Printer Problem.. im at a loss

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Seros

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If someone could please help me.. i have this report due tomorrow and having a printer problem.

So my printer is acting up on me. I own a HP psc 2210 all-in-one printer. For whatever reason it prints out garbage text. Wierd symbols and letters insteal of whats on the screen.

I replaced the USB cable. I updated drivers. I rebooted the comptuer. I reset the printer settings. Im at a TOTAL loss. What else could the problem be?
 
Seros said:
im assuming you mean the power cable
doing so now
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Yep...but remember give it at least 5mins cause printers have memory and a while back I had this same problem with the jiberish printing out.
Try 10mins
 
i left the power unplugged for 30 minutes
no dice, thanks though

anyone else? ANY ideas?
 
Attempt to clear any pending print jobs in your OS system as well. Shut down the printer *and* the PC to wipe out any residual data in teh printer cache, and of course unplug that printer while its down.

If that doesn't cut it, you may want to unistall, then reinstall the print drivers just to make sure the drivers didn't get corrupted too...

Ax
 
i feel like an idiot
im A+ certified and i cant figure this shit out.

i ended up using a friends printer.. but hell this has STUMPED me.

ill try again in the morning
 
Oh god not another HP PSC all-in-one problem, is it a 1350 by any chance?

Uninstall it, then reinstall. Worked everytime I've encountered one of these. If you don't have your CD, you can download the 170 MB file off their website. Thats right, a 170 MB driver file. WTF!

I go to people houses on totally unrelated jobs, and if I see a HP all-in-one, I know their gonna say, "Oh can you sort my printer out too!" I wouldn't say so much but I'm a builder :)

The moral of the story, don't buy HP all-in-ones. I've had nothing but trouble with them.
 
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