The Windows 8 Devices and Printers lists all the printers your computer can use. You can use it to show the status of the printer and then check the queue and troubleshoot it as needed.

How Come the Printer Is Always Showing Offline in Windows 8?. When your printer is showing an "offline" status, several different issues might be at play. You may have checked the option to use it ...

When checking printer status (Printer Properties - Maintenance Menu) it shows the "Collecting Printer Status" Dialog and stays there forever. Printing doesnt work either. <BR>In the queue it says ...

To change the driver for an existing printer, instead of clicking the "+" in the list, double click the printer itself and you will open the printer queue and status window.

Learn how to clear your printer queue, an important and sometimes necessary step, even after you've resolved more serious printer problems.