Printer won't print until users shutdown

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The above link points to a thread about this problem. No real answers. There may be other questions about this issue.

You didn't mention how the printer is connected. USB, parallel or if it has internal/external network interface connected to a hub/switch.

The issue may be the fact that this is a multi-funtion unit which is a bit tricky to share. For a lot of these type of printers only thecomputer that's directly connected to it can utilize all the functions. The computers that are sharing can only use the print funtions unless it's a network printer with the capabilities to allow the other PC to use everything.

My Brother all in one printer is like this so I had to do the installation a bit different.

Try this on one of the workstations and see if it takes care of the problem.

1. Uninstall the printer.
2. Next go to network n-hood, find the printer. 3. Right click on the printer icon|install.

You wont need the driver disk because it will copy the files from the PC that shares the printer. This will only install the basic printer driver and not all the rest of the crap that HP includes. This may solve the problem, let us know.