HP Deskjet 2542 gets stuck after it prints 1 page

[rajkk1]

Hello!
When I print one page on my printer, it prints fine. However it gets stuck *after* printing, i.e. if I try and print another page (separately) it takes a really long time to do anything (maybe like 5 to 10 minutes) and one of two things happens:

1. It says that there was an error printing *the first* page (even though it printed it fine) and then prints the second page fine

2. It prints the first page *again* and then gets stuck again for a long time (5-10mins) before printing the second page.

I tried running HP Print and Scan Doctor 5.6.2 but it didn't change anything.

This is what the it looks like after one page is printed and the second one is waiting

And the status of the bottom one is "Printing" (even though it has already printed) and the top one's status is empty

Thanks for your help!

[Valsimot]

Change port from WDS to standard TCP/IP port.

[rajkk1]

Thank you for your post! If I understand your proposed solution correctly, you're saying I should connect the printer to the internet via an ethernet cable and not WiFi? Is there not a better solution? Mainly because my printer is currently far away from an ethernet port and I would rather not run a cable through the whole room.