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Printer won't print because Windows 10?

ChasingPluto
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So I recently went from the Windows 10 Insider Preview to Windows 10 Pro because Microsoft told me to. My printer, a Dell V305w, would print on the Insider Preview but since upgrading to the full Pro version my printer has decided it does not want to communicate with my laptop. I receive a message telling me that the printer cannot communicate with the computer and when I troubleshoot it, it says that the USB 3 ports may be the issue despite the face that I have successfully used this computer to print with that printer on the Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 Insider Preview. I tried all the regular stuff with drivers and turning things on and off and no dice. I was hoping someone here might have some helpful input before I reinstall the Windows 10 Insider Preview in hopes that it still works.

 

Edit: My printer just flat-out hates me so I've been reduced to converting everything to JPEGs because my printer will print those from an external media device. FML.

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If you can, I'd just hook the printer up to cloud print. That's what I did at home so now I can print from anywhere and any device, where I can log into google.

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So I recently went from the Windows 10 Insider Preview to Windows 10 Pro because Microsoft told me to. My printer, a Dell V305w, would print on the Insider Preview but since upgrading to the full Pro version my printer has decided it does not want to communicate with my laptop. I receive a message telling me that the printer cannot communicate with the computer and when I troubleshoot it, it says that the USB 3 ports may be the issue despite the face that I have successfully used this computer to print with that printer on the Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 Insider Preview. I tried all the regular stuff with drivers and turning things on and off and no dice. I was hoping someone here might have some helpful input before I reinstall the Windows 10 Insider Preview in hopes that it still works.

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