Getting printer offline message

When I try to print, I am getting a message in the printer app "printer offline". I tried to restart the computer and printers, no results. Any know how to fix?

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I have an HP 4480 deskjet All-In-One printer wired to my HP dv6-2150us laptop (Win 7) with an USB cable. The printer is the network printer for my HP laptop and an Acer Aspire netbook (XP).
Often,when I unplug my laptop from the power source and from the printer's USB cable to take my laptop to another area to do some work and then bring it back to the computer table, and and reattach the cables to power and printer OR when I shut down or put into sleep mode my compter, the next time I attempt to print I will get a Printer Offline message.
At that point, I have to turn off the printer, unplug it from the laptop and power source, shut down the laptop and netbook, reattach everthing and plug all in again.
Then, my laptop, to which the laptop is plugged in by USB, will show that the printer is reinstalling, just as if it was the first time install.; I am even asked to re-register the printer.
Note that when the netbook is shut dow or, unplugged to use elsewhere, it is often unabale to print, showing "no installed printer." Then I have to search for a network printer and re-link it to the netbook.
All this is quite frustrating. I have read the forum for similar posts, but nothing quite seems to match.
As to a link offering a download for a printer trouble shooting link, i cannot seem to actually find the way to begin the download. I see a questionaire form but no download link. Hmm.
i am not a newbie, but stumped about this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

This article should help with your printer offline error:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02221706&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en
Give the steps outlined a try and let us know if it helps.
Best of Luck!
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Mac 'printer offline' message

Hi - I have an imac running os10.9 just upgraded with an HP photosmart 5524
Before the upgrade I tried to print and got the message 'printer offline' - this is the third of fourth time now I have had this, each time I have then had to de-install and re-install the software.
I upgraded to 10.9 and tried to install the relevant driver - only to get an error message when I tried to expand the driver download - I have checked permissions and they are all fine, and re-run the download three times only to get the same error each time.
I have reverted to your 12.23.0 driver - twice downloaded and installed and am still getting the 'printer offline'
I have reset the printer and added it in preferences - same problem.
This is truly hopeless - please help before I through this printer out
Chris

Hi DevonS,
I understand that you are getting an error message installing the Photosmart 5524 on your Mavericks operating system. Could you please follow the instructions in this document for Error Message on a Mac Running OS X v10.9 Mavericks.
If you are still getting the printer offline message follow the steps in this document for 'Printer is offline' Message Displays on the Computer and the Printer Will Not Print.
I hope this helps, let me know.
Thank you,
I worked on behalf of HP.

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I have removed PDFMaker from Office, to try to simplify the troubleshooting. All attempts to print end up the same, whether from PDFMaker (before I removed it from Office), from print to Adobe PDF from within an Office app, or using Create a PDF in AP 8.1.3 from an Office file ... the last hourglass comes up in "reading Adobe PDF" and stays up. I can see the "target file" created in WinExpl but greyed out, and the hourglass (busy) never goes away in AP 8.1.3.
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Keep getting a printer offline message

I am trying to print a MS Word doc in Windows 7. I am using parallels to run windows, 7 I think. When I connected the usb cable to my mac I selected the WIN option. When I go to print from Word I check for the correct printer in the Word print panel and I see the green check for my HP 1510 printer. I select print and nothing happens. I get a Printer off line message. I have rebooted mat MacBook Pro to no avail. Same thing.
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HP 5400 Continuall Get Printer Paused Message

Here's my printing dialogues:
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I have iphone 4s and a HP wireless printer a little less than 3 years old. When trying to print something from my iphone, it keeps giving me the message "printer offline" with choices for continue or cancel. I hit continue, but same message comes up a minute or two later. This happens even when my printer is awake and wirelss signal is strong. My phone finds the printer when i try to print, but keep getting this printer offline message. Any help would be appreciated.

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Epson Workforce 500 and HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 - "Printer Offline"

This week I downloaded an Epson printer driver update from Apple's Software Update. I use an Epson Workforce 500 with my Mac Mini computer at my office. Since installing Snow Leopard originally I had experienced no problems with the printer but assumed that if Apple was telling me to install a driver update, I should do so. Big mistake!
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I am now the proud owner of an HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 Premier All-in-One. Unfortunately I am still suffering from the "Printer Offline" message whenever I attempt to print anything. After spending another afternoon on the phone with a tech support person from HP, I am still unable to print. I have done all of the following:
Disconnected and reconnected all cables between the computer and the printer.
Switched the USB cable to a different USB port on the computer.
Restarted the computer and the printer.
Unplugged and replugged the computer to reset it.
Checked to confirm that the printer does show up under USB on the System Profiler.
Deleted any old print jobs in the print queue and made certain that the printer was not in pause mode.
Tried to print from various programs with the same result.
Although this printer does appear in the printer list, deleted it and then added it again under the Printer and Fax area of System Preferences.
Uninstalled the HP printer driver, restarted the computer, downloaded HP's latest driver for this computer from their website under the instruction of HP's tech support person and reinstalled this driver and again performing all of the above.
Repaired disk permissions several times.
Reset the printing system under the Printer and Fax area of System Preferences.
I have been unable to find any further possible fixes in any of the discussion boards either on the Apple or the HP site. After doing everything listed here the HP tech support person felt that the problem must be with Apple rather than HP since the problem developed initially after the Epson printer update and then occurred with both the Epson and the HP printers.
I have an appointment later today with an Apple Genius at my local Apple store to see if I can get any advice. Any suggestions from anyone on this board would be greatly appreciated since I do need my printer to carry on in my business. At this point I am desperate to the point of considering the replacement of my computer but am hesitant to do so suspecting that the new models should be released soon.

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Try downloading and installing the 10.6.1 combo update. It's OK to do this even though you are already running 10.6.1. One of the "fixes" .. "some printer compatibility drivers not appearing properly in the add printer browser"
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL930
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Always make sure your Mac has sufficient disk space available.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. *Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.*
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Printer offline issues

Hi all,
3.4 GHz iMac running 10.6.8. Software update current.
Epson NX430 (new) connected via wifi. All installation, including downloading the current drivers from Epson, went smoothly. Printing and scanning wirelessly does indeed work. But...
After a while, the printer, or the Mac printing system, sends the printer "offline." When I send a document to the printer, I get a warning icon from the print monitor, and the NX430 print monitor window says "Looking for printer.... printer offline."
The quick fix for this is to power cycle the printer (obviously a pain). Interestingly, this was the same issue I had with the HP Photosmart 4400 device that the Epson replaced. That HP printer was hooked up via USB, but didn't scan except to PCs, so the switch was to fix that and hopefully also fix the printer offline issue at the same time. But this experience leads me to think that the problem is with the OS, and not the printer.
Other things I have tried: Restarting the iMac. Deleting and re-adding printer. Resetting the printing system (this worked for a few days, I think, although it is hard to be sure of cause and effect). Checking the network connections -- printer and gateway IP addresses are correct, and even when getting the printer offline message, I can successfully ping the printer.
One more thing. When the system is in this "printer offline" state, trying to activate either the printer utility, or check supply levels, results in an error message, even though I have verified network connectivity with a ping test.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dave

alicedave wrote:
Checking the network connections -- printer and gateway IP addresses are correct, and even when getting the printer offline message, I can successfully ping the printer.
One more thing. When the system is in this "printer offline" state, trying to activate either the printer utility, or check supply levels, results in an error message, even though I have verified network connectivity with a ping test.
With the ping getting a response from the printer it would suggest that the symptom is not network related but more to do with the supporting software, or more so with the protocols it uses to communicate with the printer. I would guess that the printer supports Bonjour and you would have added the printer by opening the Default Add Printer view and selecting the printer that was shown in this view. If this was the case then a suggestion would be to look at using an alternate protocol for the print queue, providing the printer does support such an option. If you can check the network settings for the printer there may be the option to use/enable print protocols such as LPR. With this active, the printer can be added using IP > LPD. This requires you to enter the IP address of the printer and then browse for the printer driver.
If such an option to use an alternate print protocol does not exist then something else you can test when the printer goes offline is the scanning. Does this also fail?
And can you confirm? You said you had to power cycle the HP to get it working again. Do you have to do the same with the Epson to get it printing again?

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Hi @printprobs
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Printer offline, no response to unplugging or pressing blinking power button

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