win xp wont add a printer, Operation could not be completed.

[steve]

I have a problem with my printing. One day it was working
fine and now no printer is installed and when I click add
a printer a window pops up and says "Operation could not
be completed." WTF?

Any info would be appreciated e mail me
(e-mail address removed)

thanks

 

[John]

-----Original Message-----
I have a problem with my printing. One day it was working
fine and now no printer is installed and when I click add
a printer a window pops up and says "Operation could not
be completed." WTF?

Any info would be appreciated e mail me
(e-mail address removed)

thanks
.

DOES YOUR PRINTER GO OFF_LINE AUTOMATICALLY?

MINE DOES!


RE: HP LaserJet 5L

I found the answer. Printer is working fine!

Problem is SleepMode in printer. During XP installation,
the printer was ON but went into SleepMode by the time XP
got to installation.

Printer goes into SleepMode after 15 minutes of
Inactivity.

SOLUTION 1: I had to standby and PRESS the bottom buttons
everytime the GREEN light went out.

SOLUTION 2: XP during installation, failed to make the
printer go into READY mode so that it could be updated by
XP. So MS should add that WAKE-UP to a path.

Looks like this could apply to ALL HP printers with
SleepMode!

Sincerely,

John

 

[Cari MS-MVP]

Print spooler has probably stopped....

From the command prompt, type

net start spooler

(and hit enter)

If that fails, from the command prompt, type

sfc /scannow

Reboot after it's finished and try adding the printer again.

Cari
www.coribright.com