Communication with printer

[The Flying Tench]

I have an HP Deskjet 1000. Starting an hour ago, when I click print, a message comes up saying that it cannot carry out the print job because it cannot communicate with the printer, and asks me to check it is switched on and connected. Despite this it always starts to print. Sometimes it prints everything, but more often it prints about half a page and then stops and the printer light starts flashing.

 

Does anyone have any idea of the likely cause of the problem? My computer is quite slow at present, I don't know if that would affect it?

[chesters1]

Download hp's printer and scanner problem solver it may help

[wotnobivvy]

Is it wired or wireless

[The Flying Tench]

It's wired. The last couple of times I turned the printer off, and then half a minute later turned it on again, and it duly printed the page with no instruction at all from the computer.

[corydoras]

It's wired. The last couple of times I turned the printer off, and then half a minute later turned it on again, and it duly printed the page with no instruction at all from the computer.

It sounds to me like maybe you have a problem with your printer connection, Disconnect the cable and clean the connectors with an old toothbrush or something similar. The page it printed "with no instruction from the computer" sounds like it printed an "old" job that was still in the printer queue.

Edited January 12, 2016 by corydoras