"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:16:04 -0500, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
>
>> On 8/30/2010 11:16 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:09:11 -0400, Joe Morris wrote:
>>>
>>>> <dizzie.lizzie.5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Bob I<birelan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure, turn the printer back on. If that isn't the answer, try
>>>>>> explaining
>>>>>> what the problem is.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know what problems bettablue is having but the offline problem
>>>>> I have sometimes on Win 7 and frequently on Vista is that when I turn
>>>>> on the printer and try to print it is listed as offline. I have found
>>>>> no way to get it back online except to delete the printer and
>>>>> reinstall it. My printer is an HP all-in-one 6310. I have seen other
>>>>> people with the same problem with HP printers. I don't know if it
>>>>> happens to other brands of printer. It would be nice to either not
>>>>> have it go offline or to be able to set it back online without
>>>>> reinstalling it.
>>>>
>>>> FWIW I've seen occasional problems where a USB printer (this is
>>>> USB-attached, right?) didn't get completely announced to waiting
>>>> applications when it came online. Try removing the printer through the
>>>> "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog, then turn the printer off, wait a
>>>> couple of
>>>> seconds, and turn it back on.
>>>>
>>>> No guarantees, but if it works it will be easier than remove/reinstall
>>>> of
>>>> the printer.
>>>>
>>>> Joe Morris
>>>
>>> My Canon printer is connected by Ethernet, and occasionally reports that
>>> it's busy and can't be bothered to print. Turning it off and then on
>>> again after a few seconds seems to restore it. Occasionally it needs to
>>> be unplugged from both the Ethernet cable and the power source (AC) to
>>> clear its processor.
>>>
>>> After one of those cures succeeds it's good for weeks or months.
>>>
>>
>> Is the printer using a Fixed IP address that is outside the range of any
>> being allowed by DHCP? I had similar problems with a printer that would
>> work fine using DHCP until the IP lease time ran out. Then it would
>> either "forget" to ask for the lease to be renewed or something else was
>> assigned that address but the printer kept trying to use it anyway.
>>
>> With my local DHCP range limited to xxx.xxx.xxx.2-100 and my printer
>> running on a fixed IP of xxx.xxx.xxx.250 I no longer have the problem.
>>
>> Depending on your router you may need to verify that the DHCP range for
>> wireless and Ethernet are both set with a limit lower, or higher, that
>> the one you assign to the printer.
>
> The problem is printer in use, rather than printer not found.
>
> It does have a fixed IP address outside the range I allow for DHCP. I
> had to look it up - it's been a while since I set it up, so I didn't
> remember what I had chosen.
>
> I tend to keep my fixed addresses and my DHCP addresses separate. Both
> my fixed IP devices and my DHCP devices do fine, except for my Replay
> TV. It had a bug so that it forgot that it was on fixed IP and every now
> and again would get a new address from DHCP. But time has moved on and
> it's no longer in use. I don't even remember what I did as a workaround.
> I suspect that I just switched it to DHCP and looked up its current
> assignment whenever I needed to access it. I would have had to look it
> up anyway, given the bug.
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
This query seems a bit odd to me, because I had a difficulty with Win XP and
my two printers (one is a fast black only and the other is a slower colour
one). With Win 7 though, it has worked perfectly.
However, just in case the poster of the original question is a bit of a
beginner, it is well worth pointing out that if you ever get a problem with
printing, always check that the print queue is empty by clicking Devices and
Printers in the Start menu, right clicking any printer icons and select 'See
what's printing'. Any old job that has got stuck can then be cancelled.