My printer makes me violent

[BC Gal]

I can`t take it anymore!!! My printer is a piece of crap Every time I turn it on, it does not recognize the existing copy of itself and I have to put in the disc and go through that, then reset the settings so it prints in black ink not color, etc. Because I forgot to do it tonight, right now something I wanted to print is in the queque on offline copy4 of the printer, never to be printed because my printer is now onto copy5. Arrrrggggg!!!

For Christmas I think I`ll ask for a new printer and a hammer

[cath007]

I feel your pain....my printer would not recognize what I have to print for a site( mir for science balance cat food) grr....2 day of trying and get frustrated.


Finally I think it was the pdf the problem....it printed only white page???
Went on another site copy the form and then proceed...done!!!

[YOU AND ME]

Mine is the same a hammer sounds good

[luckbealady]

If your printer is not being recognized try this (if you are using Windows):

Go to Control Panel
Performance and Maintenance
Administrative Tools
Services

Scroll down the list until you find Print Spooler (the list is in alphabetical order)
Look over and see if it says Started on the right
If it doesn't stay Strarted, right click on Print Spooler and select Start

Sometimes if the printer isn't connected, or is off for long periods of time, the spooler stops running.
I use a laptop, so every time I want to print something I have to start the spooler before I print (I start it before I even connect the printer).

[Aimz]

Maybe we should do a hammer gift exchange around Christmas.

My printer has a mind of its own - it will start calibrating whenever it feels like it, including in the middle of the night sometimes. And then it'll also start calibrating before it follows my print command, making me sit there and wait for it forever.

And it won't do it silently - oh no. It will sound like a whining cat/crying baby the whole time.

Man, I feel your pain. And man I need a new printer.

[BC Gal]

I think companies should give us printers to test since we do more internet interactive printing than most people

Thanks so much luckbealady! I love learning how to find things on my computer. I followed the steps and it does say started, but now I know how to check that and some other stuff too

Hey, at least it's not haunted like Aimz! LMAO jj

[Aimz]

I think companies should give us printers to test since we do more internet interactive printing than most people

Thanks so much luckbealady! I love learning how to find things on my computer. I followed the steps and it does say started, but now I know how to check that and some other stuff too

Hey, at least it's not haunted like Aimz! LMAO jj

LOL! Right? So glad I could provide a bright side. Believe me, I've thought about it being haunted as well.

[PurpleBunny89]

Mine is an idiot too. Not nearly as bad as everyone elses though.

The scanner part is idiotic.

In the spring I could not use it because it would not "connect" (wireless) with my computer. Would say its not connected to anything but would then print something from my computer. Try to scan again and nope, not connected to any computer. Its the same darn machine! "All in one".

So like 6 months later I finally get up the courage to call in to HP to get them to help me with it. I turn the darn thing on and try to scan to see what the message says as by this time I have forgotten and what do you know? The thing works! GRRRRR.

But now it still tempramental. Occassionally it will say again not connected so I'll open up the printer program on my computer select scan that way, then hit cancel (I don't like scanning like that, long story) then I'll go back to the printer and suddenly it will allow me to scan.

I hate technology.

[happydancing]

I know the feeling all to well.

[abbasgirl]

Mine has been telling me for the last two weeks that I've left the cover open. So I can't print anything at all.

[wolfwoman]

[QUOTE=Aimz;4977291]Maybe we should do a hammer gift exchange around Christmas.

My printer has a mind of its own - it will start calibrating whenever it feels like it, including in the middle of the night sometimes. And then it'll also start calibrating before it follows my print command, making me sit there and wait for it forever.

And it won't do it silently - oh no. It will sound like a whining cat/crying baby the whole time.

Man, I feel your pain. And man I need a new printer.[/QU
I'd like a blinged out hammer please! Nice to know that I'm not the only one with a haunted printer!

[glenglen]

Just found this thread as we are trying to work then printer AGRGGGGGGGGGG,the old printer we have [mine] work sgood the new expensive one is my husbands and works like crap
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[xXtiggerXx]

Ha, this post reminded me of my printer mishap this morning. My printer doesn't always have issues but when it does it tends to be when I needed to work the most. Anyways, I had a couple things waiting on my laptop to print off so I plugged it in, put a big stack of paper in and went across the street for an Iced Capp. I come back in and instead of printing, the darn thing's decided to shoot sheets of paper one at a time across the room. There were like 30 sheets of paper scatted everywhere, with more shooting out at mach speed when I walked in. Oh printer, why are you so crazy

I thought you all could get a good laugh out of this comic as well:http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

[sweet sparrow]

Oh my gosh, you so need this cat...



Incidentally, my printer won't work with Smartsource. It keeps telling me that I need to update Java. Aaargh! We've updated Java to the latest version! Does anyone else's Mac work with Smartsource?

[cath007]

Lol....I had my printer HP kind since 10 years...and now I configurate on 1 of my pc(mine -used the most-) and I will have to do with the other pc too....In the time it was selled like 200$....boy...long time ago when we have our traditionnal printer we have a lexmar....it what a who *&*(&( dont last long...it was on a gvnt computer program in 2000''connect the famillY'' and we cannot choose anything...so it was cheap.


So now with reusined ink I purchase I am fine with the hp....the others ones are so $$$
The ink cost more than the printer....crazy!!!

But I have to print something at least 1 time a week to kept the printer running.