Network Printer shows as “Offline” in Windows 8.1

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Driver is installed, printer is OK and printing. Then after some reboots, the printer is shown as offline, or does not print, in Windows 8.1

Only returns if 

reinstall it

or

NET STOP SPOOLER
NET START SPOOLER

Does anybody have a solution to this issue?

Tony

Posted 2013-11-16T15:22:31.043

Reputation: 395

Answers

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I've got the same issue; have had some success with setting the print spooler service to 'Delayed Start' but haven't tested this extensively yet.

I'm also going to investigate if newer drivers help with the issue.

askvictor

Posted 2013-11-16T15:22:31.043

Reputation: 1 450

On some cases, the user choose to use Windows 7, because of this instability in printing. On next time, I will try the 'Delayed Start' option. – Tony – 2014-02-25T21:55:43.743

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