Posted on 08/27/2010 12:27:11 PM PDT by rudy45
I have an HP Laserjet4P printer that I connect to my Dell Vostro 1320 laptop via a parallel-to-USB cable. If I plug this cable into three of my four USB ports, I cannot print. I see, in my printer queue, the document, plus the remark "use printer offline." Only when I plug into the fourth USB port do I succeed in printing. When I do so, the "use printer offline" message disappears, the printer light blinks and prints and the queue entry disappears.
What is going on? Thanks.
Why does your printer only work with one of your USB ports?
(Just kidding. Sorry I can't help. But you are logged on, right?)
This seems like a typical problem. I’ve had the same sort of problem.
Hey. If you find a port where your printer works - then use it.
Problem solved.
I have a busted USB port on laptop. Will anything else work on that port?
And why do they call them APARTments? ... when they are all stuck together?
Simple...That port in a conservative port...always working, doing it’s job 24/7....the other 2 well you can guess :)
Is the fourth port the one on the left or the one on the right? If it is the one on the right, it means that you have purchased a hard-core Republican HP printer. If it is the one on the left, it is a yellow-dog Democrat HP printer. That’s all.
Dig the dirt daubers out of the others and get back to me.
(Sorry, it’s Friday)
Those were the days.
When you installed the printer drivers in the beginning you had the printer plugged in to the port that now works. If you open the PRINTERS icon in Control Panel, and then access PROPERTIES for the printer, then click on PORTS you will see the specific USB address in the list of ports.
If you must use another port then uninstall the printer driver, plug the printer in to another USB port, then reinstall the printer drivers.
The key is knowing what USB stands for: Uniform Senile B@stard. It just so happens that the one USB port that *does* work hasn’t forgotten yet how to talk to the printer. That too shall pass.
LOL.
Some people just gotta be a stick in the mud....
Gremlins living inside your computer are tearing up the USB connections. You’ll need a licensed gremlin remover. My suggestion is to put plastic tarp under the area he will be working in to catch all the blood.
Dude. You just HAD to go and give a serious sensible answer in the midst of all our fun.
Killjoy.
Where’s the metal coat hanger?
Like this.
Wow. I haven’t seen a metal coat hanger in a LONG time. Bobby pins, either, although my wife never really used them so maybe they’re out there still.
Bent paper clip? Would that do?
Dell does not authorize, condone or otherwise smile upon the use of such high tech tools.
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