How do I reset this printer because I forgot to switch printers and now it won't stop printing and I want to cancel it

go to printers and devices
click on the printer and see the what's printing or printer tasks
highlight the task and stop/ cancel or delete

If printing from your computer...yes. Go to the cancel print function on your computer and cancel the print. That will stop more copies being printed once you have hit cancel.

Otherwise you would need to switch the power off to the machine and remove any paper. Then turn it on again and play with the controls until you can clear the print memory back to zero.

Hi,
Resetting the HP LaserJet Pro M1536dnf accomplishes the following:

• Clears all data from the printer's memory (including unprinted data, downloaded fonts, and macros).
• Stops any printing that is taking place and ejects the page.
• Removes some error conditions.
• Resets the printer to its factory default settings.

Reset Procedure:

• Turn off the printer
• Press and hold the Left arrow & Cancel while you turn on the printer
• Once you see Permanent Storage Init you can release the buttons.
• The printer should now start resetting.

Thanks,
HP Printer Support

If the light flashing is the "light bulb like button" or the "Ready/Light" button, it means that either the printer is:

• The printer is busy receiving and processing data or printing.
• The printer is printing a directory, font list, menu settings pages, or Print Quality Test Pages.


If it's Busy:
• Wait for the message to clear.
• Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job.
• Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.


If it's printing a directory, a font list, menu settings pages, or Print Quality Test Pages:
• Wait for the pages to print. The Busy message is displayed as the pages print. The Ready light is on when the
printing stops.
• Press and release Cancel to cancel printing.
• Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.

sounds like the print job queue is overloading the wireless network, causing a hang on that side

big print jobs do that even on wired systems might consider adding more printer memory

Good Day Nanawhit!

That happens all the times when first print job encounter a problem and stops printing and it was followed by series of print jobs. Some reasons for stop printing could be a printer out of paper and printer not set as default printer.

The best way to fix it is to cancel all pending jobs. When print jobs window is cleared off pending print jobs, restart your PC and your printer. Then go to your printer and make sure it is the default printer.

After that try printing a test page. Once a test page is successful, you can now print as many as you want.

look down at your toolbar on the right bottom corner of your screen. You should see a printer icon. Right click on that and select open. To cancel an individual print job just right click on it and click cancel (it will take a bit for it to cancel). To cancel all of them left click on the top one and then go down to the very bottom one then hold shift and left click the bottom one. All of them should be selected now. Now right click on any one of them and click cancel.

Hi,
Right click on MyComputer and click Manage. Then go to Services and Applications and then Services. Find the Print Spooler services in the list and right click to stop it. When it is stopped try to cancel the document again. Then start the print spooler service again.

Regards,
nicolasiac

Clear the print queue by double clicking the printer icon in the Printers and Faxes folder and power off and unplug the printer power cord. Remove the paper from the tray and power the printer back on if it attempt to print again repeat the process until the memory is cleared.

Press the printer key. The printer screen will appear, and reset job will be an option. You must clear the print queue on the computer or it will just get sent again.