"error - printing" print status in print queue

[HDC35]

Hi there,

I am posting this post here because at this stage I am not sure if it is a printer issue or windows system issues but I am tending to think it is the later so he it goes.

I am running windows 10 on a dell optiplex 5050 with a HP officejet 6970 all-in-one printer over a network connection. All computers are running on the most up-to-date windows updates, but this problem had occurred before the most recent updates so I am not sure if it is a previous update that may have caused the problem.

The problem is that one computer in the office can not print to the printer but the rest of the computers can. With this particular computer I can scan fine just not print. On printing a document a alert appears on the bottom right corner of the screen "Can not print on HP Officejet 6970" and on the print queue under print status is "error - printing". Not on the most recent reinstall of the printer driver/software but before there was also "driver is unavailable" message under the printer in printer and scanner section of windows settings. Now when trying to print from this particular computer it shows the "Default, Error"

I feel at this stage I have went through every possible troubleshoot in the book, short of a full OS reset. I do not want to have to do this as this computer also acts as the server computer for the 3rd party software used on all computers within the business and to reset the computer would most likely result in having to close for half a day at the very least.

The troubleshoots I have tried are as follows:

1. went through all the following troubleshoot is this HP article selecting the option print job stuck in queue error: 

http://hp.dezide.com/ts/start.jsp?guide=printing-dgm.net&as=true§ion=ccweb&sfs=mcste&language=englis...

2. Run on safe mode

3. Run in administrator profile.

4. Checked that Microsoft account is verified (seen this in another troubleshoot but not sure how this would have stopped printing).

Any information or advice on what to do next would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks again for taking the time to help.

[Repairatrooper · Accepted solution]

Check what type of interface port the print driver is using. Windows likes to default to using a WSD port, however these are unreliable. If it is using a WSD port, change the port type to Standard TCP/IP and configure the port to the IP address of the printer.

[HDC35]

Thank you so much! You hit the nail on the head. That's it working now. Many thanks.

[Techgeek73]

You are a life saver.  I've been trying to resolve this issue for a week with no luck. I uninstalled the printer software, updated the print drivers and event HP doctor. You hit the head on the nail. Windows had defaulted to the WSD port. I changed it the standard TCP/IP and reconfigured the IP address and it worked.  Thanks so much for posting this solution.