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This has been a great printer up to about 2 months ago then it is "picky" about what it decided to print.  From some sources it will print....stored documents.....from others.....emails, it will act like it wants to print but does not.  This can be reversed and do one and not the other.  But...but if I call for it to print an alignment sheet,  it will do it without hesitation.  Right now!!  It gets a signal to do that but something else........ maybe, maybe not.  Thanks for any help you can give me.  Mayo

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Hi,

How is the printer being connected to the computer? it may sound like any connectivity related problem, therefore such information is crucial.

 

Shlomi



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Thanks Shlomil for your reply. It is connected to a USB port on the computer and the power cord is to an ACP surge protector.  I always make sure that cords are not intertwined with others but there are a lot them to this unit.

 

Thanks again

Mayo3

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One thing that I forgot to tell you......when I enter something to print, I get a message card that says the printer is not ready.  That is false because I go to the device page and check everything on it and it states that the printer is ready, the paper is there and the cartridges are checked to make sure they are in the right way.  

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