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Hi, my photosmart C440 printer suddenly stopped working and wont print. The message says "Sending data..." forever but never prints. The printer is on but doesn't respond to what my computer says. I have a macbook pro snow leopard OS. This has never happened before, I didn't make any changes to the system. When the problem first appeared, I reinstalled the driver and was able to print once, then it stopped working. Then I installed snow leopard and it stil doesn't work.

 

Thank you!

 

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Let's reset the printing system:

- Sys Prefs, Print & Fax
- Right (control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add it. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.

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Let's reset the printing system:

- Sys Prefs, Print & Fax
- Right (control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add it. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.

I am employed by HP

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That still didn't fix my problem. I reset my printer stuff and it still isn't printing. It still just says sending print data.

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Is the printer plugged directly into your Mac?  Do not have it go through a USB hub.  Also, change the USB cable and the USB port you are using on your Mac.  Restart your Mac and the printer.

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You fixed it. Thanks. 

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 I have 2 printers: Epson Stylus Photo 1280 - and Epson X310.  I have the same problem. "Sending Data to the printer " but it never prints. I have done all the suggestions :

deleting the 2 printers that I have and then adding them back again...no luck.

I have a Apple I Mac OSX 10.7.5

Now Ican't even get my iPhone to connect to my Wi-Fi Printer  XP310.

 

I have never had this problem before. Is it my Computer or my Printers ?

 

Thanks,

 

Dave 

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