Posted by Rachel/ORWA on 1/25/08 12:28pm
Msg #232348

OT: HP 4100 printer gremlins; exterminator needed...

I have an HP 4100n which has been incredibly reliable for the last year. Yesterday, as I was printing two sets of edocs, the printer icon in the lower right-hand corner started popping up a message stating "Document failed to print." Weird thing is, all the files still printed properly, including letter- vs legal- sized paper.

I just printed a doc from Mapquest, and it did it again. I'm using the same laptop, same USB cable, everything. Any ideas? TIA

Reply by jba/fl on 1/25/08 12:33pm
Msg #232349

I've had that on my brother; oh Brother, should I attempt to fix what isn't broken? It eventually quit - one of those unexplained mysteries of the cosmos?

Reply by Rachel/ORWA on 1/25/08 12:55pm
Msg #232353

I have a love-hate relationship with all things technological, anyway. Can't live with 'em; can't live without 'em.

Reply by jba/fl on 1/25/08 1:46pm
Msg #232357

same here LoL... n/m

Reply by CF on 1/25/08 2:07pm
Msg #232360

Re: same here LoL...

That happens with my Brother too sometimes and the docs still all print. From time to time the printer seems to get "jammed up" not a paper jam- but a memory jam. I will shut down and un plug everything; the computer and printer. Restart and it seems to work it. This happens when I print a lot in one day! Good luck

Reply by CF on 1/25/08 2:07pm
Msg #232361

Re: same here LoL...

That happens with my Brother too sometimes and the docs still all print. From time to time the printer seems to get "jammed up" not a paper jam- but a memory jam. I will shut down and un plug everything; the computer and printer. Restart and it seems to work it. This happens when I print a lot in one day! Good luck

Reply by Ernest__CT on 1/25/08 2:16pm
Msg #232363

I have the same memory problem with a HP. n/m

Reply by Vince/KS on 1/25/08 3:32pm
Msg #232380

Re: I have the same memory problem with a HP.

Similar issue with my color laser jet 4550, but usually only when the print job hadn't cleared the "spooler" on my computer. Leaned to ignore it and listened to the printer instead.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/25/08 5:53pm
Msg #232412

I have the same situation with my Brother 5150D

Don't know why it happens, and I've pretty much learned to ignore it. I do check to make sure the last page in the PDF printed properly. The fact that it only happens with PDFs (for me, at least) suggests that the problem is in Adobe Reader rather than with the printer itself.

Reply by Rachel/ORWA on 1/25/08 7:53pm
Msg #232434

Re: I have the same situation with my Brother 5150D

The first time it happened (yesterday), it was printing from pdf, but today it was a picture (map) from Mapquest. I don't think those are pdf, although I confess I'm woefully ignorant regarding these things. I guess I'll just be happy the docs are printing correctly in spite of the error message.

Thanks, everyone!