What is ‘Port in use, please wait’ error in Windows 10/11?
If you are experiencing ‘Port in use, please wait error’ or ‘Port in use, please wait’ error on your Windows 10/11 computer when you try to print a document, and looking for ways to fix, then you are in right-place for the solution. You will be guided here with easy steps/methods to fix the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Port in use, please wait’ – Printer error:
It is common error usually occurred when you try to print a document or perform printing job in your Windows 10/11 computer with printer attached. Before troubleshooting the issue, you should make sure printer device hardware is working fine and is connected to your computer properly into correct port, in order to ensure the issue is not occurring due to printer hardware and its connection issue. Several users reported about this error and explained this error prevents them from using printer in Windows computer comfortably.
This error can be occurred due to some issue in your computer’s end like outdated/corrupted printer driver and USB driver, incorrect or bad configured printer port settings, corruption in Windows computer, and other issues. You should make sure printer driver and USB driver are properly installed in your computer and are up-to-date to latest & compatible version if you don’t want to face this type of error. It is possible to resolve the issue with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Port in use, please wait error – Printer error in Windows 10/11?
Method 1: Fix ‘Port in use, please wait’ error with ‘PC Repair Tool’
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Method 2: Restart your computer and printer
Sometimes, this type of issue is occurred due to some temporary issues in your computer and printer. You can fix the temporary issue just by restarting your printer and computer both, and after restart, retry printing a document and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 3: Run Printer troubleshooter
Windows built-in Printer troubleshooter can resolve the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ app in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and go to ‘System > Troubleshoot > Other Troubleshooters’
Step 2: Find and select ‘Printer’ troubleshooter, and click ‘Run’ button and follow on-screen instructions to finish troubleshooting. Once finished, check if the issue is resolved.
Method 4: Set Correct Printer Port
You can set the correct printer port in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ app in Windows PC and go to ‘Devices > Printers & Scanners > Printer Name > manage’
Step 2: In the opened window, click ‘Printer Properties’ link, and in new window, click ‘Ports’ tab, and make sure that the selected printer port type matches the connection that is currently in use.
Step 3: In case if the printer uses a USB connection, the port should have a USB in description, and if the printer using a network connection, it will have network or IP in its description
Method 5: Update Printer Driver
Updating printer driver to latest & compatible version can resolve the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and expand ‘Printers’ or ‘Print Queue’ category
Step 2: Find and right-click on printer driver, and select ‘Update Driver’ and follow on-screen instructions to finish update and once updated, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Download or reinstall printer driver update in Windows PC [Automatically]
You can also try to update all Windows drivers including printer driver update using Automatic Driver Update Tool. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 6: Reinstall the faculty USB drivers
Another way to fix the issue is to reinstall USB drivers in computer.
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ app using above method and expand ‘Universal Serial Bus Controllers’ category
Step 2: Find and right-click on USB device with exclamation mark, and select ‘Uninstall Device’ to uninstall it, and then restart your computer.
Step 3: Restarting computer will automatically reinstall the correct drivers in computer and once done, check if the issue is resolved.
Conclusion
I hope this post helped you on How to fix Port in use, please wait error in Windows 10/11 with easy ways. You can read & follow our instructions to fix the issue. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
