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HP Laserjet Pro 1102w

 

When I try to print something, it goes to the printing queue and it says 'x document(s) are in the queue waiting to be printed'. I apparently have the latest driver and of course I have the toner too.

 

What I've tried:

 

Services-->Print Spooler-->Disable-->Explorer: PRINTERS-->Delete all print jobs-->Go back to Services-->Re-enable Print Spooler

 

Whenever I turn off then turn back on the printer, it ends up printing out whatever that was set to be printed in the first place. But not until I turn it off then back on!

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You might try doing a factory reset of your router then

 

Please ensure that you have the user manual for your router. Then perform a factory reset.

How To Reset Your Router
https://setuprouter.com/networking/how-to-reset-your-router/

 

Depending on one's preferences and the Router's capabilities please consider the following.

  • Disable acceptance of ICMP Pings
  • Change the Default Router password using a Strong Password
  • Use a Strong WiFi password on WPA2  using AES encryption or Enable WPA3 if it is an option.
  • Disable Remote Management
  • Create separate WiFi networks for groups of devices with similar purposes to prevent an entire network of devices from being compromised if a malicious actor is able to gain unauthorized access to one device or network. Example: Keep IoT devices on one network and mobile devices on another.
  • Change the network name (SSID).  Do not use your; Name, Postal address, or other personal information.  Make it unique or whimsical and known to your family/group.
  • Is the Router Firmware up-to-date?  Updating the firmware mitigates exploitable vulnerabilities.
  • Specifically set Firewall rules to BLOCK;   TCP and UDP ports 135 ~ 139, 445, 1234, 3389 and 5555
  • Document passwords created and store them in a safe but accessible location.

 

 

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17 hours ago, AdvancedSetup said:

You might try doing a factory reset of your router then

 

Please ensure that you have the user manual for your router. Then perform a factory reset.

How To Reset Your Router
https://setuprouter.com/networking/how-to-reset-your-router/

 

Depending on one's preferences and the Router's capabilities please consider the following.

  • Disable acceptance of ICMP Pings
  • Change the Default Router password using a Strong Password
  • Use a Strong WiFi password on WPA2  using AES encryption or Enable WPA3 if it is an option.
  • Disable Remote Management
  • Create separate WiFi networks for groups of devices with similar purposes to prevent an entire network of devices from being compromised if a malicious actor is able to gain unauthorized access to one device or network. Example: Keep IoT devices on one network and mobile devices on another.
  • Change the network name (SSID).  Do not use your; Name, Postal address, or other personal information.  Make it unique or whimsical and known to your family/group.
  • Is the Router Firmware up-to-date?  Updating the firmware mitigates exploitable vulnerabilities.
  • Specifically set Firewall rules to BLOCK;   TCP and UDP ports 135 ~ 139, 445, 1234, 3389 and 5555
  • Document passwords created and store them in a safe but accessible location.

 

 

Didn't work

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If I may @WannabeSysAdminx...

I get the impression...

  1. The HP Printer is on WiFi.
  2. The printer receives a Print Job, it reacts to the receipt of the job but you have to cycle the power to get "something" printed.

 

Do I have that correct ?

 

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What is the printer's IP Address ?

Please install Telnet

Control Panel  -->  Programs and Features  --> Turn Windows Features On or Off  --> Telnet
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/38433.windows-10-enabling-telnet-client.aspx

 

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5 hours ago, David H. Lipman said:

What is the printer's IP Address ?

Please install Telnet

Control Panel  -->  Programs and Features  --> Turn Windows Features and or Off  --> Telnet
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/38433.windows-10-enabling-telnet-client.aspx

 

Installed, done, now what do I do?

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Turn on the HP Printer.

In a Command Prompt (Run; CMD.EXE with admin priveledges) type;  ping -t  IP_Address

So if the IP address is;  192.168.1.3   type;     PING -t  192.168.1.3

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Let it go for a little while.  Ctrl+C will stop it.  We are looking for consistent "time".  In the above its shows a consistent PING time of less than 1ms.

 

Then what I'd like for you to do is to run;  telnet  IP_ADDRESS  9100

So if the IP address is;  192.168.1.3 type;    telnet   192.168.1.3   9100

 

That will open a Telnet session to the RAW Printer port of the HP Print Server.  Type a whole bunch of keyboard characters.  They will not be echoed to the screen but will go straight in the Printer's Buffer.  After you have typed a whole bunch of characters you can close the Telnet session.

Once closed, the printer should print whatever you typed in the Telnet Session.

Q:

  1. Do you see a consistent PING time to the HP Printer or does it vary a lot ?
  2. Once you closed that Telnet session, did the Printer print a page of whatever you typed in said Telnet Session ?

 

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On 6/8/2022 at 9:33 PM, David H. Lipman said:

Turn on the HP Printer.

In a Command Prompt (Run; CMD.EXE with admin priveledges) type;  ping -t  IP_Address

So if the IP address is;  192.168.1.3   type;     PING -t  192.168.1.3

Image.jpg.5601cb4c30b7b78eb85f70f881492a4c.jpg

 

Let it go for a little while.  Ctrl+C will stop it.  We are looking for consistent "time".  In the above its shows a consistent PING time of less than 1ms.

 

Then what I'd like for you to do is to run;  telnet  IP_ADDRESS  9100

So if the IP address is;  192.168.1.3 type;    telnet   192.168.1.3   9100

 

That will open a Telnet session to the RAW Printer port of the HP Print Server.  Type a whole bunch of keyboard characters.  They will not be echoed to the screen but will go straight in the Printer's Buffer.  After you have typed a whole bunch of characters you can close the Telnet session.

Once closed, the printer should print whatever you typed in the Telnet Session.

Q:

  1. Do you see a consistent PING time to the HP Printer or does it vary a lot ?
  2. Once you closed that Telnet session, did the Printer print a page of whatever you typed in said Telnet Session ?

 

How do I find the IP of my network printer? It says

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On 6/8/2022 at 9:33 PM, David H. Lipman said:

Turn on the HP Printer.

In a Command Prompt (Run; CMD.EXE with admin priveledges) type;  ping -t  IP_Address

So if the IP address is;  192.168.1.3   type;     PING -t  192.168.1.3

Image.jpg.5601cb4c30b7b78eb85f70f881492a4c.jpg

 

Let it go for a little while.  Ctrl+C will stop it.  We are looking for consistent "time".  In the above its shows a consistent PING time of less than 1ms.

 

Then what I'd like for you to do is to run;  telnet  IP_ADDRESS  9100

So if the IP address is;  192.168.1.3 type;    telnet   192.168.1.3   9100

 

That will open a Telnet session to the RAW Printer port of the HP Print Server.  Type a whole bunch of keyboard characters.  They will not be echoed to the screen but will go straight in the Printer's Buffer.  After you have typed a whole bunch of characters you can close the Telnet session.

Once closed, the printer should print whatever you typed in the Telnet Session.

Q:

  1. Do you see a consistent PING time to the HP Printer or does it vary a lot ?
  2. Once you closed that Telnet session, did the Printer print a page of whatever you typed in said Telnet Session ?

 

It varied a lot

 

No it didn't print a page

 

(I had found the IP address of the printer btw)

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Please reset the Printer

https://www.worldwidewebs.com.au/billing/knowledgebase/337/RESET-A-HP-P1102W-TO-FACTORY-SETTINGS.html

Once done, add the printer back to WiFi and try the Telnet session one last time.  If a Telnet session still does not Print per Post  ID:1519277  then you will have to contact HP.

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On 6/17/2022 at 1:33 PM, David H. Lipman said:

Please reset the Printer

https://www.worldwidewebs.com.au/billing/knowledgebase/337/RESET-A-HP-P1102W-TO-FACTORY-SETTINGS.html

Once done, add the printer back to WiFi and try the Telnet session one last time.  If a Telnet session still does not Printer per Post  ID:1519277  then you will have to contact HP.

So I did what you had advised and now the wireless blue light just keeps on flashing, it won't be detected by my laptop (windows 10). The SSID and IP Address were in fact cleared completely.

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