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    Wirless Printer just wont work on my Vista

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Nocturnal310, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hi,

    I am trying to print a photo for past 2 hours from a Vista comp on my HP Photosmart C4385

    i installed the drivers, i even tested the pages.. the printer is just fine.
    i also Scanned a document.

    But the when i give printing command.. it just WONT work..

    its gives a printing error.

    The printer is detected on the network... but somehow it ll never print from my comp.
     
    Nocturnal310, Mar 10, 2008
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    merlin_72032 Notebook Evangelist

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    Restart Print Spooler service may help.
     
    merlin_72032, Mar 10, 2008
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  3. kuncheesh

    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    have you turned the file and printer sharing on in network and sharing center?
    have you tried reinstalling the drivers ?
    also set your network location to public in windows vista
     
    kuncheesh, Mar 10, 2008
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  4. Nocturnal310

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    i re-installed, i enabled printer sharing & i restarted spooler service.

    No Result!
     
    Nocturnal310, Mar 10, 2008
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    [​IMG]
     
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    Try print from another computer if available and report back.
     
    metril, Mar 10, 2008
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    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    what document are you trying to print. the size of document in the pic u inserted is shown 6.17 mb. what is it ?? try printing some small notepad or word file first. maybe its a printer buffer owerflow .
     
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    I agree with kuncheesh. The document size is too big!!! Just do whatever kuncheesh told you to do.
     
    merlin_72032, Mar 10, 2008
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    Its just a Photo taken on my digital camera...

    I ll try printing small stuff.

    EDIT: Nop guys... the printer isnt working with even 56kb small documents.
    !!!
     
    Nocturnal310, Mar 10, 2008
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Bump! ... any more ideas why it might not be working?
     
    Nocturnal310, Mar 11, 2008
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    Do you have an account on the PC that has the printer or is this a true network printer? Always best to have an account on both machines that match, ID & PW.

    Is your Firewall blocking your communication?
     
    blue68f100, Mar 11, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    It has built in 802.11g wireless.

    Have you followed all of the HP setup and installation instructions? Have you followed all of the available HP support FAQs?
     
    kegobeer, Mar 11, 2008
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    I restarted comp... & enabled it through COMODO.

    its WORKING NOW.

    I think i must have stopped some essential services & COMODO must be block the wireless communication
     
    Nocturnal310, Mar 13, 2008
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    great to hear it has been solved....... btw........ what is COMODO ??
     
    kuncheesh, Mar 14, 2008
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    Comodo is a FREE FW and AV programs.
     
    blue68f100, Mar 14, 2008
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    and also the Best Firewall.... even better than Norton Personal Firewall.

    But it has too many features & normal person might get scared that how unsafe internet is.




    Btw the printer is Great...i scanned some documents & printed some vacation photos.

    Model is HP Photosmart C4385
     
    Nocturnal310, Mar 15, 2008
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    I went through this a week ago setting up my first wireless printer, Lexmark 6500. The printer server showed in my HomePortal account, but computer and printer weren't speaking to each other, reinstalled a couple of times then went to the Lexmark web site, searched how to's, and found the missing step, had to enable SSID Broadcast.
     
    MLyn, Mar 15, 2008
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