Printer Showing as Unspecified Device on Windows Computer [Tutorial]
22Printer Showing as Unspecified Device on Windows Computer [Tutorial]
A device is placed into an unspecified category when Windows cannot identify or find a driver for that hardware. In this case, if you see the Printer showing as an Unspecified device in Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, then this post will help you resolve it.
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Computer printers are known to cause all sorts of functioning issues. If you’ve encountered the problem where your printer is listed in the Unspecified device section and can’t run the device, be sure that you’re not the only one dealing with this Windows 10 error. This issue is usually caused by the system’s inability to detect the printer.
In order to help you fix this issue, we came up with a series of solutions.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.