4Getting Help When Things Go Wrong

Why won’t it print? continued

What is the problem?

Possible cause

To solve the problem…

 

 

 

 

The printer is really slow.

Your computer may have less

1

Check the amount of RAM and processor

 

than the minimum system

 

speed in your computer. See “System

 

requirements.

 

Requirements” on page 52.

 

 

2

Free up some space on your hard drive.

 

 

 

Having less than 100MB of free space on

 

 

 

your computer’s hard drive can mean

 

 

 

longer processing times.

 

 

 

 

Too many software programs

Close all unnecessary software programs.

 

may be running at the same

 

 

 

time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may be using outdated

Check the printer driver you are using. Be sure

 

printer software.

to check the HP web site at http://

 

 

www.hp.com/support/home_products for

 

 

the most recent software updates.

 

 

 

 

You may be printing a

Be patient. Large, complex documents

 

complex document

containing graphics or photographs print

 

containing graphics or

slower than text-only documents.

 

photographs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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