This appears to be an HP problem and should be fixed with a patch from
HP.....If it were a Vista problem, everyone would be complaining their queue
hangs... and I can assure you, they aren't and it doesn't.
Of course you can try uninstalling and reinstalling the unit.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows
"FredJ" <FredJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E967A35E-D1E2-4A28-9B63-4E2FEE95886C@microsoft.com...
> I am running Windows Vista Ultimate. I have an HP 6540 printer. After
> printing several documents the print queue Breaks. I look at the printer,
> the busy light is flashing as if it is printing, but nothing comes out.
> The
> print queue has from 2 to 5 jobs waiting. The only way out of this is to
> 1:turn off the printer. 2:restart the system. 3:when the system comes back
> up
> check the print queue. if it is not empty, choose the option to clear all
> print jobs. This should clear the queue. 4:go to printer properties and
> re-install the printer driver. This fixes the problem for a day or two.
> I
> have even gone to printer properties and selected print directly to
> printer.
> This does no good Vista still brings in the print queue on every print
> job.
> This is a Microsoft problem, it needs to be fixed with a patch to VISTA
> ULTIMATE.
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