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Printer Communication Not Available error
I get a "communication not available" error whenever I try to print to my
printer which is connected via USB. I have tried disabling the firewall (Norton), turning off auto-protect (norton), unplugging printer from computer, unplugging printer from power, and re-installing. Nothing seems to work. Anyone have any suggestions? |
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Printer Communication Not Available error
And the make and model of printer is.......?
Do other USB devices all work OK? Have you tried another USB cable? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "jcclark33" wrote in message ... I get a "communication not available" error whenever I try to print to my printer which is connected via USB. I have tried disabling the firewall (Norton), turning off auto-protect (norton), unplugging printer from computer, unplugging printer from power, and re-installing. Nothing seems to work. Anyone have any suggestions? |
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Printer Communication Not Available error
I tried another USB cable and different ports. All of the ports work fine
with other USB equipment. I have a Dell A962 All-in-one printer. I even downloaded the latest drivers from their website. They are baffled also. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: And the make and model of printer is.......? Do other USB devices all work OK? Have you tried another USB cable? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "jcclark33" wrote in message ... I get a "communication not available" error whenever I try to print to my printer which is connected via USB. I have tried disabling the firewall (Norton), turning off auto-protect (norton), unplugging printer from computer, unplugging printer from power, and re-installing. Nothing seems to work. Anyone have any suggestions? |
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Printer Communication Not Available error
I have a similar issue... I even bought a new printer and the issue is the same! From a HP to a Kodak. The usb port makes the sound detecting a device and device disconnected. The printer dialogs show that the printer(s) are available and installed but whenever you try a print dialog, (the drivers are new) they sit in a print status window near the clock, they are not paused and they say printing. I have gone thru the trouble to start any services which are manual start or which were disabled. nothing. I ran system config and verified anything is not starting when booting. nothing found. I can get into each printers supplied software and I can get to the dialogs on each for maintenance areas (if they were not connected you can't get to these dialogs) and when either printer is attempted to print a test page I recieve a printer communication error. -- coastal207 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ coastal207's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/216566.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-print-fax/764207.htm http://forums.techarena.in |