Easy Way To Fix HP Printer Not Responding Issue

Why my printer is not responding

Printer is also manufactured by HP and it is one of preferable devices among the users. Sometimes users come in the situation when they can’t print anything because their HP printer not responding while printing paper. No printing signal, 3D printer manager error appears on screen when printer is not responding. Unreasonable startup and shutdown operations performed by the user and incomplete or defective application with third party certification can cause the non-responding condition of HP printer.

The possible scenarios for this error on your device are mentioned below:

1. A printer is loosely connected to the computer.

2. You have an incorrect printer setup and installation.

3. Your HP printer’s drivers are missing.

4. Your printer’s tray got jammed or has insufficient papers on it.

5. Ink cartridge is empty.

6. Any new cartridge is placed correctly inside the printer.

7. In some cases, the printer not responding message can appears due to your antivirus or firewall. This usually occurs if you’re using WIFI or network printer.

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Ways to fix printer not responding issue

There are numerous ways to fix HP printer responding issue:

Your system needs Hardware check-Always ensure that the printer’s physically connected to cables and other external components. Also, do the following:

1. Turn off your system, the printer and other external component attached to it. Remove the cables connected to the device and then wait for few minutes.

2. Attach all the cables now and restart your computer .Wait for the printer to remain idle and silent.

3. Also, try to test your printer by connecting it to another system. Assign a task to your printer in order to check the functionally.

Reboot Your Print Spooler Programme –The Spooler is a software program responsible for managing all the print jobs, which is being sent to the printers’, sever. The advanced interface lets a user delete a print job that is being assigned or it also manages the print jobs that are there to complete. There are chances that it has not been updated, or for instance post update, you might not have restarted your system. In case the error does not get resolved follow the steps mentioned below

1. Launch the run application by pressing windows key +R together.

2. Type ‘services .msc’ together in the dialog box and hit enter.

3. Locate print spooler from the list services option available.

4. Double click on the Stop button located under the system status tab and press OK.

5. It will disable the print service until you reset it again, it will allow users to delete all the printing tasks assigned.

6. Go to This PC window .You can directly navigate to it by pressing windows Key + E together.

7. Fromthe range of options available.navigate system 32<Spooler<Printers.

8. For permission to the Printer’s folder go to the continue button.

9. Once you open the printer’s folder you would be having access to all the related files. Clean all the files from this folder to continue.

10. Launch the print spooler program again. Set the field of startup type as Automatic and do not change this.

11. After all these steps restart your device once to check whether the error has been eliminated or not.

If the error is still there then check the connections of the device whether it is properly connected or not to different ports. Now check printer configuration in the control panel application. Do the following:

1. Go to search tab by pressing Windows+S together.

2. Type Printer and Devices in the search bar to launch the control panel.

3. Go to the properties of the printer model by Right-clicking on it.

4. Check the box located next to the location of your printer.

5. After doing these steps, restart the device to see whether the error has been eliminated or not.

Resetting the printing system might help resolve issues .If you receive a printer offline message then click Print and Fax, print and scan, or printers and scanners. To reset the printer right click inside the window of printer then click on the reset printing system.

These all methods could be applied to all HP Printer model.