Computer Printer Repair

Printer drivers are not responsible for publishing a print queue to Directory Services. The Microsoft Windows 2000 and later print folder creates a print queue object (by calling the spooler's SetPrinter function) during the process of installing the printer.


Print queue properties are published so that a user can search for printers with particular properties by using the Search option on the task bar's Start menu. The print folder publishes some, but not all, of the printer capabilities that are available to it from DriverCapabilities. Only capabilities that are considered useful for browsing purposes are published.

Printer drivers can add or modify a print queue object's property information. The print queue properties that can be published are identified by SPLDS_-prefixed constants, defined in winspool.h. To add or modify printer properties, your driver must use these predefined property name identifiers.

To add or modify a print queue object's property information, carry out the following steps:

1. Add property names and values to the registry, under the SPLDS_DRIVER_KEY, by calling the spooler's SetPrinterDataEx function.
2. Call the spooler's SetPrinter function, with an input structure of PRINTER_INFO_7 (described in the Windows SDK documentation) and an action of DSPRINT_UPDATE, to inform the spooler that it should update the published print queue object. (Drivers should not specify an action of DSPRINT_PUBLISH.)

These steps should be implemented within the printer driver's DrvPrinterEvent function, when the function receives a PRINTER_EVENT_INITIALIZE event.

If a driver must obtain the current values for a printer's published properties, it should call GetPrinterDataEx or EnumPrinterDataEx to obtain the information from the registry, which is spooler-maintained and always up to date. An alternative way is to call GetPrinter to obtain the print queue's object identifier and then to call ADSI functions to obtain the values of the published properties. This technique is not recommended, both because it is more resource intensive and because returned data might not always be current.

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If you're getting a Ink cartridge error
If this is a new cartridge, open the front cover and remove all cartridges. Be sure the protective film has been removed from the cartridge prior to printer installation. Inspect the contacts on the new cartridge for damage. Replace the cartridges in the correct place, close the front cover and power the printer down and then up again.

Printer Cannot Be Installed
If you're trying to install a printer and it will not install, be sure to check the Device Manager in the Control Panel for any Unknown Devices. Your printer will be come an Unknown Device if you plug the cable in before installing the driver software. Remove the Unknown Device and then unplug the USB cable. Next, install the software that came with the printer, and when finished, plug the USB cable back in.

Printer Streaks
If your printer is producing a streaked image, you will need to clean the printer heads. To do this, go to Printers in the Control Panel, then right click your Printer then select Properties. A menu with the various settings will appear. You need to select Clean Printer Cartridges. The printer will run in cleaning mode.

Printer Does Not Print Jobs
When you click Print and nothing happens, you may be sending jobs to a printer that is not connected to your computer. For example, if another printer was previously installed, and you install a new printer, the old printer might still be setup as the Default Printer. Go into the Control Panel, then Printers and make sure the new printer is set to Default.

Printer Jams Frequently
If your printer jams frequently, you may be loading too much paper. This can also occur if you've had jams in the past and have a piece of debris still stuck in the printer. Use a flashlight to examine the entire mechanism to ensure no paper is still inside. This can also happen if an internal gear is damaged. You will often notice one side being fed faster than the other. This could me the printer is physically damaged and needs to be replaced or repaired.


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Operation could not be completed. The print spooler service is not running.This error occurs because the Spooler service has not been started or has stopped working.This post provide printer support to start the spooler services.

To Start Spooler Services follow the step

1. Click Start , and then click Control Panel .
2. Double-click Administrative Tools , and then click Services .
3. Double-click the Printer Spooler service, and then change the startup type to Automatic . This sets the Spooler service to start automatically when you restart the computer.
4. If you want to start the spooler service immediately, click the Start button under the Service Status field.

For More About this problems go to Print Spooler Service Problem

For your Hewlett Packard laser printer to run efficiently, you may have to install printer driver. Drivers link the computer and the printer through a common language. Follow these steps to download drivers for an HP laser printer.

Step1Make sure your printer is on before beginning. Log on to the Hewlett-Packard Web site (see Resources below).
Step2Search for “downloading printer drivers” on the HP site. Look through the results, and select the one that corresponds to your printer and computer
Step3Download the program that is appropriate. After the download is complete, install the application.
Step4Use the Installation Wizard or install the new driver manually using the “Settings” and “Printers and Other Hardware” settings

In this post you get further information about Postscript printer support and how to Windows NT supports PostScript printers that uses industry-standard PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files. Windows NT installs PPD files using PRINTER.INF. This post provides detailed instructions on how to modify PRINTER.INF so that you can install PPD files obtained from print device manufacturers.

Follow the steps to install PPD files from print device manufacturers:

1. Obtain the OEMSETUP.INF from the DDK in the
\WINNT.NT\WINNT351.DDK\DDK\SRC\SETUP\INF\PRINTER directory.
Rename the file to PRINTER.INF.

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Obtain PPDInst.exe from the Microsoft Download Center. http://download.microsoft.com/download/winnt351/driver/11/n351/en-us/ppdinst.exe
2. Create a file called DISK1. The content does not matter. The Setup procedure only checks to make sure it exists. If you perform the installation on a non-Intel (x86) computer, name the file CDROM.W.
3. Copy DISK1 (or CDROM.W), the PRINTER.INF file and your PPD file to a floppy disk or a sub-directory on your hard disk.
4. Copy PSCRIPT.DLL, PSCRPTUI.DLL and PSCRIPT.HLP from an existing Windows NT installation to the floppy disk or the sub-directory on the hard disk. If you install support for Intel-based (x86) computers, look for these files in the following directory:

%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\1
5. The PRINTER.INF file installs support for one particular printer: the HP LaserJet IIISi. To install support for your printer, do the following:
1. Change each reference of RASDD to PSCRIPT and RASDDUI to PSCRPTUI.
2. Modify the following section using a text editor, such as Notepad:

[Files-PrinterData]
hppcl5ms = 1,hppcl5ms.dll , SIZE=999

Change the file name (for example: HPPCL5MS.DLL) to match the name of the PPD file of your printer. HPPCL5MS is an identifier and it does not require any change for your new PPD file name.
3. If you change the identifier, you must also change it in the [Options] section below:

[Options]
"HP LaserJet IIISi" = rasddui, hppcl5ms, rasdd

Change HP LaserJet IIISi to match the name of your printer. To determine the name, open the PPD file for your printer using a text editor and search for the NickName. If you have changed the identifier above, then you must change it in the following section:

[OptionsTextENG]
"HP LaserJet IIISi" = "OEM HP LaserJet IIISi"
6. In the [ProductType] section, make sure that STF_PLATFORM is correctly set for your computer, as follows:

STF_PLATFORM = x

where x is Mips, I386, Alpha or PPC (PowerPC).
7. If you are not installing the PPD file on an Intel-based computer, change the following line in the [Source Media Descriptions] section from DISK1 to CDROM.W:

1 = "OEM Disk (PRINTER)" , TAGFILE = disk1

8. Start Windows NT Print Manager. From the Printer menu, select Create Printer.
9. Enter the printer name and select a port.
10. For Driver, select Other. Enter the drive and path of the printer driver disk (the same directory on step 3 above).
11. In the Select Driver dialog box, select the driver and click OK.
12. In the Windows NT Setup dialog box, enter the drive and path of the printer driver disk (the same directory on step 3 above) and click Continue.

NOTE: If you supply the Windows NT CD-ROM path instead of supplying the driver disk path, the Setup program will successfully copy the PostScript files, and then prompt for the directory where the PPD file is located. At this point, the path cannot be changed back to the disk directory and will only accept the CD-ROM path.