Windows 10: How to set a watermark in WinPrint printer driver

I have the 'Microsoft Print to PDF' Printer driver but the paper does not allow for a watermark to be printed. Every search points me to adding as watermark in WORD before printing?I need to be able to set the default page to add a watermark. Even if it is a default page setting, I can turn it off for the few pages I need without the watermark.

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Cannot find network printer (aka Where is \\winprint in Windows 10?)


The option to add printers on a network is still there:





Select "The printer that I want isn't listed"





then let Windows search and connect....

 

win10 sez no drivers for brither hl5040 printer

To be sure that you followed my suggestion correctly, I will specify some steps: CP>devices and printers>add a printer>the printer that I want isn't listed>add a local printer with manual settings>define port>Windows update and install

 

Cannot find network printer (aka Where is \\winprint in Windows 10?)


Hi everybody! Sorry for crossposting this from the Drivers and Hardware forum, but after a bit of investigation I found out that this forum could be more appropriate for the question.

I remember with Windows 7 and 8 I used to be able to discover network printers going on \\winprint, and then double-clicking on them so that they would install (fetching the drivers from the network) and then appear in the control panel under "Devices and printers".

I can't seem to be able to do the same in Windows 10 anymore. If I type "\\winprint" in the explorer search bar, I get the error: "Windows cannot access \\winprint" (Error code 0x80004005, Unspecified error), as if the location doesn't exist. I guess \\winprint got removed in Windows 10, and the only way of adding network printers is via "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and Printers" -> "Add a printer", which unfortunately cannot find any network printer. The printer is there up and running as other computers in the network can regularly print.

The printer is a relatively new Canon iR-5255i for which Windows 10 drivers exist, and are installed on my machine. Hence, I don't think this is a driver-related issue.

When I was using Windows 8 some time back, I used to be able to discover the printer via \\winprint. When I upgraded windows from 8.1 to 10, the printer was still visible in Device and Printers and correctly working. Now I removed it by mistake, and cannot add it anymore.

Ideas?