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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?