In control panel Click on Devices and printers. If the Printer is offline, it shows âOfflineâ status. If the Printer is online it shows âReadyâ. If the Printer is offline, set it to online.Right-click on the printer and select âUse Printer Onlineâ.The display should change to ready when the printer is set to online.O. TO. I installed Windows 10 and my printer, which had been working perfectly under Windows 7, was nowhere to be found on the system, or by the install option (using the settings autoload function).