Your Windows 11 printer shows as offline, status is missing, or jobs disappear from the queue. This often happens when the printer port type changes from Web Services for Devices (WSD) to TCP/IP without your input. Windows 11 may switch the port during driver updates, network changes, or power cycles on the printer. This article … Read more
You have an AirPrint printer on your network, but your Windows 11 computer does not see it when you try to add a printer. AirPrint is Apple’s wireless printing protocol that works over a local network. Windows 11 does not natively support AirPrint discovery, which relies on Apple’s Bonjour service. This article explains how to … Read more
Canon multifunction printers can scan documents directly to a shared folder on your network using the SMB protocol. On Windows 11, the default security settings for SMB have changed compared to earlier versions of Windows. This change causes the printer to fail when it tries to write a scanned file to the folder. This article … Read more
When you print a photo on Windows 11, the colors may appear washed out, too dark, or shifted even though you selected a custom ICC profile in your editing software. This problem occurs because the printer driver, the Windows color management system, or the application sending the print job overrides your chosen profile. In this … Read more
When a printer on your network stops printing on both sides of the paper, the duplex unit may be missing or not recognized by Windows 11. This often happens after a printer driver update, a network change, or when a new printer is added to the print server. The duplex unit is a hardware component … Read more
When you print from Microsoft Edge on Windows 11, the printer tray selection often resets to Auto instead of keeping your manually chosen tray like Tray 2 or Manual Feed. This happens because Edge overrides the printer driver’s default tray setting during each print job. The issue is not a hardware failure or a corrupted … Read more
You have configured Group Policy to suppress banner pages on a shared printer in Windows 11, but a separator page still prints before every job. This wastes paper and slows down workflows. The root cause is typically a conflict between the Group Policy setting and a locally configured separator page on the print server or … Read more
Phantom paper jam errors occur when Windows 11 reports a paper jam that does not physically exist inside the printer. This usually happens after a real jam has been cleared, but the print spooler retains a corrupted job or the printer driver fails to reset the jam sensor status. You can resolve this without restarting … Read more
You click Print and wait. The printer spins up, but the document does not leave the queue for 30 seconds or more. This delay happens only on the first print job after a reboot or after the printer has been idle for several minutes. The root cause is Driver Isolation Mode, a security feature introduced … Read more
When you connect to a remote desktop session and your local printer is redirected, Windows 11 may create a new print queue for every connection instead of reusing the existing one. Over time, this results in hundreds of duplicate printer queues under the redirected printer name, cluttering Devices and Printers and slowing down printer management. … Read more