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HP Officejet 5740
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I've had the printer for about 4 years and it has been working great. Today, when I tried to print, a document save screen would come up when I select Print. Even if I give it a printer file name, and select OK, it will still not print. The printer itself is communicating fine wirelessly; I can print from my phone with no problem, just not from my desktop computer. I am running Windows 10 and have had Windows 10 since I've had the printer. I've tried the HP Print and Scan Doctor and it could not find the problem Help!
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@Adeleconn,

 

Thank you for posting your query on HP Community,

 

Let's try to uninstall the printer from the root level and then reinstall the printer by following the steps below: 

  • Press “Windows key” + “r” to get the “Run” window.
  • Type "services.msc" to get Services – Go to “Print spooler” – Right-click and “Stop” the service.
  • Now again open "Run" - Type “spool” and ok - Go to PRINTERS folder - delete everything in that folder.
  • Go to services again - Start the print spooler.
  • Now check for issue resolution.
  • If the issue persists, also try clean installing the printer drivers. Here are the steps:
  • First, unplug the USB cable from the printer if present.
  • Go to Control panel – Programs and feature – Select all the HP OfficeJet printer entries and uninstall them.
  • Now go to Control panel – Devices and printer – Select all the printer entries and remove the device.
  • Press the "windows key" + "r" to get the "Run" window open - Type "printui.exe /s" (There is a space between .exe & /) and press enter.
  • Under print server properties, go to drivers - remove any entry there as well.
  • Again, go to the Run window, type – “c:/programdata” – Go to Hewlett Packard folder, remove any printer related folders & files.
  • Restart your computer.
  • Please click here to download and install the full feature software for this printer. 
  • Connect the USB cable if prompted and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Let me know how it goes!

 

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Jeet_Singh
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I actually went ahead and uninstalled and reinstalled from devices and printers and that fixed the problem. If it nesses up again I’ll try this root uninstall. Thanks. 

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@Adeleconn

 

Good to know that issue is resolved.

Feel free to contact us in the future if you need any assistance.

 

Cheers.

Sandytechy20
I am an HP Employee

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