How to resolve issues with HP printers?

HP Printer Troubleshooting Steps

- Make Sure your HP Printer Is Stable at 'Set as Default Printer'

-- From the Search bar of your system open the ‘run’ dialogue box and type ‘control panel’.

-- Once the control panel opens, select ‘devices and printers’.

-- On the next screen select and right click on the HP printer option and select ‘set as default printer’ and proceed.

-- Now after following the above steps if you see a green tick below your printer icon then your HP printer troubleshooting guide is completed.

- Update Faulty And Outdated Drivers With HP Driver Easy Application

-- Go the Search Option and type ‘run’ to open the dialog box .

-- Now type in ‘devmgmt.msc’ in the dialog box as shown below and click on ‘OK’.

-- Next on your screen ‘Windows device manager ‘will open

-- Now expand the category of ‘print queues’ by double clicking on it as shown in the below image.

-- Right click on the listed printer name under this category and click on ‘update driver’ from the menu .

-- Lastly you need to wait for the update download to finish and then follow the instructions shown on screen.

- Check HP Printer Spooler Error And Try To Troubleshoot It

-- First close all the program such as word or other thing you are trying to pint with printer

-- Go to the ‘Start’ button > Type ’Administrative Tools’ > then click ‘Services’

-- Then scroll down the list to ‘Print Spooler’. Now right click and select ‘Stop’.

-- Thereafter go ‘My Computer’ & double-click ‘Local Disk (C:)’ and select the ‘Windows’ folder.

-- ‘System32’ folder> ‘spool’>’Printers’

-- Then Delete all the print jobs in this folder.

-- Go back to ‘Services,’ and Search ‘print spooler’ & right click on it. Now select ‘Start’ option.

-- Now try printing a test page as restarting the spooler may have just fixed your HP printer error.

- Clear The Previous Print Command Traffic

-- From the start button open control panel and click on ‘device and printers’.

-- Make a right click on HP printer icon and thereafter select ‘What’s printing’ option.

-- Now to cancel the previous print command queue, open the ‘printer’ menu and select ‘cancel all documents’.

-- Click ‘yes’ to confirm. Now you can proceed with your printing task.

- Check The Basic Connection

-- First unplug the power cord from Printer and unplug the Power cable of computer.

-- Wait for a moment and plug in back the power cord of your HP printer and turn on the computer

-- Now do a test print. Using these basic troubleshooting steps you can easily resolve HP printer connection problem.

- Check For Hardware Issues And Replace The Duplicate Parts Back With The Original Ones

-- Ensure that Your HP printer is fed with enough quantity of papers, ink, and toner to work with.

-- Check if there is a carriage jam issue.

-- In many cases printer cartridges become outdated, try replacing with a new one.

-- The difficulty arises due to replaced printer parts, go for the original parts to avoid any printer problems in the future.

This May Help,

Peter