Two icons for same laser printer


  1. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #1

    Two icons for same laser printer


    Up until the April 2018 update, I have always been able to setup two icons for my Brother HL-2270DW laser printer. One set to Duplex, the other set to non-Duplex. This has worked out well for me and my wife, especially for her. Can't doe it any more.

    See here in sevenforums: https://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...ml#post1465708
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  2. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
    Thread Starter
       #2

    No sooner posted this than I figured it out.

    From Devices and Printers, click on Add a Printer.
    Next, click on The printer I want isn't listed.
    Select Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings, click Next.
    Select another port of the same type currently being used, probably a USB. Mine was using USB004 so I chose USB002 then clicked Next.
    Pick your printer, mine was Brother HL-2270DW series.
    Select Use the driver that is currently installed (recommended).
    Give the printer a unique name. I set my original one to Brother HL-2270DW Duplex so I made this one Brother HL-2270DW.
    Click Next and your done.
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  3. Posts : 19,516
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #3

    Ztruker said:
    No sooner posted this than I figured it out.

    From Devices and Printers, click on Add a Printer.
    Next, click on The printer I want isn't listed.
    Select Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings, click Next.
    Select another port of the same type currently being used, probably a USB. Mine was using USB004 so I chose USB002 then clicked Next.
    Pick your printer, mine was Brother HL-2270DW series.
    Select Use the driver that is currently installed (recommended).
    Give the printer a unique name. I set my original one to Brother HL-2270DW Duplex so I made this one Brother HL-2270DW.
    Click Next and your done.
    Lol, it happens to me all the time, solve a problem immediately after asking for help.
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  4. Posts : 4,224
    Windows 10
       #4

    For networked printers using their TCP/IP address is a seldom-fail approach to getting them working once again. After 1803, I had to resort to that trick on a couple of systems that otherwise couldn't "see" those printers (I have a Samsung monochrome ML-2850 and a Dell color 2155, both attached to the "House LAN"). An IP Scanner (like NirSoft's FastResolver) will help you find the printers and their associated IP addresses.
    Two icons for same laser printer-dell-color-fr.jpg
    HTH,
    --Ed--
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  5. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Ed, mine is a local USB attached printer, thanks.
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  6. Posts : 4,224
    Windows 10
       #6

    Nevermind, then! Sorry to trail red herrings across a USB connection.
    --Ed--
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