Quick fix: Open Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners → Add device, click Add manually, choose Add a printer using an IP address or hostname, set Device type to IPP Device, enter the printer’s URL (e.g., ipp://192.168.1.50:631/ipp/print) — Windows uses the built-in IPP class driver, no vendor download needed. You don’t want … Read more
Quick fix: Open Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners → (your printer) → Printer properties → Device Settings tab and confirm Duplex Unit is set to Installed. Most printers ship with this set to Not Installed by default, which hides the duplex option from print dialogs. Your printer supports two-sided printing (duplex) … Read more
Quick fix: Open Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners, click the offline printer, choose Printer properties → Ports, and untick Enable bidirectional support — this stops Windows 11 from misreading the printer’s status reply and flipping the queue to Offline. You go to print a PDF, the dialog opens, and your printer … Read more
Quick fix: Stop the Print Spooler service, delete every file in C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS, then start the Print Spooler again — this clears the queue cleanly and avoids the “spooler restarted but jobs reappeared” problem. A stuck print job won’t cancel. The Print Spooler shows the document in the queue with status Deleting that never finishes. You … Read more
Quick fix: Install the manufacturer’s ICC profile for your printer + paper combination. Open Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners → [printer] → Printer properties → Color Management tab. Add the ICC profile, set as default for the printer. In Photoshop or your photo app, set Printer Manages Colors: No, Photoshop Manages … Read more
Quick fix: Open Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners → [your printer] → Printing preferences (not Printer properties). Set the default paper source to your preferred tray (e.g., Tray 2). Click Apply → OK. This changes the driver default; per-print overrides in apps still work. Your office printer has two trays: Tray … Read more
Quick fix: Open Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners → [printer] → Printer properties → Advanced tab → Printing Defaults button. Configure preferences here (not in Printing preferences). Printing Defaults persists across reboots and applies to all users on the PC. You set your printer to default to black-and-white, double-sided, tray 2. … Read more
Quick fix: Brother (and most Wi-Fi printers) get new IP addresses when the router reboots. Windows’s saved printer port still points to the old IP. Fix: set the printer to use a static IP on your router (DHCP reservation), or use the printer’s hostname instead of IP via DNS resolution. Your Brother Wi-Fi printer worked … Read more
Quick fix: Borderless printing requires the printer to support it and the right paper size selection. Open the document → File → Print → Printer Properties → Paper/Quality (or Layout) tab. Find Borderless or Edge-to-edge option and enable. Pick a paper size with (Borderless) suffix (e.g., 4×6 Borderless). You want to print a photo without … Read more
Quick fix: Windows Fax and Scan needs the scanner driver and the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service. Open services.msc, find Windows Image Acquisition (WIA), set Startup type to Automatic and Start. Then in Windows Fax and Scan, click New Scan → Change → pick scanner. If scanner doesn’t appear, install the manufacturer’s WIA driver. You … Read more