The workaround of the printer issue where printers are not displaying under devices and printers and while adding them by the host name comes with error maessage “windows cannot connect to the printer error 0x00000057)”.Here are the steps to follow: It’s actually the print driver failing to install, not the connection to the print server. An initial attempt to install the driver failed, so the driver directory is present on the workstation, but missing the files. 1) First on a machine with the same driver installed (and working properly), open Regedit, and browse to: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x64\Drivers\Version-3\ 2) Locate the subkey for the printer driver we are dealing with i.e. HP Universal Printer Driver v6’ and click the key for the printer driver. 3) Look for the “InfPath” on the right. Note the path. 5) Now browse to C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository and locate the folder indicated in the InfPath reg value. 6...