{"id":2775,"date":"2015-04-26T02:32:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T16:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2023-08-11T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:38:46","slug":"unable-to-install-printer-another-printer-or-printer-with-this-name-already-exists-please-use-another-name-for-the-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/unable-to-install-printer-another-printer-or-printer-with-this-name-already-exists-please-use-another-name-for-the-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix: \u201cUnable to install printer. Another printer or printer with this name already exists. Please use another name for the printer.\u201d Windows Error"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cUnable to install printer. Another printer or printers share with this name already exists. Please use another name for the printer.\u201d<\/p>\n

I hope, many of you have already seen this Windows error while attempting to install a printer<\/strong> in Microsoft Windows<\/a>. Even, there is no other printers are being used with the same name you have specified.<\/p>\n

Generally, people start feeling annoyed after trying multiple times and getting the same Windows error<\/strong> on their PC. I am well familiar with this problem because few days back I have already faced this error in Windows system.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

In today’s How to fix guide<\/a>, I will explain how you can fix – “Unable to install printer. Another printer or printers share with this name already exists. Please use another name for the printer.” error in Windows. Let’s see the instructions:<\/p>\n

Fix: Unable to install printer. Another printer or printer with this name already exists. Please use another name for the printer.<\/span><\/h2>\n

In most of the cases, this message appears due to somewhere in the Windows Registry<\/a> a reference is available to that printer name (which you are adding). This Windows error<\/strong> might be solved if you remove registry entry from the Windows Registry Editor.<\/p>\n

Follow the below-mentioned step by step guide very carefully to fix the error. Here\u2019s how to remove registry entry:<\/p>\n

Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, open Registry Editor. To do this, press Win + R<\/strong> keys together and type regedit<\/strong> in Run dialog box then press Enter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Step (2):<\/strong> On the Windows Registry Editor, navigate to the following path:<\/p>\n

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \u2192 SYSTEM \u2192 CurrentControlSet \u2192 Control \u2192 Print \u2192 Printers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Step (3):<\/strong> Now on the right pane of the registry editor, search for the registry key that has the value of the printer name you were trying to add.<\/p>\n

Step (4):<\/strong> Once you got the registry key, Right-click<\/strong> on the key and then delete<\/strong> it.<\/p>\n

Step (5):<\/strong> After that, close the \u201cRegistry Editor<\/strong>\u201d window.<\/p>\n

Step (6):<\/strong> Now, go to Start<\/strong> button and type services.msc<\/strong> on the search box then press Enter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Step (7):<\/strong> Just after pressing Enter, Services<\/strong> window will appear. Search for the “Print Spooler” option.<\/p>\n

Step (8):<\/strong> Right-click on Print Spooler<\/strong> option and select Stop<\/strong>. Again, right-click on it and then select Restart<\/strong> to restart the Print Spooler.<\/p>\n

Once it is done, now attempt to add the printer again in Microsoft Windows. Hopefully, you will be able to install printer on Windows<\/strong> successfully without any Windows error.<\/p>\n

Thus, you can easily fix \u201cUnable to install printer. Another printer or printer with this name already exists. Please use another name for the printer.\u201d error in Windows. Stay connected with us to get more interesting How to fix tutorials<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cUnable to install printer. Another printer or printers share with this name already exists. Please use another name for the printer.\u201d I hope, many of you have already<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2775"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25230,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions\/25230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}