In a certain case, self -printing printers may require an administrator to act.
Usually Windows 11’s disturbances come with the latest version, but this time the roles have changed. Illustration. A.singkham
The owner of a printer connected to a Windows device may now happen. The printer may begin to print completely unimaginable text on paper, even if the user does not even touch it.
As a first reaction, many may think that this is some kind of virus. Another guess may be that hackers have been able to penetrate something through the printer. The situation can also be reminded of a picture familiar from horror books and movies.
Reported Ghacks and Bleeping Computer However, they say that this is simply a mistake in Windows.
According to Ghacks, the problem applies to all versions of Windows 11, except for the latest 24h2 version, which was released in late 2024. At least the Windows 10 version 22h2 is also covered by it.
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Ghacks points out that the arrangement is quite rare. Usually, the latest version of Windows 11 stumbles on some kind of new disruption due to the upgrade, but now the roles have changed.
A particular version of Windows alone does not mean that the printer connected to the device is confused. According to Ghacks, the printer must support certain features of the USB protocol, one of which is IPP or Internet print protocol.
According to Ghacks and Bleeping Computer, the text you run out of the printer starts often with the following brands
- Post/ipp/Print HTTP/1.1
- Post/ipp/Print http/1.12
And then continues with other IPP-themed information.
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As a good news, Microsoft has already started patching the problem with the Known Issue Rollback feature. Thus, the problem for a row user does not require any action.
Instead, with a workplace or school equipment, the administrator must act himself. Instructions for this can be found on Microsoft’s website, where Windows 11- and Windows 10 -The equipment instructions are available separately.
In addition to printer mixing, Windows updates have recently led to other strangeness. Microbit wrote in the past about how Microsoft’s Copilot Intelligence Assistant disappeared from both supported Windows after updates.