Network printers taking approximately 15 minutes to appear in Devices and Printers

Found an issue with network printers. When they are installed either manually or via Group policy preferences, they don't appear in Devices in Printers for around 15 minutes, sometimes longer. However they can be seen within Applications such as Word,
Excel etc.
If we reboot the workstation immediately after installing the printer and log back in, the printers are visible.
The issue doesn't occur with local printers.

Hi,
This problem can be caused by Network proxy problem. So, first of all, please check if you had setting any proxy in your computer.
In addition, If you using any security software, please try to disable them temporarilly for test.
If no use, try to following method for test.
1. In Control Panel, goto System [WIN+X -> Y]
2. Click "Advanced system settings"
3. Click "Hardware" Tab then "Device Installation Settings" 
4. Select "No Let me choose what to do" and "Never install driver software from Windows Update"
 (Optional) Uncheck "Automatically get the device app and info provided by your device manufacturer"
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

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