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| | Vista sees printer, but won't print After connecting my printer to my new laptop for the first time, Vista successfully found and installed the printer driver and gave me a message that the printer was ready to use. When I try to print a document, the document shows up in the print queue as "printing" but nothing prints. Everything is plugged in and seems fine, there's paper in the printer, etc. I can't discover where the problem is. Any ideas? |
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| | #2 (permalink) |
| | Re: Vista sees printer, but won't print Printers can be very idosyncratic - what make and model of printer and how is it connected (e.g. USB)? -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "fso0629" <fso0629@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C880D2DF-E347-412C-8C42-FDB5832AD1F9@microsoft.com... > After connecting my printer to my new laptop for the first time, Vista > successfully found and installed the printer driver and gave me a message > that the printer was ready to use. When I try to print a document, the > document shows up in the print queue as "printing" but nothing prints. > Everything is plugged in and seems fine, there's paper in the printer, > etc. I > can't discover where the problem is. Any ideas? |
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| | #3 (permalink) |
| | Re: Vista sees printer, but won't print HP PSC 1410v All in One. It's connected with a USB cable. "Bruce Sanderson" wrote: > Printers can be very idosyncratic - what make and model of printer and how > is it connected (e.g. USB)? > > -- > Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing > http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders > > It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. > > > > "fso0629" <fso0629@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C880D2DF-E347-412C-8C42-FDB5832AD1F9@microsoft.com... > > After connecting my printer to my new laptop for the first time, Vista > > successfully found and installed the printer driver and gave me a message > > that the printer was ready to use. When I try to print a document, the > > document shows up in the print queue as "printing" but nothing prints. > > Everything is plugged in and seems fine, there's paper in the printer, > > etc. I > > can't discover where the problem is. Any ideas? > |
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| | #4 (permalink) |
| | Re: Vista sees printer, but won't print Did you download and install the correct drivers for Vista from the HP website: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...458978&lang=en You cannot expect it to print just because you connect it to the PC.... you must have the correct drivers installed... and they should have been installed BEFORE connection. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "fso0629" <fso0629@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0DBBE8D7-B13B-4EE1-8240-BE65947D58FB@microsoft.com... > HP PSC 1410v All in One. It's connected with a USB cable. > > "Bruce Sanderson" wrote: > >> Printers can be very idosyncratic - what make and model of printer and >> how >> is it connected (e.g. USB)? >> >> -- >> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing >> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders >> >> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. >> >> >> >> "fso0629" <fso0629@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:C880D2DF-E347-412C-8C42-FDB5832AD1F9@microsoft.com... >> > After connecting my printer to my new laptop for the first time, Vista >> > successfully found and installed the printer driver and gave me a >> > message >> > that the printer was ready to use. When I try to print a document, the >> > document shows up in the print queue as "printing" but nothing prints. >> > Everything is plugged in and seems fine, there's paper in the printer, >> > etc. I >> > can't discover where the problem is. Any ideas? >> |
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| | RE: Vista sees printer, but won't print "fso0629" wrote: > After connecting my printer to my new laptop for the first time, Vista > successfully found and installed the printer driver and gave me a message > that the printer was ready to use. When I try to print a document, the > document shows up in the print queue as "printing" but nothing prints. > Everything is plugged in and seems fine, there's paper in the printer, etc. I > can't discover where the problem is. Any ideas? |
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| | #6 (permalink) |
| | RE: Vista sees printer, but won't print If you get an answer please let me know. I have had to use my HP laptop for 6 months without being able to print. I have installed 4 different printers, used all the updated drivers, used several different cables, and nothing works. Tech support with Lexmark and HP all blame Microsoft and Microsoft blames the printer companies. There is something preventing the data transfer to the printer and I think it could be Vista. |
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| | #7 (permalink) |
| | RE: Vista sees printer, but won't print Try disable Windows Firewall and any Firewall which you have. "KTJMS07" wrote: > If you get an answer please let me know. I have had to use my HP laptop for > 6 months without being able to print. I have installed 4 different printers, > used all the updated drivers, used several different cables, and nothing > works. Tech support with Lexmark and HP all blame Microsoft and Microsoft > blames the printer companies. There is something preventing the data transfer > to the printer and I think it could be Vista. > > |
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