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01-23-2011, 07:24 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Printer Problems Help
I have an HP Pavilion 2.4 gig computor with a HP Photosmart c6180 all-in-one printer. About a year or so ago the printer started having communication problems with the computor. Recently I found it necessary to delete the printer drive several times and reinstall numerous times, as was suggested by the manual, to jump start the printer. When I first did this, the printer would work for a while, and as time passed it worked a span of time less than the time before. One of the warning boxes that comes up prt way through each drive re-load, and just briefly, making it hard to read the box, is one that says the cable might be gone that runs between the computor and printer. It said I might need a high-speed cable, and by that I understood this to mean, the one I have is not high speed or it is failing.
Any ideas???????????????
Last edited by Swimmer; 01-23-2011 at 10:06 PM..
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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01-23-2011, 07:34 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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its a female printer
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01-23-2011, 10:05 PM
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Retired Surfer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
its a female printer
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That helps! 
ROTFLMAO |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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01-23-2011, 10:06 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Possible faulty interconnection, I/O connector on back of computer could have a intermitting connection.
Try disconnecting the cable at card connector and look for pins that are pushed in. Also just reseating the cable may cause it to work in the event there was a interconnecting conductivity issue. Do the same for the connector and cable on the printer side.
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01-23-2011, 10:07 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
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you didn't stick it in far enough again.
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01-23-2011, 10:09 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redsoxticket
Possible faulty interconnection, I/O connector on back of computer could have a intermitting connection.
Try disconnecting the cable at card connector and look for pins that are pushed in. Also just reseating the cable may cause it to work in the event there was a interconnecting conductivity issue. Do the same for the connector and cable on the printer side.
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This connects computor side by USB. On the other end it is a three pronged plug, and the rpongs are large enough so as not to miss the prongs |
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01-23-2011, 10:30 PM
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Try each and every USB port, front and back.
Secondly if you have access to another PC install the software along with the cable and printer and see what happens
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01-24-2011, 04:07 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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POINT a GUN at it and threaten it
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01-24-2011, 10:47 AM
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Registered User
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going on a assumption here is this Vista?
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