“Drivers” are an essential part of an electronic device be it a computer or printer and with respect to the fact that ‘Driver’s plays an important role in the proper functioning of an electronic device, today we’ve decided to mention the ways to troubleshoot issues related to ‘HP Printer Drivers.’ However, before moving on to the solution guide, it is necessary that you must enlighten yourself about what it means when you encounter an ‘HP Printer Driver is unavailable on windows’ error!
The meaning of this error is quite simple, it suggests that the HP printer drivers that you’ve installed on your operating system might be outdated, corrupted, or incompatible with your Windows 10 operating system. So, to get rid of this error, all you have to do is either update your HP printer drivers or update your Windows operating system.
And, to help you with the process of updating both your HP Printer Driver and Windows Operating System, we’ve below-mentioned the steps for the same. Have a look and help yourself to fix your ‘Driver is Unavailable’ issue:
Solution 1: Update Printer Driver (Uninstall and Reinstall the Printer Driver):
To cater, the corrupted 'Driver' issue, you need to first uninstall your printer drivers and to do so press the ‘Windows key + R’ shortcut and open the ‘Run’ dialog box.
In the dialog box, type ‘Devmgmt.msc’ and click on the ‘Ok button.’
Then, look for the printer from the available list that depicts the printer unavailable error and once you’re able to locate it, click right on the same.
After that, choose the ‘Uninstall Device’ option from the available contextual menu.
That’s it! Now, what you need to do is download as well install the ‘Driver Easy’ to let it automatically install the most compatible printer driver on to your operating system.
Solution 2: Update Your Windows Version:
As incompatibility issue of Windows Operating System with your printer drivers can lead to such ‘printer driver unavailable’ error so, to cater the incompatibility issue, what you can do is update your Windows version and install the same on to your operating system and to do so first, press the ‘Windows Start’ button.
Then, in the ‘Search bar’ of the Windows Start menu, type ‘Update.’
After that, click on the first available option i.e., ‘Check for new updates.’
Now, Windows will automatically start looking for the update and even download the same on to the system.
And, in the end, all you have to do is follow the on-screen prompts to install the update in the Operating System and just restart your computer after Windows completes the update process.
That’s all! You can now verify that your Printer driver unavailable error has been resolved or not. Most probably you’ll be able to use your printer without encountering any sort of error.