There are three ways to get the latest driver: Use Windows Update. Windows Update might have an updated version of your printer driver. To update your drivers using Windows Update follow these steps: Press and hold (or right-click) the Start button, then select Device Manager. Way 2: Use Windows Update for new drivers. Please refer to steps below how to use Windows Update in Windows 10 to update drivers. Click Start menu and click Settings. In Settings window, click Update & security. In UPDATE & SECURITY, click Windows Update in left pane.
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Windows 10 is a pretty solid operating system, especailly when many of us upgraded to it for free during the first year. But of course, nothing is perfect.One common problem with such upgrades, however, is printer support. Windows 10 should have warned you if it wasn’t going to support your printer before you installed it, but even supported models may not work smoothly after an upgrade. New operating systems don’t always include drivers for old printers and manufacturers don’t always provide updated drivers in a timely fashion. Step 1: Open the Printers control panelThe first step in troubleshooting a printer problem is to use Windows 10’s own troubleshooting tools. Search for printers in the Windows 10 Search box and select Devices and Printers from the list of results. This will open the Devices and Printers Control Panel pane.Step 2: Troubleshoot a connected printerLook in the window for your printer — it might be listed under Printers or Unspecified, If it’s there, right-click it and choose Troubleshoot from the menu that appears.
Follow the on-screen instructions for troubleshooting the printer, but be prepared for this to not work — it won’t always.Step 3: Check if your printer is installedIf Windows 10 troubleshooting doesn’t work, or if hasn’t detected your printer, the next step is to check whether or not it’s been installed. Click Start and go to Settings - Devices - Printers & scanners.If you don’t see your printer listed in the main window, click the Add a printer or scanner option and wait while Windows tries to detect your printer — make sure it’s connected to your PC and switched on.Step 4: Tell Windows 10 to search for an older printerIf your printer is detected, just follow any on-screen instructions to install it — Windows will download and install any necessary drivers automatically. If it isn’t listed, click the The printer I that I want isn’t listed option.You’ll then see five different options, four of which are four adding a printer that’s shared over a network. If you need to do this, we’ll assume you know how to continue from this point, since setting up network sharing in the first place is the trickiest part of this process.So instead we’ll focus on adding a ‘local’ printer — one that’s directly connected to the computer you’re using. Select the first My printer is a little older. Help me find it.
Option and click Next. Windows 10 will search your PC again for connected printers and, hopefully, detect yours and install it.Step 5: Install the printer manuallyIf you still have no success, you’ll need to install the printer manually and you’ll need the appropriate driver for this. Here are some links to driver download pages for most common makes of printer:.Printer drivers tend to be an.exe file. To install the driver, just download and run the file.Step 6: Try the Windows 8 driverNot all manufacturers will offer a Windows 10 driver for a particular printer, either because they don’t have one yet or because they’ve dropped support for it in this new version of Windows. In either case, try the Windows 8 driver instead — you should find it at the same links give in Step 5.
Step 7: Try the last resort — remove Windows 10If you’ve reached this far and still don’t have a working printer, the chances are that your printer has reached the end of its useful life — with Windows 10, anyway. There’s not much you can do about this, other than contact the manufacturer to plead for a driver update and search user forums to see if anyone else has found a fix — use search terms like windows 10 driver problem to find a solution.If you can’t upgrade your printer and you need to print something, however, your only immediate solution is to uninstall Windows 10 (if you can) and revert to whatever version you were using previously. Having other problems with Windows 10? If you are looking for a printer for your computer, decide first what type suits you best. Inkjet printer: Inkjets are fairly cheap and suitable for printing documents and photos. Laser printer: A good choice for a home office or small business, laser printers are a bit pricier and often bigger, but faster and work out cheaper than an inkjet over time. Photo printer: If you are an avid photographer, a dedicated photo printer is worth considering.
Many let you print directly from memory cards or wirelessly from a camera or phone over wi-fi. All-in-one printer: A multifunction printer will scan (and sometimes fax), as well as printing.Thanks to Acer for the loan of the.
RECOMMENDED:Windows 10 had been in pre-release or testing phase for a very long time before Microsoft finally released it to the world on 29 th of July. Despite being in the pre-release phase for close to ten months, the final version of Windows 10 is not free from issues.While most users are happy with the upgrade, a small section of users have been experiencing issues with hardware and drivers.Many users are reporting issues with the printer after upgrading to Windows 10. Some users say that Windows 10 is unable to detect their printers, and while some of them are having issues while printing on a Windows 10 PC.If you’re also having issues with the printer, you can try out the following methods to sort out printer problems. Before trying any of the given below methods, please make sure that the printer is properly connected to your Windows 10 PC and is switched on.Method 1 Run the official printer troubleshooterMicrosoft is aware that some Windows 10 users are having issues with printers. In order to help them, Microsoft has released a troubleshooter to detect and automatically fix most issues related to printers.Click to download Windows 10 printer troubleshooter from Microsoft servers.
After downloading it, double-click on the file to run it, select Printer from the list and then click Next button to begin the troubleshooting. It checks for:# Print spooler service errors# Printer driver update# Printer connectivity issues# Errors from printer driver# Printers that are not shared with the HomeGroup# Printer queueThe troubleshooter also checks the toner cartridge and paper jam before trying to fix the issue. As said before, this troubleshooter takes care of most of the issues, but if you’re unable to fix try out the instructions in Method 2.Method 2 Reinstall or update drivers to resolve printer errorsIf your printer is not being detected by Windows 10, it’s likely because of outdated or corrupt driver.
To fix the issue, we recommend you manually uninstall the driver and then install the latest version of the driver. And please download the driver only from the manufacturer’s website.If you’re sure that the installed printer driver is up to date, we recommend you cross check the latest available version of the driver with the one installed on your Windows 10 PC. To know the driver version, go through our guide.The uninstall the driver, open Programs and Features applet of Control Panel, right-click on the driver, and then click Uninstall button.Method 3 Reinstall the deviceIf the printer is already installed, try removing the printer and then connect/install again (see ). To remove the printer, type Devices and printers in Start menu search box, press enter to open Devices and Printers window, right-click on your printer, click Remove device and then follow on-screen instructions.Once removed, disconnect the printer and then connect it again.If none of the above mentioned solutions work, we advise you have a chat with Microsoft support team (free) using the built-in Contact Support app to get your printer’s issue fixed with ease.