Windows 10: my computer Windows11 lost connection to the printer, I can reinstall the printer ET-16650...

My computer with Windows11 lost communication with my printer Epson ET-16650. The system does not allow me to reinstall the printer. Please help!Thank you !Aleks

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Lost Connection to Printer

I would like some help troubleshooting the connection to my printer. It was working fine and suddenly stopped. It's an Epson NX515 printer wired to the router. Although it's an older printer, it worked fine until this connection issue popped up. The PC is Win10 Education version 22H2, wired to the router. From the PC, I can successfully ping the printer's IP address. I tried disabling the PC's firewall to no avail. I uninstalled the printer software and tried to reinstall it. It hangs at the screen where it tries to detect the network printer to establish connectivity. I rebooted the PC. I also rebooted the printer, modem, and router. For some reason, the PC won't find the printer anymore. Like I said, it was working fine until recently. Does anyone have suggestions on what I could try to establish connectivity?

 

Need help connecting XP Laptop to Vista Desktop's Printer.

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Need help connecting XP Laptop to Vista Desktop's Printer.

Sorry , I think, I read wrong.*Slap :slap: Are you tring to connect wirelessly to the printer on the desktop and the printer is connected to the desktop thru usb or something?


Quoted from MS website:
Sharing a printer


If you have a printer attached to one of your computers, you can print to it from any computer connected to your wireless network. To share a printer, follow these steps:

1. Log on to computer that has the printer attached to it.

2. Open Network and Sharing Center by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Network and Internet, and then clicking Network and Sharing Center.

3. Click the arrow button next to Printer sharing, click Turn on printer sharing, and then click Apply.

4. Click the arrow button next to Password protected sharing, click Turn off password protected sharing, and then click Apply.

Note

If you have password-protected sharing turned on, people will need a user account with a password on your computer to access your printer.

To access the printer from any computer on the network, follow these steps:

1. Open Network by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Network.

2. Double-click the icon for the computer that has the printer attached to it.

3. Double-click the icon for the printer. Windows will automatically add the printer to your computer and install the printer driver.

Troubleshoot network printer problems

Sorry again and goodluck*Smile