What is ‘Printer error 0x0000011b’ in Windows 10/11?
If you are experiencing ‘Printer error 0x0000011b’ error in your Windows 10/11 computer whenever you are trying to print something using your network-shared printer, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Printer error 0x0000011b’: It is common Windows Problem considered as Printer error. This error is usually appeared when you try to print something using your network-shared printer in your Windows 10/11 computer. The error message indicates that your Windows computer can’t connect to printer and printing operation failed with Error Code 0x0000011b. There could be several reasons behind this issue including problematic security patch Windows Update installed in your computer.
Several Windows 10/11 users reported about this problem and explained that the issue is started occurred usually after the installation of latest security patch released by Microsoft in order to protect Windows 10/11 computer users from bugs involving the Windows Print Spooler spoofing. However, Microsoft released the final patch to fix this bug and it also produced a different issue by interfering with TPC authentication level of network printers.
As of now, you have been able to get the root of this issues that’s actually a registry value called ‘RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled’ and you can fix this registry in ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print’ path in Registry Editor. This printer error can be fixed by uninstalling Windows security update that is causing issue, or you need to wait to next Windows update that could help you to fix this bug, or perform Windows Update operation in computer if the update available in order to fix the issue.
Another possible way to fix the issue is to disable the migration for CVE-2021-1678 that will ensure that your network is not exposed to be two bugs while resolving the error. It is possible to resolve the issue with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Printer error 0x0000011b in Windows 10/11?
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Method 2: Install all pending Windows update
Updating Windows 10 OS to latest update version can resolve the issue. You can install all available and pending updates in computer in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10 via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Update & Security > Windows Update’ and click on ‘Check for updates’ button
Step 2: Download and install all available and pending updates in computer and once updated, restart your computer to see the changes and check if the error is resolved.
Method 3: Install the local printer driver for local port
This issue can also be resolved by adding printer that is giving the issue, to local port. You can enforce this fix by accessing Control Panel and add a new printer from ‘Device and Printers’ screen.
Step 1: Open ‘Control Panel’ in Windows 10 via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Device and Printers’ and click ‘Add a Printer’ option from ribbon bar at top of window
Step 2: Once you get the first screen, wait until initial scan is complete and then click ‘The Printer that I want isn’t listed’ under boxes of drivers
Step 3: In next screen, select ‘Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings’ and hit ‘Next’
Step 4: In next screen, select ‘Create a new power hyperlink’, and select ‘local port’ from associated dropdown menu and hit ‘Next’
Step 5: Go ahead and insert the file path followed by the name of the network printer and then hit ‘Ok’ button
Step 6: In next screen, select your printer’s manufacturer name from column on left side and select the correct driver from column on right side, and hit ‘Next’
Step 7: Select the name for local printer driver that you are about to install and hit ‘Next’ and wait to finish installation and once done, click ‘Finish’ button. You should check if your printer is in the list under ‘Devices and Printers’ using ‘step 1’. Once done, retry printing document using network printer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 4: Disable ‘CVE-2021-1678’ migration
Another possible way to fix the issue is to disable ‘CVE-2021-1678’ migration using registry editor.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘regedit’ in the ‘Run’ window and hit ‘Ok’ button to open ‘Registry Editor’
Step 2: In ‘Registry Editor’, navigate to following path in left pane
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print
Step 3: Once you are inside correct path, select ‘Print’ from left pane, and in right pane, right-click on empty space and select ‘New > DWORD (32-bit) Value’ and name the key to ‘RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled’ value
Step 4: Double-click on created registry value to edit, set the ‘Base’ to ‘Hexadecimal’ and ‘Value Data’ to ‘0’ and then hit ‘Ok’ button to save the changes and once done, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 5: Uninstall problematic Windows Update
This issue can also be occurred due to some problematic Windows update installed in your computer. You can uninstall the problematic update or recent Windows update in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Control Panel’ in Windows 10 via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Uninstall a Program > Programs & Features’ and click ‘View installed updates‘ in left pane
Step 2: Find and select the problematic Windows update in the list, and select ‘Uninstall’. Follow on-screen instructions to finish uninstall
Step 3: Once done, restart your computer and check if the printer error is resolved.
Conclusion
I hope this post helped you on How to fix Printer error 0x0000011b in Windows 10 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
