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A few months ago I could print photos or any text from my computer. Then all of a sudden a month or so ago I couldn't get the computer to print photos from itself. I then changed to another printer and it worked for only a couple of times ,then it also wouldn't print photos. I very seldom print text but someone on here said something about whether it printed text or not. They also said to try re installing the printer. I did reinstall and it still won't print photos from the computer but will print text. Iv'e tried going through different places to print but makes no difference. It says it's printing but the printer won't do anything. This also happens on my laptop. Could it be Vista screwing with things?Could I have missed a download? My husbands laptop works fine with the same printers.
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You still don't understand. I click onto "MY Photos" on my computer. I find a photo that I would like to print. I then click on the photo, click on print. My Printer comes up and I pick the size ect. that I want.Then click on print again. It shows that it is printing but the printer just sits there. It does nothing. Yes it is on and yes it will print if I put a photo in the printer itself. It does the same thing with both of my printers.I never get an "error" to come up.
I'm not real good at fixing things on this computer. I'm afraid to get on some sites and I don't want to pay abunch for something I know nothing about. I may have left the printer plugged in when I reinstalled it on line. The disk I have for it was for Windows XP and I now have Vista. No "error" ever comes up. It says it iss prinying but doesn't.
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You still don't understand. I click onto "MY Photos" on my computer. I find a photo that I would like to print. I then click on the photo, click on print. My Printer comes up and I pick the size ect. that I want.Then click on print again. It shows that it is printing but the printer just sits there. It does nothing. Yes it is on and yes it will print if I put a photo in the printer itself. It does the same thing with both of my printers.I never get an "error" to come up.
ok, i undrestand what is ur problem now,
this happens when your printer runs out of paper during printing, for example u were printing 2 photos and there was only one paper on printer therefore printer fails to print the second photo as u did not put paper at that time . so since then the printer is waiting for u put paper in and normally
in this situation u have to put some paper in, do not send anything, then there should be button with paper and ink symbole on side (on epson has red light flashing when this happens ) press that after u putted some paper in the printer. then wait until printer gets ready or red light stops flashing!
then try printing photos or anything!
If you could not undrestand let me know, trust me that is ur solution. this also happens to my epson printer too.
I'm not real good at fixing things on this computer. I'm afraid to get on some sites and I don't want to pay abunch for something I know nothing about. I may have left the printer plugged in when I reinstalled it on line. The disk I have for it was for Windows XP and I now have Vista. No "error" ever comes up. It says it iss prinying but doesn't.
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Forget all said until now, read this:
ok, i undrestand what is ur problem now,
this happens when your printer runs out of paper during printing, for example u were printing 2 photos and there was only one paper on printer therefore printer fails to print the second photo as u did not put paper at that time . so since then the printer is waiting for u put paper in and normally
in this situation u have to put some paper in, do not send anything, then there should be button with paper and ink symbole on side (on epson has red light flashing when this happens ) press that after u putted some paper in the printer then wait until printer gets ready or red light stops flashing!
then try printing photos or anything!
If you could not undrestand let me know, trust me that is ur solution. this also happens to my epson printer too.
