Printer says "sending data..." and doesn't print (photosmart c440 & macbook pro snow leopard)

[josephinewm]

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!

[PrintDoc · Accepted solution]

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.

[AlliWatkins]

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.

[PrintDoc]

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.

[Goldylocks]

You fixed it. Thanks.