The subject printer used to be switched on by the PC whenever I started
a print job. Now that I am on XP, the same printer stays switched off,
and I have to manually (what a chore!!) turn-it on.

Another newsgroup suggested that it is the printer driver...
unfortunately there does not seem to be any driver updates or HP help
around this topic.

Am I stuck with this or is there a fix?

tia
DW

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:21:43 +0100, DW <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>The subject printer used to be switched on by the PC whenever I started
>a print job. Now that I am on XP, the same printer stays switched off,
>and I have to manually (what a chore!!) turn-it on.
>
>Another newsgroup suggested that it is the printer driver...
>unfortunately there does not seem to be any driver updates or HP help
>around this topic.
>
>Am I stuck with this or is there a fix?
>
If HP don't have an XP driver for that model you're stuck. And if they
don't, that will be nothing new. Any printer you buy from HP that runs
on XP, will suddenly not have a driver when the latest Windows comes
out. HP are appalling at supporting their hardware., which is why we
no longer buy their printers.

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Hecate - The Real One
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veni, vidi, reliqui

"DW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:416bbe46$0$22752$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The subject printer used to be switched on by the PC whenever I started a
> print job. Now that I am on XP, the same printer stays switched off, and I
> have to manually (what a chore!!) turn-it on.
>
> Another newsgroup suggested that it is the printer driver... unfortunately
> there does not seem to be any driver updates or HP help around this topic.
>
> Am I stuck with this or is there a fix?

I do not know of any updated drivers, but you could just leave the printer on.
It automatically goes into a power saving mode and uses little more power than
in the "off" state. I have also seen suggestions that the DeskJet 840 (or was
it 845?) driver works, but do not know if it would give you any added
functionality.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP

MY 6110 will not go to power save and the two levels of customer service
have no practically solution.


"Bob Headrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
:
: "DW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
: news:416bbe46$0$22752$(E-Mail Removed)...
: > The subject printer used to be switched on by the PC whenever I started
a
: > print job. Now that I am on XP, the same printer stays switched off,
and I
: > have to manually (what a chore!!) turn-it on.
: >
: > Another newsgroup suggested that it is the printer driver...
unfortunately
: > there does not seem to be any driver updates or HP help around this
topic.
: >
: > Am I stuck with this or is there a fix?
:
: I do not know of any updated drivers, but you could just leave the printer
on.
: It automatically goes into a power saving mode and uses little more power
than
: in the "off" state. I have also seen suggestions that the DeskJet 840 (or
was
: it 845?) driver works, but do not know if it would give you any added
: functionality.
:
: Regards,
: Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
:
:
: