Hi all,
I am rarely using my HP OfficeJet 6300 which is connected (UTP) directly to my home network router. So most of the time it is turned off. When I turn on the printer everything seems to work fine, except for the fact that on my Windows 8.1 laptop, the printer status remains offline. I need to remove the printer from Devices and Printers (within the Control Panel) and Add Printer to reinstall the printer before I can use it. During this workaround procedure Windows has no trouble discovering, installing and connecting to the printer at all. And after this, I can use the printer without any troubles... until either the printer or the laptop has been offline again, than I will have to reinstall the printer again to get it connected. So the question is... why isn't Windows 8.1 able to reconnect to the printer the next time I turn it on?
Any ideas?
P.S. Restarting the laptop after turning on the printer, does not help. Re-installing the printer seems to be the only way to reconnect it to windows 8.1
Thanks in advance,
Arjen
I am rarely using my HP OfficeJet 6300 which is connected (UTP) directly to my home network router. So most of the time it is turned off. When I turn on the printer everything seems to work fine, except for the fact that on my Windows 8.1 laptop, the printer status remains offline. I need to remove the printer from Devices and Printers (within the Control Panel) and Add Printer to reinstall the printer before I can use it. During this workaround procedure Windows has no trouble discovering, installing and connecting to the printer at all. And after this, I can use the printer without any troubles... until either the printer or the laptop has been offline again, than I will have to reinstall the printer again to get it connected. So the question is... why isn't Windows 8.1 able to reconnect to the printer the next time I turn it on?
Any ideas?
P.S. Restarting the laptop after turning on the printer, does not help. Re-installing the printer seems to be the only way to reconnect it to windows 8.1
Thanks in advance,
Arjen
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- i5
- Memory
- 4Gb
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Panda Free