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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| ph c310 photosmart all in one | 1/19/2012 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have a hp photosmart c310 all in one printer. I am using a lynksys router. My printer keeps going ... A: yes, an unstable connection may try getting a new IP address every time the signal fades. If what's ... | ||
| HP F4480 all in one | 1/15/2012 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: this printer has never had much use.the print is very pale. the ink cartridges have been changed. ... A: The best place to start is the product support page: ... | ||
| Generic Ink Cartridge | 11/17/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have a HP 6500A Plus printer. Yesterday after performing a lot of tests. HP ruled that my ... A: I apologize, your model is one of the HP printers that have an independent assembly with printheads ... | ||
| Generic Ink Cartridge | 11/17/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have a HP 6500A Plus printer. Yesterday after performing a lot of tests. HP ruled that my ... A: Different from other manufacturers HP have the printhead built into the cartridge. The reason (they ... | ||
| dell 720 inkjet doesn't print black | 11/12/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: Dell 720 Inkjet printer has worked fine for years. It recently stopped printing black. Installed ... A: Unfortunately all symptoms you give point to clogged print-head. Aside from suggesting trying ... | ||
| printer problem | 10/1/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: HP H470 mobile printer; carriage won't move unless I manually move it. Power and Resume lights both ... A: I know you said you tried already all steps in the HP's website. Would you mind checking the ... | ||
| PC won't recognize Printer | 7/28/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I recently performed a restore (F10) on my system (Compaq SR1625NX). Since then, my pc no longer ... A: Start the computer without the printer. Make sure the printer is removed from the computer and no ... | ||
| PC won't recognize Printer | 7/25/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I recently performed a restore (F10) on my system (Compaq SR1625NX). Since then, my pc no longer ... A: First check you downloaded the right drivers for your operating system. Then, check the printer is ... | ||
| PC won't recognize Printer | 7/21/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I recently performed a restore (F10) on my system (Compaq SR1625NX). Since then, my pc no longer ... A: Your restore probably don't have the right drivers for the printer. Also all-in-one printer usually ... | ||
| HP PSC 2175 Paper Jam | 5/14/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have a HP PSC 2175 All-In-One Printer. I continually get a printer jam error with each new print ... A: The following link may be of help with your problem: ... | ||
| epson stylus r 380 problem | 4/18/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have used this printer for about 3years and it always worked great until recently when it ... A: crumpled paper is usually caused by an obstructed paper path. I would look at the way the printer ... | ||
| My HP All in One | 4/14/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I am a fellow expert in the Automotive category, and I am hoping you can assist me with my issue. I ... A: Unfortunately there is not that much information about saving to PDF format in your printer manual, ... | ||
| HP desktop 3745 light blinks and won't print | 4/1/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: My HP desktop 3745 will not print ever since the light on printer keeps blinking. Why and what ... A: The following link may help you to find the meaning of the blinking LED in your printer: ... | ||
| HP Officejet K850 ink lights flashing | 3/3/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I just went to print a page and all 4 ink cartridge lights and the little inkdrop light started ... A: I'm sorry Simon, Apologize, I assumed you were using refilled cartridges,because all cartridges ... | ||
| HP Officejet K850 ink lights flashing | 3/3/2011 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I just went to print a page and all 4 ink cartridge lights and the little inkdrop light started ... A: Manufacturers avoid time tagging the cartridges because there is not a certain date when the package ... | ||
| Printer Won't Print* | 11/17/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: My HP 1psc 1210 all-in-one stopped printing attachments, a box pops-up that says "PRINT TO FILE" on ... A: Glad it fixed the problem. Regarding your new issue, check this link: ... | ||
| Printer Won't Print* | 11/16/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: My HP 1psc 1210 all-in-one stopped printing attachments, a box pops-up that says "PRINT TO FILE" on ... A: I think the problem might be the default printer settings. The Print to file dialog only comes after ... | ||
| HP Deskjet 5650 - Windows XP Pro v. 2002 SP3 | 10/19/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I am unable to get my HP Deskjet 5650 to print anything other than blank pages. I have installed ... A: I'm not aware of compatibility issues with XP-SP3 of any HP drivers. You don't mention any error ... | ||
| printer not load paper | 10/18/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have a psc HP 1215, some time ago the paper stuck while printing, I forced the paper out by the ... A: The following links may be of help in your case: ... | ||
| printer installation problems | 10/11/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: Windows XP, printer is hpfficejet 5510. i had someone look at my computer a few months ago to try ... A: The process to uninstall the product software is described in the following link: ... | ||
| HP Laserjet 8000N | 10/11/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have to print 8-10 pages before I get a clean complete page. When I do get a complete page I can ... A: The following documents may be of help with your problem: ... | ||
| HP 1210 xi-all in one Printer | 10/8/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: When I attempt to scan a document using HP Image Zone I get an error message "THE HARDWARE DEVISE IS ... A: I would say the problem is you have the wrong driver installed. Give a try downloading the latest ... | ||
| printer status idle | 10/4/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: i have a hp deskjet f2180, i can print adobe doc,s but when i try to print Microsoft word docs the ... A: It looks like you're using the wrong drivers for the printer. Try downloading the latest drivers ... | ||
| printer problems | 9/26/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I really don't think I have a mechanical problem, but my printer will not print. Showing printer is ... A: If the printer is tagged as Off-Line, no jobs are actually sent to the printer, but stored in the ... | ||
| my printer wont turn on | 8/15/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: i have a hp deskjet 940c and it wont turn on at all i have made sure it was plugged in and checked ... A: If the printer does not turn on, and you checked it is properly connected to the power; either the ... | ||
| laserjet 5L parallel printer | 8/10/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: HP Laserjet 5L parallel port does not print from windows xp sp3 from my home PC. It does print from ... A: If the printer prints properly from another PC, the printer is OK. If you're POSITIVELY SURE the ... | ||
| HP Deskjet 5740 paper feed problem | 8/8/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: We have the HP Deskjet 5740. When you send a document to print, it feeds the A4 page half way ... A: Yes, there is an obstruction in the paper path. Probably paper bits from a previous jam not ... | ||
| HP Deskjet D5160 | 8/5/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: My printer is printing very slow, I tried unpluging it a few times, but it still does the same ... A: The following links may be of help: ... | ||
| Printer error! | 7/31/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: l am hoping you can help. l have an intermittent problem with my HP PSC 1205 all in one. When l am ... A: I'm assuming we're talking about brand new cartridges. If you're using refilled or generic, getting ... | ||
| Seemingly Unfixable HP PSC 1315 | 7/29/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I've tried the HP site and its tech support. I've tried the troubleshooting from bother the ... A: According to HP, you need a new color cartridge (assuming the new black cartridge is a BRAND NEW ... | ||
| HP printer | 7/29/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have an HP Deskjet F340 printer and I don’t know why, but today it doesn’t want to print. There is ... A: I'm sorry, but I'm confused. According to HP, your printer only have lights to blink, not ... | ||
| hp deskjet 820 cse | 6/23/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: Hope you can help me...I have an old HP deskjet 820 cse that was working great. I had ink cartridges ... A: I'm sorry, but can't help you to get your printer working beyond suggesting brand new cartridges. As ... | ||
| printer prints black | 6/21/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have a hp 1100 printer taht has given me wonderful print jobs. This afternoon when I sent a job to ... A: Sorry I cannot give you good news about the problem. It might be a bad fuser or something deeper. ... | ||
| Locked Lexmark Printer | 4/20/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: How do I unlock my Lexmark X83? It was working but came up with error message " Unlock Screen". The ... A: Found this fix on a post. The lock lever may be red or purple. There is a red lever switch by the ... | ||
| Printer Sharing Problem Mac/PC | 3/24/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have a Dell 2230d laser printer attached via USB to a Mac running Snow Leopard. It shares the ... A: Probably the problem is caused by either mishandling of data from the XP box in the Mac, or bad ... | ||
| hp psc 750 printer | 3/13/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: printer will not turn off or on, green light next to on-button blinking, and "shutting down" is ... A: It looks like the printer is stalled while trying to shutdown. While it is not the procedure to fix ... | ||
| Business Inkjet | 3/9/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: Sir- I'll try to keep this short... I won an $1100, high speed HP300DTN inkjet printer 5 years ... A: The ink in the cartridges is guaranteed to last at least up to the expiration date. I have never ... | ||
| printer compatibility | 3/7/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: My question is regarding printer to pc compatibility rather than a usage problem. While you do not ... A: Your mother's machine is pretty powerful, and you have both options available (i.e. USB and ... | ||
| Business Inkjet | 3/7/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: Sir- I'll try to keep this short... I won an $1100, high speed HP300DTN inkjet printer 5 years ... A: First, let me say for starters, I don't have hands on experience with the 300DTN, so you may want to ... | ||
| hp p1006 printer makes extra copies | 3/2/2010 | Ricardo Agudelo |
| Q: I have had my Win 7 setup since Christmas; I had to give up my beloved HP 1000 and go to this ... A: Puzzling, the only way I know to obtain multiple copies of a document is sending multiple printjobs ... | ||
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