Despite the onset of smartphones and tablets, laptops and PCs are irreplaceable when it comes to high-end computational tasks. There are numerous tasks that can be performed using laptops and PCs and not modern days smartphones. If even if the latter offers some kind of provisions for such tasks, the experience might not be as swift as on laptops and PCs.
If we speak of examples, it would be printing documents for which most of us would essentially route to a laptop or desktop. Microsoft’s Windows OS is the primary driving firmware in most of the modern days computing gadgets. It has been since along. The print command has also been present with all Microsoft Windows OS in the last few years which has been improved to fulfill the requirements of modern-day users.
You don’t have to rely on giving offline commands to any connected printer with your Windows-powered, laptop or PC. The same can be done remotely. Microsoft has also re-customized the printing tool services and now you can check the status of a printer (connected or disconnected).
You would always see a connected printer’s option while giving a print command from your laptop or PC. However, there are instances when you might see an ‘offline’ tag despite the printer being hooked to the respective laptop or PC. So, what should you do in such scenarios? How can you get back the printer online in your Windows laptop or PC? Below are the steps:
How Can You Get Back Your Printer Online In Windows Laptop/ PC?
Before you start with the manual steps on the laptop or PC, make you have checked all the connecting cables and power supply. Sometimes, loose cable connections might show your printer’s status offline. Apart from the loose cable connections, also check for the power supply of the socket with which the printer is plugged in. Try changing the socket if required. If in case these physical checkups doesn’t resolve the issue try with the manual steps listed below.
Step 1: From the Windows start menu, open the control panel settings.
Step 2: Go to the ‘Devices and Printers’ option and select ‘See What’s Printing’ option.
Step 3: You will now see the ‘Printer’ option in the next window’s menu bar. Once you select it you’ll see the ‘Printer online’ option. Click on it and you are good to go.
However, if the aforementioned manual steps also doesn’t work and you are sure there is no hardware defect with the printer or the connected laptop or PC, you can try uninstalling and re-installing the printer driver package. You need to have authenticated system files for the same.
All you need to do is remove the printer driver package from the control panel’s ‘Program and Features’ option. Once you are done with the uninstallation process. Re-install the printer’s supported drivers via disk drive, USB, or online methods.
You will see the printer status back online once the drivers are re-installed properly. However, if despite all your efforts your printer isn’t showing an online status, you should consider consulting authentic service centres to resolve the issue.
