printing stalls

Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no obvious
solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?


Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)



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You should check your System Event log for printing errors.
Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System category and check for Red Icons in the Right
Pane.

It's frustrating, but Windows is a platform and in many of these
situations it's not a Microsoft issue but one of drivers. Microsoft
does not write the driver it simply supplies it with Windows as
provided by the vendor.

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no obvious
solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?


Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

You should check your System Event log for printing errors.
Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System category and check for Red Icons in the Right
Pane.

It's frustrating, but Windows is a platform and in many of these
situations it's not a Microsoft issue but one of drivers. Microsoft
does not write the driver it simply supplies it with Windows as
provided by the vendor.

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no obvious
solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?


Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no obvious
solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?

Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)

regards,

\/os

Have you re-configured the printer software to print to A5 paper (and
changed from portrate to landscape) in error?

The standard answer to printer problems is to re-install the driver
software. That solves many problems. If that doesn't work we need to
investigate the problem (at the risk of asking obvious questions) before
coming up with a diagnosis. Have you printed to the HP Deskjet 720C
successfully. If yes, what software (either downloaded or from CD/DVD) or
hardware have you installed since it last worked successfully.

Bill Ridgeway

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no obvious
solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?

Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)

regards,

\/os

Have you re-configured the printer software to print to A5 paper (and
changed from portrate to landscape) in error?

The standard answer to printer problems is to re-install the driver
software. That solves many problems. If that doesn't work we need to
investigate the problem (at the risk of asking obvious questions) before
coming up with a diagnosis. Have you printed to the HP Deskjet 720C
successfully. If yes, what software (either downloaded or from CD/DVD) or
hardware have you installed since it last worked successfully.

Bill Ridgeway

"R. McCarty" schreef in bericht
...
You should check your System Event log for printing errors.
Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System category and check for Red Icons in the Right
Pane.


There were no errors related to printing.



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

"R. McCarty" schreef in bericht
...
You should check your System Event log for printing errors.
Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System category and check for Red Icons in the Right
Pane.


There were no errors related to printing.



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

"Bill Ridgeway" schreef in bericht
...
"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no
obvious solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?

Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)

regards,

\/os

Have you re-configured the printer software to print to A5 paper (and
changed from portrate to landscape) in error?


No. I only incidentally changed the quality setting from normal to concept.



The standard answer to printer problems is to re-install the driver
software. That solves many problems.


This is a very recent and clean install of Windows XP.


If that doesn't work we need to investigate the problem (at the risk of
asking obvious questions) before coming up with a diagnosis. Have you
printed to the HP Deskjet 720C successfully. If yes, what software
(either downloaded or from CD/DVD) or hardware have you installed since it
last worked successfully.


Yes I have printed succesfully most of the time, also from within internet
Explorer. The problem occurs randomly and preferably, as it seems, when I
have an important printing task and little time...



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

"Bill Ridgeway" schreef in bericht
...
"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no
obvious solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?

Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)

regards,

\/os

Have you re-configured the printer software to print to A5 paper (and
changed from portrate to landscape) in error?


No. I only incidentally changed the quality setting from normal to concept.



The standard answer to printer problems is to re-install the driver
software. That solves many problems.


This is a very recent and clean install of Windows XP.


If that doesn't work we need to investigate the problem (at the risk of
asking obvious questions) before coming up with a diagnosis. Have you
printed to the HP Deskjet 720C successfully. If yes, what software
(either downloaded or from CD/DVD) or hardware have you installed since it
last worked successfully.


Yes I have printed succesfully most of the time, also from within internet
Explorer. The problem occurs randomly and preferably, as it seems, when I
have an important printing task and little time...



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

Install the HP printer driver, check HP site for any Firmware update,
specific to your printer

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
"R. McCarty" schreef in bericht
...
You should check your System Event log for printing errors.
Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System category and check for Red Icons in the Right
Pane.


There were no errors related to printing.



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

Install the HP printer driver, check HP site for any Firmware update,
specific to your printer

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
"R. McCarty" schreef in bericht
...
You should check your System Event log for printing errors.
Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System category and check for Red Icons in the Right
Pane.


There were no errors related to printing.



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

Linea Recta wrote:
"Bill Ridgeway" schreef in bericht
...
"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no
obvious solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?

Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)

regards,

\/os
Have you re-configured the printer software to print to A5 paper (and
changed from portrate to landscape) in error?


No. I only incidentally changed the quality setting from normal to concept.


The standard answer to printer problems is to re-install the driver
software. That solves many problems.


This is a very recent and clean install of Windows XP.


If that doesn't work we need to investigate the problem (at the risk of
asking obvious questions) before coming up with a diagnosis. Have you
printed to the HP Deskjet 720C successfully. If yes, what software
(either downloaded or from CD/DVD) or hardware have you installed since it
last worked successfully.


Yes I have printed succesfully most of the time, also from within internet
Explorer. The problem occurs randomly and preferably, as it seems, when I
have an important printing task and little time...



I would recommend checking the event log in event viewer, it should tell
you what's going on or not going on and should be able to narrow down
what the problem is - Driver issue, Internet Explorer issue etc..

Linea Recta wrote:
"Bill Ridgeway" schreef in bericht
...
"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and every
time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the page. This is
lousy... when you need to have something functioning most, it lets you
down!
I have Googled, and found the problem mentioned many times, but no
obvious solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP driver,
but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?

Windows XP SP3
HP DeskJet 720C (parallel)

regards,

\/os
Have you re-configured the printer software to print to A5 paper (and
changed from portrate to landscape) in error?


No. I only incidentally changed the quality setting from normal to concept.


The standard answer to printer problems is to re-install the driver
software. That solves many problems.


This is a very recent and clean install of Windows XP.


If that doesn't work we need to investigate the problem (at the risk of
asking obvious questions) before coming up with a diagnosis. Have you
printed to the HP Deskjet 720C successfully. If yes, what software
(either downloaded or from CD/DVD) or hardware have you installed since it
last worked successfully.


Yes I have printed succesfully most of the time, also from within internet
Explorer. The problem occurs randomly and preferably, as it seems, when I
have an important printing task and little time...



I would recommend checking the event log in event viewer, it should tell
you what's going on or not going on and should be able to narrow down
what the problem is - Driver issue, Internet Explorer issue etc..

Linea Recta wrote:
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and
every time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the
page. This is lousy... when you need to have something functioning
most, it lets you down! I have Googled, and found the problem
mentioned many times, but no obvious solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP
driver, but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?



Does this happen on EVERY web page or just the one that's crucial?

It may be that something on the web page is being interpreted by the printer
as "take yourself offline" or somesuch.

Linea Recta wrote:
Today I needed to print some pages (from internet Explorer 7), and
every time printing stalls after having printed about halfway the
page. This is lousy... when you need to have something functioning
most, it lets you down! I have Googled, and found the problem
mentioned many times, but no obvious solutions :-(
One of them mentioned to use the ©MS printerdriver instead of ©HP
driver, but I have only installed the ©MS driver.
Any ideas?



Does this happen on EVERY web page or just the one that's crucial?

It may be that something on the web page is being interpreted by the printer
as "take yourself offline" or somesuch.