Turn Printer Online Windows 10

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In case you are wondering as to why your Printer is Offline, there are various reasons for this issue and you will find below the steps to make your printer online in Windows 10.

Printer Offline in Windows 10

In most day to day scenarios, printers mostly go offline due to paper jams, going out of paper and minor network connectivity issues. However sometimes the problem can also be due to printer drivers being out of date or corrupted and other hardware related issues.

In theory, your printer should come back online once the reason for it being offline is found and fixed. This is true in case of problems like paper jam, printer going out of paper and minor hardware issues that are preventing the printer from being available online.

However, sometimes clearing the problem is not enough and you will have to go manually make the printer online on your Windows Computer.

If this is the case you are dealing with, you will find below the steps to make a Printer Online in Windows 10.

Make Printer Online in Windows 10

1. Click on Windows 10 Start button and then click on the Device Manager Option in the Menu that appears (See image below).

2. On the Device Manager Screen, first click on the Action tab in the top-menu and then click on Devices and Printers option in the drop-down menu.

3. On the Devices and Printers screen, Right-click on the Offline Printer (it will appear Faded) and then click on See what’s printing option in the contextual menu (See image below)

4. On the next screen, click on the Use Printer Offline option, in order remove the tick mark on this item and wait for the printer to come online.

5. Once the printer comes online, it should start printing whatever was in the print queue.

However, if the option to make printer Online is Grayed Out or if the printer comes online briefly and then goes back offline again, it is time to troubleshoot the printer problem on your computer.

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1. Click on Windows 10 Start button and then click on the Settings Icon.

2. On the Settings screen, click on the Devices option.

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3. On the Next Screen, click on Troubleshoot option in the side menu and then click on the Printer option (See image below).

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4. In the Expanded Printer Menu, click on Run the Troubleshooter Option.

Turn Printer Online Windows 10

5. Allow the Windows Troubleshooter to run and it will come up with suggestions to fix the problem. In this case the suggestion was to make the printer as the Default Printer. The suggestion in your case may be to update the driver or anything else.

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6. Click on Apply This Fix, and follow the next instructions.

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