HP 6970 - Printing waiting for job to complete msg - never completes

[Csbloch]

My printer has stopped working.  It says connected to the printer, then after many minutes has the status waiting for the job to complete, but never completes and never prints anything.  I've tried restarting it, which didn't help.  This printer is less than a month old and has been incredibly slow up til now.  It took many minutes to print a single page.  Now it just stopped working.  I checked and all the drivers are up to date.

[Anand_Andy]

Hi @Csbloch,

Welcome to the HP Support Community

I understand you are facing an issue with your HP Officejet Pro 6970 Printer. Not to worry I will help you to get a resolution to resolve the issue.

Let's perform a power drain: 

• With the printer turned on, disconnect the power cord from the rear of the printer and also unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
• Remove USB cable, if present.
• Wait for 2-3 minutes, press and hold the power button on your printer for about 30 seconds to remove any additional charge.
• Now plug back the power cable straight to a wall outlet without any surge protector or an extension cord (This is important) and then plug back the power cord to the printer.
• Turn on the printer and wait till warm-up period finishes and the printer is idle

Update the printer firmware 

• Click here to download and install the latest printer firmware from your product
• Click here to know different methods of updating printer firmware.

If the issue persists, then please follow the steps mentioned in this document: HP Printers - Print jobs stuck in print queue

You may also add the printer using Apple AirPrint drivers:

1.) Click the Apple menu, click System Preferences, and then click Print & Scan or Printers & Scanners.

2.) Check if your printer name displays in the Printers list, If your printer is listed, click the printer name, click the minus sign to delete the printer.

3.) If you see multiple printer queues for the same printer, remove all extra printers by selecting them one at a time, and then clicking the minus button at the bottom of the list.

4.) Click the plus sign click Add Printer or Scanner, click the printer name.

5.) Click the Use or Print Using menu, select AirPrint in the pop-up menu. Then click Add.

6.) Try to print.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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