{"id":197599,"date":"2022-07-26T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T08:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=197599"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:33:51","slug":"windows-10-breaking-usb-printers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-10-breaking-usb-printers\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 KB5014666 is breaking USB printers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft has confirmed that update KB5014666 for Windows 10 is causing significant issues with USB printers<\/strong>. Ironically, this update, released on June 28th is supposed to add new printing features for Windows 10 devices. <\/p>\n\n\n

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According to Microsoft, a bug in the update<\/strong> causes Windows 10 systems to display duplicates of single printers, suffixed by \u2018Copy1.\u2019 More critically, however, applications that refer to a specific printer by name are now unable to print documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company has stated that it is working on a fix for the issue and will release said fix in a future update. In the meantime, users affected are encouraged to file feedback reports<\/strong> and try an applicable temporary workaround.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is one workaround for the Windows 10 printer issue on update KB5014666:<\/p>\n\n\n\n