J G
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I remember (many years ago) that when installing a [Shared] printer, there was an option to "Copy driver to local PC" - the wording is an ill remembered guess but you will no doubt understand what is meant.
My current problem is that on a new Win 11 PC I can install a shared printer by this option does not appear. You may well ask "Why not just let Windows install the driver automatically"? - - - - When I first connected the printer - an OKI Dot Matrix - windows did indeed install a driver. The problem arose when trying to print a few words from a NotePad document it pondered for some time and eventually output a few lines of ">U L/F L/F". When I then installed the printer as a device shared from another PC, it did print correctly.
I'd appreciate any pointers that might resolve this issue.
My current problem is that on a new Win 11 PC I can install a shared printer by this option does not appear. You may well ask "Why not just let Windows install the driver automatically"? - - - - When I first connected the printer - an OKI Dot Matrix - windows did indeed install a driver. The problem arose when trying to print a few words from a NotePad document it pondered for some time and eventually output a few lines of ">U L/F L/F". When I then installed the printer as a device shared from another PC, it did print correctly.
I'd appreciate any pointers that might resolve this issue.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 11 - 23H2 (22631.3007)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte A520M S2H AM4 MicroATX
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Iiyama ProLite E1980D-B1 x 2
- Hard Drives
- ADATA 256GB XPG SX6000 PRO M.2 SSD
WD Blue WD10EZEX Hard drive - 1 TB
- PSU
- Be Quiet! 450W PSU