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Does anyone have any idea why the little clock icon keeps appearing then disappears beside the hp printer in Windows 10 Devices And Printers? Every time I refresh the screen it appears then disappears and has the default check mark by it. Already tried to update the drivers windows 10 pro. Lenovo Ideapad 310-15ISK. Waiting five minutes for a printer icon is the teensiest bit frustrating. Some people never find an answer. The most frequent solution involves Bluetooth settings, for some reason. If Devices and Printers opens slowly and you want to tinker, go to Windows 10 Settings / Devices / Bluetooth and try turning Bluetooth off. If it’s off, turn it on. I go to 'Devices and Printers,' highlight the only Icon for my Canon MX922 printer, click on 'Open' then click on 'Display Printer/Fax Properties.' This brings up a dialog box with a dropdown list of the printers. None of them are greyed out. I'd like to eliminate any duplicates from this dropdown list. Taking a look at the Printers and scanners option of the Devices section of Windows 10 Settings. For example, you can set a default printer, change the settings on a wireless mouse, or find out why a device has a yellow warning icon next to it. Tap or click to open Devices and Printers. Press and hold or right-click a device, and then tap or click a task.
-->This article provides a solution to an issue where printers installed using the same driver and port on Windows are grouped as one when viewed within Devices and Printers.
Original product version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Original KB number: 2015694
Original KB number: 2015694
Symptoms
Consider this scenario:
- A computer running a version of Windows listed in the Applies To section
- Install two or more printers using the same printer driver and installed with the same printer port (that is, LPT1)
- View the installed printers within Devices and Printers
In this scenario, when viewing the installed printers within Devices and Printers, you may notice that some of the printers are grouped together and are associated with the same printer icon.
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Cause
It's an expected behavior.
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Resolution
To work around this issue, you can use the following steps to create a Printers desktop icon that will list the installed printers separately:
- Open the Registry Editor (Select the Start button > type REGEDIT.EXE without the quotes and press the enter key) When prompted with User Account Control select Yes.
- Expand to and selected the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace
- Right-click on the NameSpace registry key and choose New Key, enter the following GUID for the new registry key name (be sure to include the brackets)
{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} - In the right pane, right-click the registry value (Default) and choose Modify, for the Value data enter Printers without the quotes
- Close Registry Editor
- Right-click on the Desktop and select RefreshNoteAfter selecting refresh of the desktop, a new desktop icon called Printers will appear. Double-clicking on the new Printers icon you will be able to see the installed printers separately. You can also Add, Remove, View, or Manage the print queues, change printer settings, and choose printer preferences from within this new Printers Desktop icon.
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More information
There are several factors that contribute to the printer grouping, and the type of device as with the more common Multi-Function Printers. The way that printers are grouped or not depends on the following factors:
- Same driver.
- Same Port.
- Same HardwareID.
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Typically it's identified that if the devices use the same HardwareID means same hardware printers, drivers may be different, PS, PCL, and so on. The determining factor is the port and the HardwareID.
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For more information on Windows 7 Device Experience, see Windows 7 device experience.