{"id":28995,"date":"2022-10-05T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T04:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=28995"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T05:05:25","slug":"printer-error-0x00000bc4-0x00000709-windows-11-22h2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/printer-error-0x00000bc4-0x00000709-windows-11-22h2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: Printer Error 0x00000bc4 or 0x00000709 in Windows 11 22H2"},"content":{"rendered":"

After updating Windows 11 to version 22H2, your network printers may stop working. Also, the error code 0x00000bc4<\/code> (Desc: ERROR_PRINTER_NOT_FOUND<\/code>) or 0x00000709<\/code> (Desc: ERROR_INVALID_PRINTER_NAME<\/code>) appears when adding a new network printer.<\/p>\n

Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000bc4).\r\n\r\nNo Printers Were Found.<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
The printer name is invalid.<\/p>\n
Cause<\/h2>\n
Windows 11 version 22H2 introduced a new group policy named “Configure RPC Connection settings.” This policy setting controls which protocol and protocol settings to use for outgoing RPC connections to a remote print spooler.<\/p>\n
The default setting in 22H2 blocks Windows from finding your network printers. This causes your existing printers to be erased, and adding them manually causes the error 0x00000bc4.<\/p>\n
Setting “Configure RPC Connection settings” to “RPC over named pipes” fixes the issue.<\/p>\n
Solution<\/h2>\n
To fix the network printer error 0x00000bc4, try these steps:<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Launch the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc<\/code>)<\/li>\n
  2. Go to the following section:\n
    Administrative Templates \u2192 Printers \u2192 Configure RPC connection settings<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Select “RPC over named pipes” from the dropdown, and click OK.
    \n\"0x00000bc4<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Exit the Group Policy Editor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Registry Setting for the above GPO<\/h4>\n
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Printers\\RPC]<\/p>\n
    There are 2 values that can be configured:<\/p>\n
    RpcUseNamedPipeProtocol<\/code> REG_DWORD<\/p>\n
    0: RpcOverTcp (default)
    \n1: RpcOverNamedPipes<\/p>\n
    Credits<\/h3>\n
    The above solution was initially found by @thomas_forde<\/a>, who tweeted about it recently.<\/p>\n
    https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomas_forde\/status\/1575096625470611458<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    After updating Windows 11 to version 22H2, your network printers may stop working. Also, the error code 0x00000bc4 (Desc: ERROR_PRINTER_NOT_FOUND) or 0x00000709 (Desc: ERROR_INVALID_PRINTER_NAME) appears when adding a new network printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000bc4). No Printers Were Found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[869],"tags":[191,441],"class_list":["post-28995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-11","tag-error-messages","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31021,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/device-and-printers-in-windows-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":28995,"position":0},"title":"How to Open “Device and Printers” in Windows 11","author":"Ramesh","date":"December 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In Windows 11 22H2 and up, when you double-click \"Devices and Printers\" from the classic Control Panel, it redirects you to the Settings \u2192 Bluetooth & devices page. 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