Printing sticks after half a page

Printing sticks after half a page

Hi

My HP Photosmart 2575 MFD under Vista sometimes works fine but then randomly 
prints a few lines of a job and gives up. An error shows in the print queue, 
but the only way the job will delete is if the printer is physically 
switched off . Sometimes it will print parts of the page on 2 or 3 sheets of 
paper before freezing. The freeze often persists through rebooting the 
machine or switching the printer on and off. Printer off, wait 30 seconds, 
reboot computer, printer on will often fix things, but not always. Randomly 
but rarely the printer will install another copy of itself on being switched 
on.

Vista is fully patched up, I'm using HP update so should have the latest HP 
software, I have downloaded this several times and reinstalled, due to other 
problems I did a fresh install of Vista a couple of months ago - this 
problem persisted.

I'm tearing my hair out. Can anyone help?

Randomiser

date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:40:55 +0100 author: Randomiser

Re: Printing sticks after half a page

The HP Printing Diagnostic Utility was created to diagnose and fix many 
common issues preventing printing from the computer:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-56143-2&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=79477&os=2093&lang=en

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Randomiser"  wrote in message news:O83r2m26IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Hi

My HP Photosmart 2575 MFD under Vista sometimes works fine but then randomly 
prints a few lines of a job and gives up. An error shows in the print queue, 
but the only way the job will delete is if the printer is physically 
switched off . Sometimes it will print parts of the page on 2 or 3 sheets of 
paper before freezing. The freeze often persists through rebooting the 
machine or switching the printer on and off. Printer off, wait 30 seconds, 
reboot computer, printer on will often fix things, but not always. Randomly 
but rarely the printer will install another copy of itself on being switched 
on.

Vista is fully patched up, I'm using HP update so should have the latest HP 
software, I have downloaded this several times and reinstalled, due to other 
problems I did a fresh install of Vista a couple of months ago - this 
problem persisted.

I'm tearing my hair out. Can anyone help?

Randomiser

date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:14:19 -0500 author: Carey Frisch [MVP]

Re: Printing sticks after half a page

Thanks Carey

I have been using this utility for a couple of months. It diagnoses a 
printer queue problem and will clear out the queue but the printer remains 
frozen and no more/new jobs will print.

Randomiser

"Carey Frisch [MVP]"  wrote in message 
news:evDbg836IHA.3856@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> The HP Printing Diagnostic Utility was created to diagnose and fix many
> common issues preventing printing from the computer:
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-56143-2&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=79477&os=2093&lang=en
>
> -- 
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Randomiser"  wrote in message 
> news:O83r2m26IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> My HP Photosmart 2575 MFD under Vista sometimes works fine but then 
> randomly
> prints a few lines of a job and gives up. An error shows in the print 
> queue,
> but the only way the job will delete is if the printer is physically
> switched off . Sometimes it will print parts of the page on 2 or 3 sheets 
> of
> paper before freezing. The freeze often persists through rebooting the
> machine or switching the printer on and off. Printer off, wait 30 seconds,
> reboot computer, printer on will often fix things, but not always. 
> Randomly
> but rarely the printer will install another copy of itself on being 
> switched
> on.
>
> Vista is fully patched up, I'm using HP update so should have the latest 
> HP
> software, I have downloaded this several times and reinstalled, due to 
> other
> problems I did a fresh install of Vista a couple of months ago - this
> problem persisted.
>
> I'm tearing my hair out. Can anyone help?
>
> Randomiser
>

date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:30:07 +0100 author: Randomiser

Re: Printing sticks after half a page

Uninstall and reinstall just in case it's a corrupted printer driver in 
there somewhere.
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_One.htm
-- 
Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"Randomiser"  wrote in message 
news:OqniT5%236IHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Carey
>
> I have been using this utility for a couple of months. It diagnoses a 
> printer queue problem and will clear out the queue but the printer remains 
> frozen and no more/new jobs will print.
>
> Randomiser
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]"  wrote in message 
> news:evDbg836IHA.3856@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> The HP Printing Diagnostic Utility was created to diagnose and fix many
>> common issues preventing printing from the computer:
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-56143-2&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=79477&os=2093&lang=en
>>
>> -- 
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience -
>> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Randomiser"  wrote in message 
>> news:O83r2m26IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> My HP Photosmart 2575 MFD under Vista sometimes works fine but then 
>> randomly
>> prints a few lines of a job and gives up. An error shows in the print 
>> queue,
>> but the only way the job will delete is if the printer is physically
>> switched off . Sometimes it will print parts of the page on 2 or 3 sheets 
>> of
>> paper before freezing. The freeze often persists through rebooting the
>> machine or switching the printer on and off. Printer off, wait 30 
>> seconds,
>> reboot computer, printer on will often fix things, but not always. 
>> Randomly
>> but rarely the printer will install another copy of itself on being 
>> switched
>> on.
>>
>> Vista is fully patched up, I'm using HP update so should have the latest 
>> HP
>> software, I have downloaded this several times and reinstalled, due to 
>> other
>> problems I did a fresh install of Vista a couple of months ago - this
>> problem persisted.
>>
>> I'm tearing my hair out. Can anyone help?
>>
>> Randomiser
>>
>

date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:38:11 -0700 author: Cari \(MS-MVP\)

Re: Printing sticks after half a page

Thanks Carey

I have this utility which helps a bit, but any ideas on what causes the 
problem in the first place, or how to go about diagnosing it?

Randomiser



"Carey Frisch [MVP]"  wrote in message 
news:evDbg836IHA.3856@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> The HP Printing Diagnostic Utility was created to diagnose and fix many
> common issues preventing printing from the computer:
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-56143-2&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=79477&os=2093&lang=en
>
> -- 
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Randomiser"  wrote in message 
> news:O83r2m26IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> My HP Photosmart 2575 MFD under Vista sometimes works fine but then 
> randomly
> prints a few lines of a job and gives up. An error shows in the print 
> queue,
> but the only way the job will delete is if the printer is physically
> switched off . Sometimes it will print parts of the page on 2 or 3 sheets 
> of
> paper before freezing. The freeze often persists through rebooting the
> machine or switching the printer on and off. Printer off, wait 30 seconds,
> reboot computer, printer on will often fix things, but not always. 
> Randomly
> but rarely the printer will install another copy of itself on being 
> switched
> on.
>
> Vista is fully patched up, I'm using HP update so should have the latest 
> HP
> software, I have downloaded this several times and reinstalled, due to 
> other
> problems I did a fresh install of Vista a couple of months ago - this
> problem persisted.
>
> I'm tearing my hair out. Can anyone help?
>
> Randomiser
>

date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:21:27 +0100 author: Randomiser