Page 1 of 1
Having a printer problem
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:19 pm
by Spirit_Wolf8356
It just stopped working. I have no idea why. It was working a couple weeks ago, but when I tried priniting yesterday, it sounded like it was going to make an attempt and the light was blinking, but it never did. And when I tried it again, it didn't do a single thing. 
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:34 pm
by Kaligraphic
What model is it and what lights are blinking? (and steady/blinking/blinking fast/off) Also, do you get an error message? If so, what is it?
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:09 pm
by Spirit_Wolf8356
It's a Hewlett Packard Deskjet 610CL and the lights blinking are the power light and the paper light. Well, they were blinking. They're not anymore. And no error message.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:24 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
try the following
press on/off multiple times
reinstall (or better yet, uninstall then install) the software
is it set to the correct port? Mine is LTP 1.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:20 pm
by TheMelodyMaker
Let me suggest something else before you go and reinstall the drivers for it. Whether your printer uses a parallel or USB cable, then do the following:
1. Turn off both the computer and the printer.
2. Unplug the cable from both the computer and printer.
3. Plug it back into both ends again.
4. Turn the printer and computer on again -- in that order.
Does that help?
PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:00 pm
by Spirit_Wolf8356
Well...I feel kinda silly....the stupid thing was paused...I honestly have no idea how that happened. 
PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:31 pm
by Slater
usually a blinking light means that there's a paperjam/no paper/sleep mode... but I see you figured it out!