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I own an HP Office Jet 4315 and for some reason it just stopped printing. Shocked

It started a few days ago and I tried to unplug the usb cord (so that the drivers would reload. Darn not having a regular printer port that requires a cd to run. I don't even know where to access the drivers for my printer on this sucky Vista system. I'm a novice so forgive my lack of knowledge. Embarassed

) unplugging the power cable, doing a system restore (which didn't work. I rarely encountered this on Xp.) and finally doing reformat and reinstall. NO success. Shame on you

The printer will copy, but when I push the print button it prompts me to save a doc for the Microsoft XPS writer. I click cancel (twice) and it pops up this message. Rolling Eyes

I need my printer to print very important documents and am fed up Rolling Eyes

and completely unsure as to what to do. Dunno

The printer isn't registering in the printers folder despite the drivers (supposedly) being loaded. This has never happened before and I need a solution. What do I do? Confused

roger_m · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:53 pm Post subject:

You can download the latest driversand software for your printer here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software10/COL18486/mp-47767-2/AIO_CDB_Full_Non-Network_enu_NB.exe

Download and run the file and see if that helps.

Let me know how it goes

leader2 · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:20 am Post subject:

Thanks for that tip roger_m, but my printer still isn't printing or showing up on the computer. In fact when I try to open the HP solution center for the printer this message pops up. Shocked

This is very frustrating! Mad

I've racked my brain for days trying to come up with solution and still nothing. Can you help me figure out why the printer won't show up on the computer even though the usb cable and power cord are plugged in?

suzi · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject:

Have you tried a using a different USB port and a different cable? Are you connecting through a USB hub? A hub might not work as well as plugging directly into a fully powered USB port.

Also check this HP support documentation for your printer. Maybe there will be something helpful.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documentIndex?lc=en&cc=us&product=1138342&dlc=en

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01704931&tmp_track_link=ot_faqs/top_issues/en_us/c01704931/loc:13&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=1138342#
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leader2 · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:02 pm Post subject:

Hi Suzi.

Yes I have tried to put the printer in a different USB port and unfortunately got the same result. I never plugged the printer into a USB hub. I don't have a different USB cable and don't even know how to get one. How would I go about getting a different USB cable?

Thanks for the heads up on the documentation. I intend to check it out.

roger_m · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:57 pm Post subject:

You can get a usb cable at an electronics or computer store such as Radio Shack.

leader2 · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:50 pm Post subject:

Good news! I was able to get another cable and the printer started working. Very Happy

At least for now. Wink

Thanks for your help guys. Applause

roger_m · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:43 pm Post subject:

Glad you can print now.