Why won't my printer print!?

Question

It printed 30 minutes ago! but after i cancelled a multiple prints it wouldnt print! now it says its offline and i turned it off and unplugged it! it still wont work! help i need print outs for a science research paper!

Answer 1

Have you had a look in the printer queue?

Sometimes a print job can get stuck in the queue with an error status.

Manually deleting the print jobs and then restarting the computer can help.

Also - have you checked for paper jams?

Answer 2

Let's clean the Print Spooler

I want you to start a Notepad file

cut and paste the following 4 lines in NotePad



net stop spooler

del %systemroot%\system32\spool\printers\*.shd

del %systemroot%\system32\spool\printers\*.spl

net start spooler



READ I am looking at the preview of my answer and I notice that the file extensions on the del lines have been truncated and only show the "s". They are *.shd and *.spl (in that order)



Save the file to your Desktop as DeletePrintJobs.cmd



Double click this and it will open a command window and clean out the spooler

Save the file for future use



What it does:

Turns off the print spooler

Deletes all files caught in the spooler

And restarts the print spooler

Answer 3

The issues and errors with services and processes run by the operating system for supporting printers and related operations can cause offline errors while using HP printers. The HP printer users who are facing these kinds of issues are therefore advised to check the status of the Printer Spooler service in the operating system and configure it so as to automatically start at every system start up. Doing so will enable the printer service to start automatically at system start up, which will enable the recognition and utilization of the connected HP printer under minimal further errors and will also thus help in preventing offline errors.

Answer 4

For XP



Start

Settings

Printers and faxes

Left click the printer icon

Click the word printer

Remove check from use printer offline, and make sure it is set as default printer



For Windows 7



Start

Programs

Devices and Printers

Right click the printer icon

Click see what’s printing

Click the word printer

Remove check from use printer offline

Make sure it is your default printer

Answer 5

turn it back on.

if that fails then just lick it.