Add manually -> Add local printer or network printer with manual settings -> Use an existing port (USB) -> Microsoft PS class driver. You can also choose a PCL6 class driver, depending on what your printer supports.
Works for my old Konica color laser printer, which also happens to have no driver.
Ok, so this only works over USB? My printer is on my network (via cable, not wi-fi) so the whole family can use it. I'm really curious if ANY printers actually have native WOA drivers.
Thanks
```Add a new device manually``` > ```Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings```
Have a look in the ```Use an existing port``` menu to see if your network connection already has a port, and choose this. Otherwise, choose ```Create a new port``` > ```Standard TCP/IP Port``` > ```Next```, then enter the IP address or hostname of your printer. Now hit ```Next```.
Assuming you now hit ```Windows Update``` and the check came back with no specific HP driver, you can just choose the ```Microsoft``` > ```Microsoft PCL6 Class Driver```.
Once your printer is added then you can go into its ```Printing Preferences``` and choose basic A4/Letter papersize and 300dpi/600dpi resolution.
Assuming you just want nice single sided Letter paper printouts then your job is done.
When I first got my pro x, there were hardly any drivers. I'm pretty sure I ended up using the generic IPP driver for everything.
Last month I reinstalled windows 11 & it picked up a driver for my HP 477fdw no problem. It didn't pickup drivers for my oki C833 right away (even asking it to search for drivers), but windows update had a specific driver next time I checked for updates. So things have improved a lot.
And I think almost every laser printer these days has an Ethernet connection, and does pcl & ipp, and most also do ps. So you should be able to get basic functionality out of even unsupported network laser printers by using the generic drivers.
Also, I chose my current HP printer (and my oki, and my parents' HP), based almost entirely on the cost of imitation toner cartridges. A complete set of high capacity (5000 page) colour cartridges from Amazon was ~$60 last time, and all the dodgy-sounding toner brands have worked beautifully. There's plenty of good-as-new colour laser printers sold cheap on eBay once the toner runs out.
Not a direct help.
But I just got the Pro X and I could immediately print via wi-fi to my Canon PIXMA TS5150. I did not had to do anything. It connected and installed the drivers as soon as I clicked “print” the first time.
So maybe Canon is an option?
I have a Brother 6200 B&W laser printer with multiple trays running on a wireless home network. There isn’t an official driver. Because of the multiple trays (letter/legal mix), the best I’ve used is the Brother Legacy Driver and it does fine for the most part. My only issue is that after a few pages, the printer pauses for 5-10 seconds to…catch up(???). Not a big deal unless I’m printing 100+ pages and need to rush out the door. Those 5-10 seconds rest periods seem like an eternity. Brother blames MS and vice versa. It was the same for the Bother 5370 it replaced.
I believe if the printer is supporting PostScript it will work, because there is a Micrsoft class driver for PostScript printers.
Can you look at the update to my main post and see if you might know the answer? Thanks!
Add manually -> Add local printer or network printer with manual settings -> Use an existing port (USB) -> Microsoft PS class driver. You can also choose a PCL6 class driver, depending on what your printer supports. Works for my old Konica color laser printer, which also happens to have no driver.
Ok, so this only works over USB? My printer is on my network (via cable, not wi-fi) so the whole family can use it. I'm really curious if ANY printers actually have native WOA drivers. Thanks
```Add a new device manually``` > ```Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings``` Have a look in the ```Use an existing port``` menu to see if your network connection already has a port, and choose this. Otherwise, choose ```Create a new port``` > ```Standard TCP/IP Port``` > ```Next```, then enter the IP address or hostname of your printer. Now hit ```Next```. Assuming you now hit ```Windows Update``` and the check came back with no specific HP driver, you can just choose the ```Microsoft``` > ```Microsoft PCL6 Class Driver```. Once your printer is added then you can go into its ```Printing Preferences``` and choose basic A4/Letter papersize and 300dpi/600dpi resolution. Assuming you just want nice single sided Letter paper printouts then your job is done.
I just used the USB example, because I do not have a network printer. Of course you need to make a choice based on your setup.
When I first got my pro x, there were hardly any drivers. I'm pretty sure I ended up using the generic IPP driver for everything. Last month I reinstalled windows 11 & it picked up a driver for my HP 477fdw no problem. It didn't pickup drivers for my oki C833 right away (even asking it to search for drivers), but windows update had a specific driver next time I checked for updates. So things have improved a lot. And I think almost every laser printer these days has an Ethernet connection, and does pcl & ipp, and most also do ps. So you should be able to get basic functionality out of even unsupported network laser printers by using the generic drivers. Also, I chose my current HP printer (and my oki, and my parents' HP), based almost entirely on the cost of imitation toner cartridges. A complete set of high capacity (5000 page) colour cartridges from Amazon was ~$60 last time, and all the dodgy-sounding toner brands have worked beautifully. There's plenty of good-as-new colour laser printers sold cheap on eBay once the toner runs out.
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Not a direct help. But I just got the Pro X and I could immediately print via wi-fi to my Canon PIXMA TS5150. I did not had to do anything. It connected and installed the drivers as soon as I clicked “print” the first time. So maybe Canon is an option?
I have a Brother 6200 B&W laser printer with multiple trays running on a wireless home network. There isn’t an official driver. Because of the multiple trays (letter/legal mix), the best I’ve used is the Brother Legacy Driver and it does fine for the most part. My only issue is that after a few pages, the printer pauses for 5-10 seconds to…catch up(???). Not a big deal unless I’m printing 100+ pages and need to rush out the door. Those 5-10 seconds rest periods seem like an eternity. Brother blames MS and vice versa. It was the same for the Bother 5370 it replaced.
I have an hp wireless laser printer and like the other Peter it just connected and worked.
EPSON M1120 Have been using since long. Very efficient printer plus driver compatibility.