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. 

[davescreations]

 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