Tech Tip–Printer Issues

September 15, 2009 by Chris
Filed under: Tech Tip

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printer Tech Tip Printer Issues Today’s tech tip is probably about one of the more frustrating computer problems–printer issues. Inevitably it occurs when you’re just written your synopsis, and you want to review it. Or it happens when you’ve finally decided to edit that last chapter.

The errors are often vague and incomprehensible. I just printed 100 pages an hour ago. WTF? Been there done, done that, wrote the book. For printer issues, I’ve found through years of tech support experience that there are three courses of action to take.

Restart the printer
If pending documents are clogging up the works, restarting the printer may delete the jobs. It’s important also to unplug the computer and disconnect it if it’s attached to a print serve. Wait a minute or so and power up.

Restart the computer
Likewise, restarting a computer may release documents and memory being held for use. Restarting also reloads drivers in case something became corrupted during use. This works well if the error turns out to be something off the wall and of course, you did nothing to cause it.

Reinstall drivers/software
If all else fails, the error may lie with corrupted files. To solve these issues, reinstall the drivers/software. Doing so will replace the bad files. This is a last resort. With USB devices, a reinstall can be a pain, necessitating a complete uninstall of the software prior.

Printer issues are usually easy to fix. The important thing is not to panic, but to begin from square one.

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