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So, you click Print. Nothing happens. Ever experienced such a scenario where the printer might be connected to WiFi, and the laptop is online. However, there are no warning lights. Yet Windows still shows the printer as offline. It is the sort of problem that wastes far more time than it should, which explains why so many people end up looking for printer repair services after trying every restart they can think of. The good news is that an offline printer usually doesn't mean the hardware has failed. Why Does a Connected Printer Still Show as Offline? Most offline errors come from how the printer communicates with your computer. A router restart might have assigned a different network address. A recent update could have changed the printer settings. Sometimes the print queue simply gets stuck and refuses to release the job. We've even seen cases where the computer keeps sending documents to an older printer that no longer exists. It sounds frustrating. It usually is. ...