Use printer offline windows 8

The Win8. However, the printer that's connected via the wifi bridge frequently appears offline. When the print command is sent, a Windows 8.

Sometimes it suddenly starts printing after a few seconds delay. Other times the job is stuck in the local queue, with the status showing "Printing". I've also tried using the Epson software to install the printer - it makes no difference.

So my situation is a bit different as there's no Windows server, and the computers are not on a domain. Same issue here - even after the update. We have a Windows print server and are running Windows 8 and 8. I have a similar problem. I have 2 x new a couple of weeks old HP 23" touch screens, one running Windows 8 and one just updated to Windows 8.

I can not get it to work on the Windows 8. When I install the printer it says it's installed but it doesn't print and Control Panel reports error on the printer.

I have loaded all the latest Windows updates, machine is set to auto update as well. I have removed fast boot and I have stopped the spooler and started it again but no fix. I want Windows 8. I prefer 8. Any ideas on how I can fix this print problem? Maybe I have accident al ly changed something in 8. Any assistance would be good. Thanks in advance. After we have installed this hotfix anything change, i will try to reopen the case at Microsoft support or open a new case Is not acceptable, Microsoft release this patch after 6 months and don't it work?!

I've had the same issues with a surface pro on an HP wireless printer Also unticked the turn on fast start up button which now only works if I print, then restart computer. After the computer restarts which I have to do every time I print is when the printing will happen. You are hitting a networking issue regarding the HP device. I'll assume you are attached to the device using WSD network transport. It got disabled when you joined a public network and does not get reset properly.

I think there is a hotfix at some point but since it's in networking it's off my radar and outside my normal search filters. We have applied an alternative solution : uncheck Under "gpedit.

But it's not a professional solution and that create another problem, the system take more time for start up, if we use the sleep mode we must reboot the system for resolve it Since november , Microsoft take a lot of week for release a fix; and a lot of customers test this fix but didn't solve this issue. Since May we don't have any answer from Microsoft, isn't acceptable I can't contact the correct team any longer.

Microsoft laid me off. I'm not sure why you are still experiencing the issue, the fix addressed the issue we had at Microsoft remote locations. I was never sure why the people on the primary Microsoft campus never encountered this problem. Alan, if here's a lot of people with the same problem, that means that the problem itself exists I have only 4 pc's with windows 8. You answer isn't acceptable for professionnal users Are you an employee of Microsoft Corporation?? After a re-format of my laptop, I have again the problem.

I've tried all the troubleshooting in this forum, and something worked, but don't know what The format cause the problem retrurns itself. Again, the only way to use the "offline" printers is to restart spool service via batch runnng it as administrator. I leave here the code for who need it. I have a client with one Windows 8. I am posting my original question that I posted to MS here. The tech at MS wanted me to install hotfixes that did not pertain to the system and would not install.

If you have any suggestions please let me know. A client has a Windows 8. There are two network printers one is a shared printer on the network with an IP address and the other is a shared printer from another computer that will change their ports to Remote Printer Ports once a week and I have to remove them and re-add them.

The printer that is connected locally on one of the other desktops that is shared shows up as a virtual USB port on the Windows 8. The network printer with it's own IP address shows with the proper IP address when working properly. When they both go off-line their ports both show as Remote Printer Ports. For the printer that is physically connected to another desktop and shared it shows as USB for the port and the one with it's own IP on the network shows as Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro?

Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Hi, we have a problem with our print environment HP and Ricoh printers. Wednesday, November 6, AM. Thanks everyone for your patience on getting this fixed. Tuesday, May 13, PM. Hi, Thanks for posting in the forum. Thursday, November 7, AM. Hi Andi, thanks for the reply. Tuesday, November 12, AM.

Hi, Any update? Wednesday, November 13, AM. Hi Andy, your suggestions were helpful, but the issue is not resolved. Friday, November 22, AM. Within seconds, all jobs in the queue will start printing. Thursday, February 13, PM. But a real fix to the problem is needed Tuesday, February 25, PM. Thanks for this work around. Someone is looking at this. You are correct a real fix is needed. Alan Morris Windows Printing Team. Wednesday, February 26, PM.

Does disabling Network Discovery on Domain networks help on the mobile clients? To be continued Thursday, February 27, AM. I also have an 8. If I restart the print spooler service, that seems to help. The printers are not actually offline, but they are shared from the server, not set up as local printers. Thursday, February 27, PM. So i open a case Microsoft Support : Titre de l'incident : Win 8 and 8. Friday, February 28, AM. Friday, February 28, PM.

I have tried many of the suggestions in this thread and others and nothing seems to deliver a fix. I have clients that experience it on P2P too. It seems like one user had a fix and that was disabling the network card and then re-enabling it. That works for about hours and then the printer s are unavailable even though they can be reached by IP address. I only have some additional observations to add. Monday, March 3, AM.

Hi, we have the same issuers in our environment. Hi, Alan Morris? I'm seriously considering scheduling an admin task to restart the print spooler service on Windows 8 devices. I'm going to experiment on one laptop first, but can you recommend a way to roll this out by group policy, so that when the real solution is presented I can remove it by group policy?

Monday, March 3, PM. That's me. Hi all, I met the similar issue with yours days ago, and I was able to fix the issue by d isabling fast Startup option in Windows 8. Tuesday, March 4, AM.

I do assume that a "real" solution is forthcoming? I hope? Tuesday, March 4, PM. I have found the same issue as well, sorry I can't contribute anything useful to this discussion, but I would like Microsoft to investigate this issue ASAP as it intermittently affects all 8. How can we escalate this issue?

Thursday, March 6, AM. Edited by smaunsell Thursday, March 6, AM. Hi there, We have the exact same issue - fully patched up to date drivers in all cases. Cheers Chris. Alan Morris We're also experiencing this same issue: Windows 8. Friday, March 7, PM. Hello, disabling the snmp status on the server WR2 for the printers seems to solve the problem. I'll be back in a few days to tell you more. Monday, March 10, AM. Monday, March 10, PM.

We are also having the same issue. We have a serverr2 printer server hosting a range of HP printers We have updated the printer drivers and tried the HP universal driver but the issue remains.

Tuesday, March 11, PM. Printers are added via a mix of GPO and manual additions. Ok I'm back as promised. Forget about removing SNMP status on port, it is not enough. The local spooler displays a "running" status.

Next I started the laptop again from a cold start and all printers are online again :- Our users are becoming angry and they don't want to believe us any more. Wednesday, March 12, AM. I inform you for the following Wednesday, March 12, PM. Ask the support person you are working with to contact me. Alan Morris. Addition: a cursory Google search reveals how big the problem is. Edited by csomole Thursday, March 13, AM.

Thursday, March 13, AM. We are having the same issue. Very frustrating! Need a fix asap. Thursday, March 13, PM. We're also having the same issues. WS R2 print server, Win 8. Friday, March 14, AM. Sunday, March 16, PM. Monday, March 17, AM.

Monday, March 17, PM. Tuesday, March 18, AM. Our print server is R2 with about 25 printers. Each of these printers have a DHCP assigned address. None of our desktop windows 8. Printers are added by users using a vbs script. This is our setup, hope it helps :. Tuesday, March 18, PM. This includes staff who are local admin and students that are not local admin. Wednesday, March 19, AM.

I don't know if this will help Alan, but this is what I have found to date. Thursday, March 20, AM. Update from Microsoft support : Tittle of the case : Win 8 and 8. Waiting you can do this action alternative solution before will the patch is release : Pushed out a group policy or gpedit.

Thursday, March 20, PM. Hi everyone, we also opened a case with Microsoft and received a bunch of solutions to apply in no particular order. Monday, March 31, AM. Monday, March 31, PM. Also having the same issue on Surface Pro 2, on a domain, connected to network printers deployed via GPO. Restarting the Spooler Service has been the only working solution this far. I will try disabling fast start-up until a fix is available, hopefully soon! Tuesday, April 1, AM.

Fortunately only users out of are equipped with Windows 8. Tuesday, April 1, PM. MobiSerge: Thank you for the pointer to the post in Answers. I'll update as I know more. Wednesday, April 2, PM.

I am also having this issue. Try 1 month free. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. In the case of a network printer, ensure that the ethernet cable is connected. If you have a wireless printer, be sure of the availability of an internet connection and its connectivity to the router.

Therefore, when the printer says offline, follow these steps to check and turn off the offline mode. Windows comes with an in-built troubleshooter for common problems with hardware, including the printer. Below is how to run it to fix the offline printer. But we do not recommend any of these ways. Quick Driver Updater updates all the out-of-date drivers with just a single click of the mouse.

Moreover, it also offers multiple advantages, such as a tool to backup and restore the existing drivers, and increase the download speed of drivers, etc. As described in the detailed review of Quick Driver Updater, we are impressed with its features and benefits.

You can go through the review post to know about it in its entirety. However, for error-free printing and smooth computer performance, we think it is best to update all the drivers. Your printer says offline most of the time because the Windows Print Spooler service is not working correctly or is inactive. Below is how to make it run or restart it if it is already running to fix the issue. A network printer needs Windows Function Discovery services to work correctly.

If these services are not running, Windows fails to detect your printer.