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Problems with a printer driver.
Windows 10 Ver 21H1
I'm a card maker and routinely use a digital cutting machine (Silhouette Portrait) but also routinely have a frustrating problem that I can't identify the source of.
The cutter attaches to the Laptop via a printer lead but when it's switched on the printer driver routinely shows an error leading to me having to either keep reinserting the USB lead to resolve it, or sometimes using the Troubleshoot this driver to try and fix it which then requires a restart. Sometimes even that doesn't resolve the issue. The printer cable was initially pointed to as a likely issue, so I got a new one but again, still no resolution. Silhouette gave me a whole page of possible fixes to try which ranged from clearing caches, through reinstalling the driver, but again, it only provided a temporary fix. So while I can get the cutter to connect maybe once in 15 attempts sometimes it will be ready to work immediately after a cold boot.
So I'm just wondering now if anyone here has any other ideas on what to try.