Printer Status on "Idle" and Won't Print

therelief · 12-20-2007, 09:29 AM

Help! :)

MS did some automatic updates yesterday and now my printer won't print.

I have gone the whole nine yards of uninstalling, reinstalling, turning printer off and on, restarting computer, checking connections, etc., etc.

The thing I did finally notice was that when I open a document, click Print, the printer status says it is "idle."

I have never noticed that before and think that may be where the problem is isolated (everything else is installed/operating properly).

So when I do press print, it sends it to the queue (obviously communicating, right?) but then nothing else ever happens (meaning, no printee).

Anyone know what is going on or how to take the printer out of "idle" status?

Oh, it's an HP Deskjet 960c.

**sobeit** · 12-22-2007, 01:34 AM

try the different s teps here

12-20-2007, 09:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
therelief Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 OS: MS XP	Printer Status on "Idle" and Won't Print Help! :) MS did some automatic updates yesterday and now my printer won't print. I have gone the whole nine yards of uninstalling, reinstalling, turning printer off and on, restarting computer, checking connections, etc., etc. The thing I did finally notice was that when I open a document, click Print, the printer status says it is "idle." I have never noticed that before and think that may be where the problem is isolated (everything else is installed/operating properly). So when I do press print, it sends it to the queue (obviously communicating, right?) but then nothing else ever happens (meaning, no printee). Anyone know what is going on or how to take the printer out of "idle" status? Oh, it's an HP Deskjet 960c.

12-22-2007, 01:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Printer Status on "Idle" and Won't Print try the different s teps here __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age