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April 10th 09, 02:14 PM
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Printer goes offline
Using HP psc 2510, linksys wrt54g router, and Toshiba laptop with Vista os.
Everything is great for a few days, then the printer will not work. Looking at control panel, printers, I see the printer is offline. How do I get it back online? The blue light is on, but it will not print network config page. I have to reset the router and reinstall the printer to get it working again. Where is my problem? Printer, router, vista?? Any guidance appreciated. 
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April 10th 09, 04:07 PM
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Printer goes offline
did you try to right click on the printer icon & click on use printer online. Check if you get any error message when you do that. -- tanuj_chadha Tanuj History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl Marx :geek:
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April 10th 09, 05:08 PM
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Printer goes offline
There is no online option, just the "use printer offline" option
"tanuj_chadha" wrote in message ... did you try to right click on the printer icon & click on use printer online. Check if you get any error message when you do that. -- tanuj_chadha Tanuj History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl Marx :geek:
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April 10th 09, 05:29 PM
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Printer goes offline
I don't know why you are having the problem but I think an easier
and quicker "fix" is to reboot. JohnA wrote: Using HP psc 2510, linksys wrt54g router, and Toshiba laptop with Vista os. Everything is great for a few days, then the printer will not work. Looking at control panel, printers, I see the printer is offline. How do I get it back online? The blue light is on, but it will not print network config page. I have to reset the router and reinstall the printer to get it working again. Where is my problem? Printer, router, vista?? Any guidance appreciated.
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April 10th 09, 05:52 PM
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Printer goes offline
What OS are you using?
Is the printer set as your default printer? "Bob" nowhere@nowhere/net wrote in message ... I don't know why you are having the problem but I think an easier and quicker "fix" is to reboot. JohnA wrote: Using HP psc 2510, linksys wrt54g router, and Toshiba laptop with Vista os. Everything is great for a few days, then the printer will not work. Looking at control panel, printers, I see the printer is offline. How do I get it back online? The blue light is on, but it will not print network config page. I have to reset the router and reinstall the printer to get it working again. Where is my problem? Printer, router, vista?? Any guidance appreciated.
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April 10th 09, 07:27 PM
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Printer goes offline
"JohnA" wrote in message ... Using HP psc 2510, linksys wrt54g router, and Toshiba laptop with Vista os. Everything is great for a few days, then the printer will not work. Looking at control panel, printers, I see the printer is offline. How do I get it back online? The blue light is on, but it will not print network config page. I have to reset the router and reinstall the printer to get it working again. Where is my problem? Printer, router, vista?? Any guidance appreciated. There have been issues with the Linksys routers and Vista. Don't know if a firmware upgrade to your router is in order. Check Linksys' web site at: http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/...RT54G/download and ensure that you are using the proper version number for your router. CAUTION: The WRT54G has many different version numbers from 1.0 to 8.2. Putting in the wrong firmware may cook the router. Look on the manufacturer's label for the proper version.
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April 10th 09, 10:20 PM
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Printer goes offline
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Yes, it is default printer "Curious" wrote in message ... What OS are you using? Is the printer set as your default printer? "Bob" nowhere@nowhere/net wrote in message ... I don't know why you are having the problem but I think an easier and quicker "fix" is to reboot. JohnA wrote: Using HP psc 2510, linksys wrt54g router, and Toshiba laptop with Vista os. Everything is great for a few days, then the printer will not work. Looking at control panel, printers, I see the printer is offline. How do I get it back online? The blue light is on, but it will not print network config page. I have to reset the router and reinstall the printer to get it working again. Where is my problem? Printer, router, vista?? Any guidance appreciated.
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April 10th 09, 11:04 PM
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Printer goes offline
I strongly suspect the problem is that your Vista wireless notebook is
unable to maintain a full connection to the router. I have several mixed XP/Vista wireless environments and periodically a wireless Vista machine will be unable to connect via the router while all the XP wireless units are functioning perfectly. The router has to be rebooted just for the Vista machine. In any event network based printer servers can be finicky. If you have the option to plug the printer into a networked computer you will have less problems.
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April 11th 09, 12:24 AM
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Printer goes offline
I have a wired network printer connected to my router and sometimes it goes
offline with my wired desktop running Vista HP 32 bit but it does not go off line with my wireless 11G laptop using the same router and running Win7 32 bit beta. "LVTravel" wrote in message ... "JohnA" wrote in message ... Using HP psc 2510, linksys wrt54g router, and Toshiba laptop with Vista os. Everything is great for a few days, then the printer will not work. Looking at control panel, printers, I see the printer is offline. How do I get it back online? The blue light is on, but it will not print network config page. I have to reset the router and reinstall the printer to get it working again. Where is my problem? Printer, router, vista?? Any guidance appreciated. There have been issues with the Linksys routers and Vista. Don't know if a firmware upgrade to your router is in order. Check Linksys' web site at: http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/...RT54G/download and ensure that you are using the proper version number for your router. CAUTION: The WRT54G has many different version numbers from 1.0 to 8.2. Putting in the wrong firmware may cook the router. Look on the manufacturer's label for the proper version.
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April 20th 09, 05:29 PM
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Printer goes offline
I have 6 computers at home with three running XP and 3 running Vista.
Previous all 6 were running XP. Since the three Vista computers have been hooked up mto my networked HP printer, the printer goes offline (only on the Vista systems) as soon as the computers go into the "hybernate" mode. Its not a printer problem. The XP's are running fine. "pupick" wrote: I strongly suspect the problem is that your Vista wireless notebook is unable to maintain a full connection to the router. I have several mixed XP/Vista wireless environments and periodically a wireless Vista machine will be unable to connect via the router while all the XP wireless units are functioning perfectly. The router has to be rebooted just for the Vista machine. In any event network based printer servers can be finicky. If you have the option to plug the printer into a networked computer you will have less problems.
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