Printer not working

FullMetalJacket · 10-19-2010, 08:44 PM

I guess my laptop's problems come in pairs. So my Asus G73 laptop with Win7 has an HP Deskjet F4180 printer. It has fresh, aligned ink cartridges and the latest drivers, and plenty of paper of course. It is selected as the active device. There have never been any compatibility issues. I've never had any problems using its printer, scanner or copier functions. Suddenly, today when I try to print any documents at all, the documents are sent to the printer but nothing happens.

Any ideas?

Jiminator · 10-19-2010, 10:50 PM

first see if the printer prints. usually you do this by holding down some buttons for a few seconds, then it should print a test page.

second, can you still receive scanned docs from it?

third, try opening printer properties and delete any waiting tasks

then you may want to delete and reinstall the print driver, but that is questionable

GL

Dopefish7590 · 10-20-2010, 07:26 AM

Printer problems huh..?

Try holding your [Windows Key] and tapping [Pause/Break] and click the "Device Manager" from the left pane. From here, navigate to "Printers > <Your Printer.>"

Does the device have any problems on the driver side? If yes, reinstall the driver, if no... (It just says disconnected or something), try doing what Jiminator mentioned and print a test page from the printer itself... (Commonly done by holding "Enter" on most printers... Can't find any info about it for yours.)

If that prints fine, it is a communication problem and not a bad driver or printer. There are many a reason why these occur, so i can't give you info on those without greater detail about your problem.

NutWrench · 10-20-2010, 07:39 PM

Check the print spooler and see if it's set to Pause Printing for some weird reason. . .

Nessus · 10-31-2010, 12:24 PM

When you click on the printer icon do you see your jobs lined up there in the que unexecuted or are they do they just blink there and are gone? You want to know if the job is actually getting to the printer.

First thing I'd do after simple troubleshooting is reinstall a new printer object and see if it works. Sometimes the driver or some part of software will get corrupted.

Inanimate Carbon Rod · 10-31-2010, 01:31 PM

Have you tried restarting your laptop?

FullMetalJacket · 11-01-2010, 09:01 AM

Thanks for all the tips. It's working now. Turns out the USB cable was just plugged into a bad port on my laptop. The laptop is brand new and I'm not sure how a USB port can just stop working, but that's all it was.

Still can't connect to the Internet without my BlackBerry or an air card, though...

10-19-2010, 08:44 PM	#1
FullMetalJacket	Printer not working I guess my laptop's problems come in pairs. So my Asus G73 laptop with Win7 has an HP Deskjet F4180 printer. It has fresh, aligned ink cartridges and the latest drivers, and plenty of paper of course. It is selected as the active device. There have never been any compatibility issues. I've never had any problems using its printer, scanner or copier functions. Suddenly, today when I try to print any documents at all, the documents are sent to the printer but nothing happens. Any ideas? __________________ AIM screenname: MGamer16 "My father would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy; the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament."

10-19-2010, 10:50 PM	#2
Jiminator	Re: Printer not working first see if the printer prints. usually you do this by holding down some buttons for a few seconds, then it should print a test page. second, can you still receive scanned docs from it? third, try opening printer properties and delete any waiting tasks then you may want to delete and reinstall the print driver, but that is questionable GL __________________ big badass nasty weapons here....

10-20-2010, 07:26 AM	#3
Dopefish7590	Re: Printer not working Printer problems huh..? Try holding your [Windows Key] and tapping [Pause/Break] and click the "Device Manager" from the left pane. From here, navigate to "Printers > <Your Printer.>" Does the device have any problems on the driver side? If yes, reinstall the driver, if no... (It just says disconnected or something), try doing what Jiminator mentioned and print a test page from the printer itself... (Commonly done by holding "Enter" on most printers... Can't find any info about it for yours.) If that prints fine, it is a communication problem and not a bad driver or printer. There are many a reason why these occur, so i can't give you info on those without greater detail about your problem.

10-20-2010, 07:39 PM	#4
NutWrench	Re: Printer not working Check the print spooler and see if it's set to Pause Printing for some weird reason. . . __________________ "If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled."

10-31-2010, 12:24 PM	#5
Nessus	Re: Printer not working When you click on the printer icon do you see your jobs lined up there in the que unexecuted or are they do they just blink there and are gone? You want to know if the job is actually getting to the printer. First thing I'd do after simple troubleshooting is reinstall a new printer object and see if it works. Sometimes the driver or some part of software will get corrupted. __________________ "Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

10-31-2010, 01:31 PM	#6
Inanimate Carbon Rod	Re: Printer not working Have you tried restarting your laptop? __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

11-01-2010, 09:01 AM	#7
FullMetalJacket	Re: Printer not working Thanks for all the tips. It's working now. Turns out the USB cable was just plugged into a bad port on my laptop. The laptop is brand new and I'm not sure how a USB port can just stop working, but that's all it was. Still can't connect to the Internet without my BlackBerry or an air card, though... __________________ AIM screenname: MGamer16 "My father would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy; the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament."