How to Fix HP Printer is Offline in Windows 10

 
Issues concerned to HP Printer are haunting a large number of users since they have upgraded their machine to Windows 10. Some of them are reporting Printer is offline is shown. HP Printer is offline in Windows 10 error message refers to the machine which is not able to interact with the printer. The Cause of this issue is printer is paused. So you will need to enable your printer through settings area. If you want to know how printing process are executed read How to Open and Use Print Management in Windows 10.

Though after coming to the fresh operating system, the key reason behind most of the printer problems is either settings or driver. In many cases, you need to explore and install genuine driver matching to the model number of the printer, but in this situation, where you face the trouble from displaying the error message Printer is offline in Windows 10 the culprit is settings. You need to change the settings of the printer through Devices and printers to fix.

How to Fix HP Printer is Offline in Windows 10

• Write control panel in the search part on the taskbar and click Control Panel (Desktop app) from the top.

• Control Panel unwinds on the screen. Try to find Devices and Printers link and click/tap on this.

• Devices and Printers window emerges. Right-click on the printer you are running on your system and select See what’s printing in the context menu.

• A driver window for running printer comes to sight on the screen. Click Printer at the uppermost right corner.  A drop down menu unfolds. See whether the option Pause printing is ticked. If yes then untick this by clicking on it.

• If you like to remove pause from the particular document right click on the document in your printer driver window and select Pause.

• Now take a printout.

In this case, the whole printing operation is paused. Hence, you are unable to take a printout. As soon as you remove the Pause it accomplishes appreciably and you do not see the error message Printer is offline in Windows 10 anymore.

Restore Printers Driver

Step 1 – Press Windows key and write device manager, click the same that appears as the Best match.

Step 2 – Find Printers category in the Device Manager and double-click on it.

Step 3 – Now, your HP printer name will be seen. Do a right-click on it and from the list of a few options, select Uninstall.

Step 4 – On the confirmation box, select OK button.

Step 5 – After the uninstallation, you will not find the Printer category in the Device Manager. So, to bring back the Printers category, click the icon Scan for hardware changes on the menu bar.

Step 6 – Now, after refreshing Device Manager, the Printers category will be back.

Start Print Spooling Service

Step 1 – Click Start icon and write services. You will see Services Desktop app as the Best match, select it.

Step 2 – In the Services window, find out Print Spooler. Now, right-click Print Spooler and select Properties from the list of a few options.

Step 3 – Next, you will see a Properties wizard, so, click the drop-down of the option Startup type. From the list of four options, select Automatic.

Step 4 – Lastly, under Service Status, click Start button. Now, wait for a couple of seconds and the service will start running. Finally, to implement the changes, click Apply and Ok buttons.

Manually Update Driver

Step 1 – Right-click Start and from the list of options that comes up select Device Manager.

Step 2 – Locate and double-click the category Printers in the Device Manager window. Your HP printer will be present there, so, right-click on it and select Update driver.

Step 3 – On the next wizard, click the last option Manually install a driver.

Step 4 – Now, click “Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer“.

Step 5 – Finally, choose the latest version and click Next. This will properly install the driver.

Find and Download Printer Driver

In case, the above methods are insufficient to fix Printer is Offline in Windows 10, grab the appropriate driver from the HP website, and run it.