First of all, thanks for everyone help. There are multiple PCs and Printers (model and build are consistent). An offline printer in one PC can be found online in all other PCs. Restarting Windows does not always help. There is no issue getting printer driver installed. Driver is available (I tried remove device and re-add printer to the PC. I also tried different ways to install the printer, e.g.

Brother printer offline. Michael P Ferguson. 3/25/2018 11:12:51 pm. How to put printer online. Windows 10 printer offline. Kathleen Anne. This guide shows you how to fix printer offline issue on Windows 10 or 8.1/8 and get printer online back. Printers can go offline due to several hardware or connectivity issues on your desktop or laptop.

Using auto discovery with the WSD protocal and let Windows install the printer 2. Using manual TCP/IP protocol printer port installation (i.e. Manually enter the IP address of the printer during printer installation) The WSD seems giving problems more often on 'intermittent offline' issue, while TCP/IP printer port seems working more stably. There are documentation suggests Windows send SNMP query to network printer to get 'online' status.

Printer just intermittently goes offline randomly and we are unable to identify a pattern so far. It seems this issue happens more often in Windows 10. I have not seen the same issue in Windows XP and 7.

Does anyone knows, 1. How Windows 10 determine a USB printer is online? 2. How Windows 10 determine a Network printer is online?

Is this a common known issue and there is patch for it? Hi Jack, Thank you for your response. I see that you want to make printer online state from offline state. Usually printers go offline due to network or USB cable connectivity issue, paper jam, out of paper, any other printer hardware faults and sometimes printer driver corruption too.

Mostly it will come back to online automatically when these issues are fixed, but sometimes you need to make a printer online manually. Please follow the below steps to make the printer online from offline state, Method 1: 1. Enter Devices and printers in the search bar and Enter. Now you will be seeing the offline printer (slightly faded). Right click on it and select ‘See what’s printing’. If the printer is in offline state you would be seeing the tick mark front of ‘Use Printer Offline’. Remove the tick mentioned below and wait for some time printer to come online and resume printing. Method 2: If it is a shared network printer.

The following settings need to be checked. File and Printer sharing settings. Turn on the Network Discovery. Control Panel. In the search box, type network, click Network and Sharing Center, and then, in the left pane, click Change advanced sharing settings.

Click Turn on network discovery, and then click Save changes. Check the firewall and.

These programs might block the incoming connection to shared printer. Disable security software on the system. Disable Antivirus and security-related products, if you have any Antivirus installed for (Free) uninstall it, if not then disable the Antivirus, try again to update and check if issue is resolved. Disclaimer: Antivirus software helps protecting your computer against viruses and other security threats. Fuji Xerox Docuwork Installer Fullversion. In most cases, you shouldn't disable your antivirus software.

If you have to temporarily disable it to install other software and or troubleshoot any pertinent issue, you should re-enable it as soon as you're done. Free Download Hp Psc 1110 Driver. If you are connected to the Internet or a network while your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to malware. Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.