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I am trying to print from my computer to my home printer, however I am unable to. I have added and removed the printer a few times but that didn't help. The other devices including my phone and another laptop are all able to print. Whenever I send a test document, I quickly open up the printing queue. I see the status go from "pending..." to "deleting..." then it disappears. I recently reset my computer, but I do not believe that would have affected this. Obviously it would have forgot the printer, but it wouldn't be acting like this. Please help

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Uninstall it.

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Give the HP print and scan doctor program a try, use this link.

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When I run the print and scan doctor, I get to the page where it asks if i want to print a test page. I click print, and it asks me if it printed or not. However once I click no, it acts like the whole extension freezes up (The paper did not print out). The button just turns grey, it takes a ton of CPU making my fans go crazy. And it has just been like this for about 10 minutes now with no end in sight. Does it normally take a long time? It just stays like this, and no buttons seem to work.Screenshot (2).png

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No this is not normal, cancel to program.

 

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I canceled the program. This is why I need help. I just do not know what to do to get my computer to print

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Here is a picture of what my printer queue looks like from my computer. The documents that are "pending" get deleted very quickly, but I attached a picture I quickly screenshotted it.Screenshot (6).pngScreenshot (5).png

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You may have a Windows problem.

Have you checked the Windows system files by running a sfc /scannow command from a cmd prompt with admin settings.

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I ran the scanner, and it came back saying there was nothing wrong with the system or the files. I attempted to print once again, and no luckScreenshot (7).png

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Are you running a antivirus program?

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I have norton security installed. Should I try to disable it and see if that helps? I could possibly have malwarebytes but I think it was deleted when I reset the computer

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