Adding printer in Windows 7 x32 causes 0x000006be error
You likely have driver corruption issue. You can try to remove all printer driver and reinstall them. A similar thread exists over technet: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itprovistaprinting/thread/3e47b7b6-00a3-47e1-9e28-e615fbff5f87 but that particular thread is for windows vista so the answer may or may not work. Since it worked, here's the text from the linked document (Originally by Arthur Xie, a Microsoft Employee): Remove a printer Click the "Start" button, type PRINTER in the search box and press Enter. Find the icons of installed printers, and delete them. Right-click on the blank part of the window, and choose "Run as administrator"->"Server Properties". On the Drivers tab, select the listed printers and click the Remove button. Please then select Remove driver and driver package. Open Start menu, input APPWIZ.CPL in the Search box and press ENTER to launch "Programs and Featur