button. I want to print two or more copies of this sheet, but the button only works once per time period. How can I resend the last print ...
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Epson XP-6100 inkjet printer ignoring first sheet every time
I'm printing some photographs, individually, on A4 glossy paper.
Due to my experience with this printing device, I have to ensure there are two sheets of paper in the tray, as every single time I ...
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What drivers do I need to install for an Epson in Kubuntu?
I have an Epson XP-235 and I want to use it with a Kubuntu 22.04
I tried to find the drivers and from the Epson FAQ I found the following page:
https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/
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How can I sniff a USB connection between a PC and a Thermal printer?
I need to develop a hardware and software solution to intercept the communications between a PC - Thermal receipt printer. The protocol between these two is USB, but i don't have any idea of where to ...
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Intermittent false 'paper jam' message on HP5540 series 'Envy' printer
I have an HP Envy 5540 series printer. It has started complaining of 'paper jam' when I send it printouts, but there is no jam. When I confirm that I have cleared the 'jam' (I have in fact done ...
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Printer is printing green where it should be black
My HP Envy 4520 printer (model F0V69A) is printing green where it should be black.
What it prints as:
What it should look like:
Ink levels are good, pictured below.
What can I do to diagnose/repair?
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Brother HL-L2325DW Printer on Arch Linux Will Not Print, Despite Showing That the Job Has Completed
As the title says, I cannot get my printer (A Brother HL-L2325DW) to print. It beeps at me a few times once it receives my print job, and CUPS states that the print job is complete, but beyond the few ...
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Emulate a network printer as a USB printer?
I have a very niche problem where I need to set up a network printer for use with an application which only accepts USB printer connections. Is there any way to fool this application that our network ...
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HP Designjet 130, blank front panel, yellow led flashes, no communication with HP System Maintenance Tool
I replaced the electronics module in my HP Designjet 130 (because the existing one was broken).
I took the electronics module from another working printer I had (HP Designjet 130nr).
The electronics ...
