Fixed - Printer Installation Error 0x000003eb - (New Solution)

Error 0x000003eb appears mainly when trying to perform a usual and familiar connection or installation of a printer in the system. There are many different methods on the web. In this article, we will look at three methods that helped the largest number of users on the network. It is also worth noting one specific feature of error 0x000003eb. The error number on all versions of the Windows operating system will be the same, but its message may differ.

When connecting to a local or network printer in Windows 10, 8, or Windows 7, you may receive a message that says "Printer could not be installed" or "Windows cannot connect to printer" with an error code 0x000003eb.

In this manual - step by step on how to fix error 0x000003eb when connecting to a network or local printer, one of which I hope will help you. Also helpful: Windows 10 printer not working.

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The error in question when connecting to a printer can manifest itself in different ways: sometimes it occurs with any connection attempt, sometimes only when you try to connect a network printer by name (and when connecting via USB or IP address, the error does not appear).

But in all cases, the solution method will be the same. Try the following steps, most likely they will help you fix error 0x000003eb

1. Delete the printer with the error in Control Panel - Devices and Printers or in Settings - Devices - Printers and Scanners (the last option is only for Windows 10).
2. Go to Control Panel - Administration - Print Management (you can also use Win + R - print management. MSc )
3. Expand the section "Print servers" - "Drivers" and remove all drivers for the printer with problems (if during the uninstallation of the driver package you receive a message that access was denied - this is normal if the driver was taken from the system).
4. If a problem occurs with a network printer, open the "Ports" item and delete the ports (IP addresses) of this printer.
5. Restart your computer and try installing the printer again.

If the described method did not help to fix the problem and still cannot connect to the printer, there is another method (however, theoretically, it can be harmful, so I recommend creating a restore point before continuing):

1. Follow steps 1-4 from the previous method.
2. Press Win + R, enter services.MSC, find in the list of services "Print Manager" and stop this service, double-click on it and click the "Stop" button.
3. Launch Registry Editor (Win + R - regedit ) and navigate to the registry key
4. For Windows 64-bit - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Print \ Environments \ Windows x64 \ Drivers \ Version-3
5. For Windows 32-bit - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Print \ Environments \ Windows NT x86 \ Drivers \ Version-3
6. Delete all subkeys and settings in this registry key.
7. Go to the C: \ Windows \ System32 \ spool \ drivers \ w32x86 \ folder and delete folder 3 from there (or you can simply rename it to something so that in case of problems you can return it).
8. Start the Print Manager service.
9. Try installing the printer again.
10. That's all. Hopefully one of the methods helped you fix the "Windows cannot connect to printer" or "Failed to install printer" error.

I hope this Solution work it. if not check Mentioned Blog.