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Printer Says Offline but It Is Switched On: The Real Fix

The offline status is almost always a stale IP address. Here is how to fix it permanently instead of weekly.

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Your computer is looking for the printer at an IP address the router has since reassigned. Give the printer a reserved address in the router, then re-add it — the problem stops recurring.

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