Is your printer asking for password? This is how to fix it

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Sometimes yourprintermight ask you to input a password when you want to print a file or try to view the properties of the network printer. If you don’t have permission to do that, the error messageAccess Deniedmight appear on your desktop.

Don’t worry, we will guide you through each step and make this process faster, efficient and simple for you.

What to do if your printer keeps asking for password

1. Identify and fix any printing problems

Before removing and reinstalling theprinter, let’s make sure there are no other existing errors.

Does the issue persist? Then further proceed by removing and reinstalling theprinter.

2. Remove and reinstall the printer

Remove and Reinstall Printer Steps:

Now that we removed the Device/Printer, the next step is to reinstall a newPrinterand link it to an existing network. (You will see further in this article).

We have just shown you how to add a newprinterto an existing network without being mandatory to enter any password. Just by linking the newprinterto the existing network credentials.

If the steps above are not working in your case, or just seem like too much work for you, there is a suitable option of reinstalling the printer driver automatically using dedicated software asOutbyte Driver Updater.

3. Solution for Wi-Fi printers

In case you have a Wi-Fi printer, connected to your PC through Wifi, we have a very quick and innovative solution.

Just make sure your computer is connected to the wireless network from where you need to retrieve the printing password.

Now, wait for theprinterto print a document. It can take some time, so you may need to wait for a few minutes. The Printer Information Page should now be printed.

Right in the page middle, below the blue icon you can see the name of theprinterand the printer password written underThe Wifi Direct Password.

We hope our suggestions helped you. If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below.

Is your printer asking for password? This is how to fix it#

What to do if your printer keeps asking for password#

1. Identify and fix any printing problems#

2. Remove and reinstall the printer#

3. Solution for Wi-Fi printers#

Is your printer asking for password? This is how to fix it

What to do if your printer keeps asking for password

1. Identify and fix any printing problems

2. Remove and reinstall the printer

3. Solution for Wi-Fi printers