How to Fix Printer Offline In Windows 11 [Tutorial]

🙏 Thank you for this! None of the advice shown at HP or elsewhere online applied, as my printer was showing a wifi connection to the same network as my laptop, but still showing as offline as there was no communication between them. Now fixed thanks to this solution.

Thank you!!!! I always had to restart my computer if by any reason I commited the crime of turning on my computer before turning on the printer. For some reason my print had a WSD port configured, changed to IP and BOOM, fixed

What to do if there is no port with numbers written

and what if it gives me an error when i try to open configure ports..

What if it says u can't configure

this was awesome.. was able to fix the issue after trying out lot of things. thanks bro

This worked for me, but like many others I wasn't seeing the port name with IP address.

To fix that, click Add Port and choose Standard TCP/IP Port. It'll ask for the IP address of your printer- I was able to find that in my printer's Wifi info menu.

As soon as I added that and turned off the SNMP Status Enabled box as recommended, my print job went through immediately! Thanks so much for the help.

I have Windows 11 but none of the windows you describe and show look like on my computer. My Brother printer port shows WSD and then an endless line of numbers and letters, nothing even close to my IP.

why would anyone use windows, i have been struggling with this for 5 hours. Was giving me the config error had to install via the tcp ip root. Windows = disgrace

THANKS - they seem to have switched from a "use printer offline" checkbox (that 99% of troubleshooting articles and vids show) to "SNMP Status Enabled" shown in this video - so obvious!! :) My printer works now, I appreciate your help!

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Operation not supported......now what?

Man, this was awesome. Was about to lose a USPS label to this offline printer issue, left it in the queue, found this video, and as soon as I hit apply (no restart required) the computer found the printer. Thank you!!

Thank YOU!! I have been so frustrated....you are a treasure. 🤩

Message received: "An error occurred during port configuration. This operation is not supported"

Alternatively, you can also try opening the print queue. Under Printer, make sure "use printer offline" is NOT checked. Then stop and restart your print spooler service.

I use USB to so it says USB004. clicking configure port says Operation Not Supported

This did help, however I wondered why I can't just click, and open, and select, and close? I have to "go ahead and click", and then "go ahead and open", and then "go ahead and close"... I am not "going" anywhere!!

Helpful video...I am able to resolve the issue with these guidelines... Appreciate your efforts!

what if there are no ports with numbers in them to choose?

Thanks so much! Super easy but couldnt find any help on the HP or Windows sites. Thanks!!!!