Vista - Printing problems with office XP

Hi all! I need your help. I have a new HP laptop that came with windows
vista home premium, and I cannot get it to print any office XP word documents
or PDF files. What is really odd is that it registers the printer, shows
the ink available in each cartridge, and the printer will print my emails
from comcast. I loaded the newest drivers, updated everything. I am
stumped. Microsoft Vista will not print microsoft word documents. Can
anyone help with this?
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Lauri L Javes

On Mon, 5 May 2008 08:12:00 -0700, ljaves <ljaves@xxxxxx> wrote:

Please help us to help you. What does "will not print microsoft word
documents" mean? What happens when you try? If you get an error
message, please quote it verbatim.

What version of Word? When you go to the print dialog box, do you see
your printer listed there and choose it?

Does the problem occur only with Microsoft Word, or with other
Microsoft Office Applications?

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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When I try to print anything from my Office XP Word program or PDF files, it
registers as a number of documents to print for only a second and then it
goes back to zero. There are no error messages - it just goes away. I
would not even know if it registers if I did not have my printer dialog box
open. I can Print anything from my comcast email and no printing problems!
I have the printer set as my main one, so it always comes up first on the
print choices list - but I do check it anyway. I just tried powerpoint and
no luck. I am stumped. I even reinstalled the printer and updated drivers.
Any ideas?
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Lauri L Javes


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

I had the same problem when I had the same printer installed but under two
different transfer methods, one for USB and the other for Network.
My print jobs would seem to go through, but then disappear from the print
job list.
I finally figured out that I had the wrong printer selected, the USB one
when the printer was now located on my Network instead.
It then worked fine.

"ljaves" <ljaves@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi again. When looking at my printer choices, all I see is the USB one and
the PC-FAX one for my Brother Printer. I am networked with a linksys
router. How can I access the network printer as you stated.
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Lauri L Javes


"Bender" wrote:

I "Add Printer...".
I choose the "Add a local printer".
I then select "Create a new port" and select "Standard TCP/IP Port".
In the Hostname or IP address: I enter the IP address of my local network
printer, in my case its at 192.168.2.148.
I leave "Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use"
checked. Then click "Next".
A few moments later my printer driver is installed and I can print to the
printer.


"ljaves" <ljaves@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CC626DEE-113B-4B6E-AF89-E416024F6502@xxxxxx

I feel dumb but I have to ask: How do I locate my IP address. I know I have
seen it but I have no idea where.

Thank you so much. My other laptop just went down and now I have no way to
print so I need to get this working now.
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Lauri L Javes


"Bender" wrote:

click on Start
type cmd in the start search box
press Enter
type ipconfig
press Enter

You should see something like...
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
....
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.111
....

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"ljaves" <ljaves@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK. I found my IP address and added it again as you instructed. It printed
1 word document. I went to print another page and it shows up for a couple
seconds and then it deletes itself from the printer queue. Same for pdf
files. But it will print when I print my comcast email message. How weird.
It worked once, then right back where I starated. Any ideas?
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Lauri L Javes


"Bender" wrote: