Computer cant find printer

It may be losing its IP address. Check the DHCP address affectation of your router. And leave your printer constantly connected to the router. You should also let your printer get the IP address automatically upon booting.

will it work with PAINT?

I had the same problem, and couldn't find a solution anywhere. My laptop said the wifi Brother MFC-255CW printer was offline, when the printer was definitely online and connected.
In the end I simply went into Control Panel / Printers, selected the Brother printer, and deleted it off the network. Then I chose "Add a Printer" from the network, and reselected the only printer on my home network - which was the Brother MFC-255CW that I had just deleted. The computer reinstalled the driver, and everything was fine again - haven't had a problem since.

Hello.

Give this a try ...

In Printers and Faxes, remove your printer icon.
Disconnect your printer cable to the computer.
Restart your computer.
Reconnect your printer cable to the computer.
Printer should be seen by computer.
Install printer driver (software).

If the printer is not seen by the computer, your printer cable is probably faulty and needs to be replaced.

Hope that helps.

What a worthless site, you got the question but never an answer

If you are sure the network is working well (computers can see each other but your laptop doesn't see the printer). Got to network places/view workgroup computers. Double click on the computer directly connected to the printer. This will bring up all shared folders and the printer icon (if it is shared). Double click on the printer icon, and it will commence automatic installation on your laptop. Try this.

Try to ping the ip address of the printer. If its not responding then check the connectivity of the printer.

have you setup the wireless connection in between the printer and the laptop...
your laptop is working wirelessly with the internet but for making the printer to use it wirelessly the printer should be also a wireless printer.

and if the printer is a wireless printer then you have to setup the connection in between the printer & laptop to work wirelessly.

Go to Lexmark site and request download of software. Since this is a fixya, please posts as such. TY

Test pages are printer generated not from the computer. Have you checked Microsoft help on this? make sure you are on line. Go to My Computer /Help, then when the help pages comes up Type in print spooler See what you get Rephrase the question if the answer you seek is being missed.