I've been using a HP 1018 Laserjet printer with my systems for several years, because the printer is excellent.
Suddenly the printer would not print with either computer that shares it. I ran HP's troubleshooter and the printer checked out except it would not print.
I ran a number of tests, used a number of resources to troubleshoot with no success, until I came across an article that suggested using Windows own drivers for older printers.
I uninstalled the original HP software, and deleted the printer from Control Panel | Devices and Printers.
The printer was then reconnected, and it showed up as an unknown device.
I then went to Control Panel | Device Manager | and located the unknown device Laserjet 1018, right click and Update Driver. Windows updated the driver and the printer now works.
On the other Windows 10 computer, the driver was reported as being up to date, so the fix was to simply delete the printer from Devices and Printers, reconnect the printer so it can be re-discovered on USB, and added to the Printers in Devices and Printers.
I believe I read somewhere there are some recent printer issues with Win10 that are being addressed in this week's off schedule Windows update.
Suddenly the printer would not print with either computer that shares it. I ran HP's troubleshooter and the printer checked out except it would not print.
I ran a number of tests, used a number of resources to troubleshoot with no success, until I came across an article that suggested using Windows own drivers for older printers.
I uninstalled the original HP software, and deleted the printer from Control Panel | Devices and Printers.
The printer was then reconnected, and it showed up as an unknown device.
I then went to Control Panel | Device Manager | and located the unknown device Laserjet 1018, right click and Update Driver. Windows updated the driver and the printer now works.
On the other Windows 10 computer, the driver was reported as being up to date, so the fix was to simply delete the printer from Devices and Printers, reconnect the printer so it can be re-discovered on USB, and added to the Printers in Devices and Printers.
I believe I read somewhere there are some recent printer issues with Win10 that are being addressed in this week's off schedule Windows update.