Printer Sharing Problem

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Could be something as simple as the printer cable.
You could also try the Net Use command to identify the printer on the network.
Pretty basic, but it may work.

It seems to me that it could be a printer fromat definition problem.
Check under printer procesor, that RAW is selected and raw visible in queue remains unchecked.
Check under ports, if bidirectional is enable. If yes, try changin the printer cable. One belonging to any new inkjet printer will be suitable.
Uncheck under ports the Activate queue
Under printer properties/plan,
check Print using queue
check begin printing when last page has benn added to the queue
Turn off the printer
Print something. If you don't get the error, the problem may be between the queue file and the printer. The queue file may be corrupted or the printer may have and strange problems.
Turn the printer on, the job will begin, and perhaps the error dissapears...
If possible, plug another (same model) printer and repeat the operations.

Good Luck

Have you checked your permissions to your printers and users? Also you say this happened three weeks ago, did anything change? New operating system, service pack, power outage, network change?

I am guess permissions whatever happened.

Ok, networking, cables and OS are ruled out.
Printer is in correct environment.
Print media is of correct type.
AC voltage is within 10% of nominal rating.
The printer is not exposed to ammonia fumes.
The printer is not in direct sunlight.
There are no error messages on the printers control panel display.

You have a bad Formatter PCA and/or MIO card.
Take the printer to an authorized HP repair center, like where I work :-), to confirm (Recommended action is to replace both).

Note: HP LaserJet printers are not designed to work with mechanical swith-box products with out proper surge protection. These devices generate high transient voltages that cause permanent damage to the Formater PCA. This circumstance is not covered by warranty. (I'm sure you are not using one of these)

It sounds like a print queue problem on the server - have you tried un-installing the printer drivers and re-installing them?

The problem is on the pc that is housing the printer. It could be a driver problem or a comunication problem.
Testing the driver.
Open the document and start printing it LOCALLY, if it works fine the driver is ok, if not, the driver is corrupted.If you try the Job from another WKS, first remove printer and Driver, and re-install it. This operation will download the driver from one PC to another. If the problem persist, update both nic drivers.

You basically have a print queue problem either on the server that is supplying the network interface or on the pc that the printer is attached to. The drivers for each printer must be installed on each pc that uses that particular printer. Inotherwords, if all of the pc's are to use all printers, the drivers for all of the printers must be installed.

It could be a driver problem or a comunication problem. Do a driver test by printing locally and if it works, then try using the same type printer on the network. If these work, then try on a different printer. I believe that after installation of the other drivers, you will find your printing network working.

since all the rest of the answers dont apply, I recomend switching your network printer driver. better yet, update it. If that doesnt work, re-install every printer function in Windows.

Again...

Due to the fact that all previous asnswer failed to solve your problem, now I think that you are facing a Driver-soup version problem.
De-install the printer and every other printer that you have instaled. It should be empty.
I recommends you to manually remove every entry in the registry which may be pointing to the printserver name, the ip address of the printer and the printer model.
Download a new driver if possible.
Apply the lastest service pack available (SP6a)
Reinstallthe printer all over again.

Hope it helps

You mention that the printer is a HP 4 - did you have the printers checked and cleaned by a HP rep? I know that in high traffic printers can start to go crazy and only a periodic cleaning stops them from rejecting print jobs. Also make sure that theprinters are on all the time, and turn off the power managment for each. May be some one went around and turned on the power saving feature and that may be causing a problem for printing.

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