My printer is hooked up to my PC but is not printing

Printer product info?

It seems that your computer is not recognizing the printer even when it's hooked up. Make sure the cable is properly inserted into the printer and your computer. If you have another USB cable you can use, try that and see if it works.

A quick fix for most communication errors can be achieved by resetting the printer and/or rebooting the PC. Frequently, issues are caused simply by a break in the signal sent from PC to printer or vice versa. Unplugging and re-plugging the printer allows the small amount of on-board memory on the printer to be cleared, with the result that the PC recognizes the machine properly. Programs continuing to run in the background of the operating system (OS) can cause the signal to be lost. Rebooting the PC ends all programs that may be running and makes a 'clean' start, allowing the signal to be detected.

this could be a very complex problem if you hooked your printer up to your pc prior to running the driver instalation disk. most printers requie you hook them up when qued by the install. the best advice i can give would be to uninstall the printer remove the printer connewction from the usb and insure it is removed from the device manager located in the properties section of you computer.

go to safe mode and then delete the queue in printer

You'll need to install the copier drivers to your laptop to get the print options to function. Don't confuse fax functions with printer functions. Having the unit hooked up to the phone line allows you to send and receive faxes. You need to be hooked to your PC/laptop with the proper print drivers installed in order to print.

Because your printer is not either wireless or network capable, the only way to get the results you need is to purchase a usb print server, hook it to your router, set it up through it's management console, and if your router is wireless, you can hook up to your router and print to your printer with your desktop turned on or off.

Date can only be printed on photo when it will be printed through Picbridge option on digital printer.

When camera hooked with PC via usb, there are options of mass storage and Picbridge and can be selected by pressing menu button.

In Picbridge printing procedure camera hooked directly with digital printer and printer asks for date printing settings.

You can only hook up printer to router if the printer has a print server otherwise you'll have to share the printer through the pc it is attached to. Hope this helps. Let me know. thanks, Henry

I assume from your message that you mean you can't print a document from your computer or send and receive faxes. Chances are, you'll have to reinstall the printer, just the same way as when you first bought it and hooked it up to your PC. Also, the operating system on your computer is going to make a difference. For example, if you originally hooked the printer up to a Windows XP computer and now you're hooking it up to a Windows Vista computer, you'll need to install different print drivers.

I don't know if you have the original manuals or disks that came with the printer. If not, a good place to start would be to download the manual from HP.com. That'll at least get you started:

Manuals page

It would be really helpful if you were to post what steps you took to connect your printer to your PC once you got the printer out of storage. Also, how long had it been in storage, are you hooking it up to the same PC or a different PC than before you put it in storage, and are you hooking it up to the PC differently now than before (printer cable vs. USB cable, for example)?

Thanks.

I am trying to hook up my printer to a different pc and it will not print...on the paper it prints unsupported personality:PCL...does anyone know why it's doing this??