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    Printer lost.

    I have one HP 3050A J611 that ran faultlessly for the last 3 years. The last update bricked it. Not totally as I still have communication to it but it will print nothing. I can send it jobs and delete them from the print que (?) fine. I went to MS driver offers, no joy. I noticed that as I send...
  2. How to Secure Your Printer: Change Passwords on Windows 11

    In our increasingly connected world, securing your network printer is crucial for protecting sensitive information. Every network printer comes with a default username and password, usually a simple combination like "admin" and the printer’s serial number. Knowing these details can leave your...
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    Windows 11 Trouble installing printers

    I am trying to install a couple of network printers onto my new windows11 laptop. I get the error 0x00000709 when trying to install both printers. I have a HP 5 Laserjet (parallel port) and a HP Inkjet 7500 (USB) on a desktop computer with both Windows OS 7 and 10. Laptop Tech Support Guy...
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    Windows 10 Hp 4560

    Printer is not printing in color even though I have color selected. I had this problem before and it was fixed but I had to completely reinstall Windows 10 and lost the info. Ink is fine. Tried another set of cartridges to make sure it wasn't the ink and it did the same thing. Microsoft has...
  5. Print Log Not Showing Print Amounts

    have purchased a new HP printer, and I use the event logs to track how many pages we have printed, however that's the problem. If a user prints 99 pages of the same document, the printer will print 99 pages, but the print log will show only 1 copy printed, which is a bit useless for us. It's...
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    Print command

    Win 10 has at least 3 different versions of the screen to select a printer and specify what is to be done/layout Etc. when calling up a printer. Not all are full function/option. Example: "print current page". Why not one version with all the options? Second problem: When printing some pages...
  7. Windows 10 Creator's update vs HP printing

    One of my computers did the creators update and now refuses to print. It is a Dell Optiplex 3040 and the printer is an HP Color Laserjet CP2045. I worked great until the update. I have removed the printer and reinstalled it several times but I get no response from the printer at all.
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    Windows 10 HP Printer "Offline"

    Hi. Newbie here - first post. I recently purchased a new HP Notebook running Windows 10 (HP 15-ay041 wm) and immediately connected my HP Envy 5530 e-All-in-One wireless printer to it. Piece of cake! It worked flawlessly. That was then, and this is now. A few weeks have passed since then, and I...
  9. Windows 8 Workgroup Sharing Problem in Win 8 & Win 7

    Hello: I am having no end of trouble with my network. Here's the setup: 1. BT Home Hub 5 Wi-Fi router, connected to Internet. 2. Desktop, Win 7 HP, x64, connected to router with Ethernet. 3. HP LaserJet printer, connected to router with Ethernet. 4. Netgear EX6200 AC1200 802.11ac Dual Band...
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    Windows 7 HP Scan, Run DLL, SQL error. Can they be fixed?

    I am 72 and worked with PCs until 2002 but now Windows 7 has me baffeled. I just got a new printer. An HP 6520 all-in-one. When I try to save a scan I get "HP Scan has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a...
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    Windows 7 Handle is invalid when printing

    I have a HP M1530 printer working fine on Windows 7. I get the error the handle is invalid after I update .Net framework to V4.0. I tried to install latest printer driver, still no luck. Any ideas? Thanks.
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    Windows 7 Win7 cannot connect to printer on XP comp

    We have a little net. On PC with XP pro is printer HP LJ 2200d through LPT port. When I try connect to this printer from notebook WIN7, I get only "waiting for response" window - and nothing. Any idea?
  13. Windows 7 Wireless Printer Not Connected

    For whatever reason, all three computers that I installed and tested my HP CP1025nw printer on just a few days ago, the tray icons now show that it isn't connected. I recycled the power on the printer and rebooted one of the computers as well as attempted to print a page, but nothing worked...
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    Windows 7 Troble installing HP Printer

    HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Desktop, only computer in house. Was using HP All -in -One 309G printer for a few years and everything worked great. One day I noticed that the printer icon wasn't showing up in Device and Printers folder. Well went into the other forum for HP and Windows 7 and several...
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    Windows 7 Can't connect to my wireless printer

    Hi, i'm new to this forum so please forgive me if i'm posting this thread in the wrong place. I have my toshiba laptop running windows 7 64 bit system. I use to have a vpn installed until today as i thought this was causing the problem i am about to explain. I just purchased a hp all in one...
  16. Windows 7 Can't print from a Windows XP machine to a networked Windows 7 machine/printer

    I have a Windows XP machine and a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit machine on my network. Attached to the Windows 7 machine is a HP 1050 printer. I have setup network printing and there are no error messages when I print from the XP machine but there is no printer action. When I print from the...
  17. Windows 7 The HP Printer Display Hack (with financial goodness)

    The HP Printer Display Hack is a simple background application that periodically checks the current price of a selected stock and sends it to the display of HP (and compatible) laser printers. IntroductionThis app is based on an old hack from back to at least 1997 that uses the HP Job control...
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    Windows 7 How To Change Port on an Installed Printer?

    I want to simply change the port on an installed printer. Currently it's set to a local usb port - I want to change it to \\Desk1\hp4050pcl. It's funny because I have both the pcl and ps versions installed locally, but when I try to add a new printer over the network I get an error message...
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    Windows 7 Irritating message after W7 loads

    Every time after w7 has loaded there is the message 'There was a problem starting C:\Program Files\HP\HPDeskjet3050......etc. The specified module could not be found'. I have uninstalled all the software for the HP printer but it appears that something has been left and although I have run a...
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    Windows 7 HP printer working on windows 7 starter but not on windows7 prof. home

    I have windows7 on a acer notebook and able to use my HP 5610xi w/no problem. I recently bought an acer desktop emachine el1352g and cannot use my hp or some other software. It says that product cannot be installed with operating system. The only difference i can see is that the emachine...