Why do I have two of the same printer listed?
08/04/25 Filed in: printers
This issue started yesterday when my printers weren’t working. The home WiFi was down. When I disconnected the ethernet cable, the WiFi and the printers came back. I deleted the VPN and uninstalled it, cleaned up the residual stuff, and now I am going to plug the Ethernet back in. Do you have any other suggestions before I do this?
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When you are printing via WiFi then connect a cable directly to the printer, you are often left with two of the same printer added within the Print Controls in System Settings. So once you have your system the way you like it again, it’s a good idea to go into Print settings and delete the one you don’t want. In other words, if printing wifi, then delete the USB or ethernet instance of the printer. You can always re add it again at any time.
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When you are printing via WiFi then connect a cable directly to the printer, you are often left with two of the same printer added within the Print Controls in System Settings. So once you have your system the way you like it again, it’s a good idea to go into Print settings and delete the one you don’t want. In other words, if printing wifi, then delete the USB or ethernet instance of the printer. You can always re add it again at any time.
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