My printer will print notepad documents but nothing else

My printer will only print word dicuments

hi there,
could you provide the community with a little more information to help narrow troubleshooting? Things like your printer model and your operating system help out a lot.
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Hi,
I have a HP 3180 All-in-one connected to my desktop PC which runs on Vista OS. The printer seems to be perfectly happy to print a test page but with all other documents it feeds the paper as though it's getting ready to print, then the cartridge moves to start and nothing happens. The programs I have tried printing from include Microsoft Word 2003, Opera (to see if it was just an issue with Word) and Notepad. Google Chrome won't print either, and pops up with the ONLY error message I have recieved from any program which states : "Something went wrong when trying to print. Please check your printer and try again."
Notepad seems to print fine, as with the test page. With all the other software nothing shows up in the printer queue at all when I open the Printers and Devices window. I have run HP Diagnostics on it and that says that nothing is wrong.
Is this a problem with driver versions? I believe my boyfriend has uninstalled and reinstalled numerous times.
Any help is much appreciated.
Best regards,
Bexytea

Hi Bexytea - I noticed you mentioned you had run the HP diagnostics on it. Not sure which one, but if it wasn't the print diagnostic utility, I'd definitely recommend running it:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&softwareitem=mp-...
If you've already tried that utilitiy with no success, you might try installing one of the drivers that comes with Windows Vista by going into the Printers window, right clicking and selecting add printer - follow the prompts, choose HP and there is a selection for HP Photosmart 3100 series. It may not provide full functionality, but it would help narrow down the issue and might provide a workaround for the short term.
Hope that helps.
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HP Deskjet F4280 - can print test page but nothing else on new Windows 7 laptop on home network

I hope you can help me. I have an HP Deskjet F4280 set up on my desktop computer running Windows Vista Home Premium 64x. I've also got a home network on a D-Link Wireless N router.
My new laptop is a Toshiba with Windows 7. I can connect to the network no problem and can add the printer (attached to my desktop via USB) and can print the test page. My problem is that I can't print any other documents. When I check the print queue all it says is "spooling" and then after a few seconds the job just disappers from the queue.
I connected the printer directly to the laptop and dowloaded the drivers for Windows 7 and it works fine. I've uninstalled and reinstalled all software on both computers. I've spent hours trying different solutions I've found on this web-site and others...and nothing works! I am very frustrated to say the least.
Is there any way you can help me???

Hi Lisamcgack,
Print sharing is a Microsoft supported application. Since the printer is working on the computers independently. Then this would be an issue between the operating systems. Check out the following Microsoft document on print sharing.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Share-a-printer
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Hi - I just recently had a hard drive crash and had to revert to an old Time Machine backup on my new hard drive to get my Mac back. Since getting back up and running I have been unable to get my Officejet Pro 8600 back online. My computer is wired to the wireless router but the printer is running wireless. My computer can see the printer just fine and I can even print a "Print Quality Diagnostic" report from my Mac to the printer from the HP utility. But nothing else will print. The firmware is up to date. I have tried resetting the printing system multiple times, rebooting the machine, etc... Nothing works. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hello @Ryan221,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! I see your hard drive recently crashed and now you are not longer able to print to your HP Officejet Pro 8600. I see you have reset the printing system with no success. Let's try a different approach:
Scrub/ Uninstall
• Open the Applications folder > HP or Hewlett Packard folder > HP Uninstaller
• Click continue, click on one of the printers in the list.
• * Only do this step if you do not have any other HP Printers. Hold down Control, Option and Command, While holding the three buttons down,
• Click uninstall.
Reset Printing System
1. Click the Apple icon ( ), and then click System Preferences.
2. In the Hardware section, click Print & Fax/Scan. The Print & Fax/Scan dialog box opens.
3. Right-click (or Ctrl +click) in the left panel, and then click Reset printing system…
4. Click OK to confirm the reset.
5. Type the correct Name and Password.
6. Click OK to reset the printing system. The Print & Fax dialog box shows no printer selected
Note: This will remove all printers in the print and Fax/Scan, any printer removed can be re-added later by clicking the plus (+) symbol..
Repair Disk Permissions
1.On the Dock, click Applications, and then click Utilities.
2.Double-click Disk Utility.
3.Highlight your hard drive/partition on the left (by default this is "Macintosh HD").
4.Click the Repair Disk Permissions button at the bottom of the window.
5.Once the repair is complete, restart the computer.
Restart the printer. Now you can download and install the printer software and install it. Click on the link below to begin the download and follow the on screen instructions:
HP Officejet Pro Full Feature Software and Driver - Mac OS X 10.6, OS X 10.7, OS X 10.8
I hope this helps, please let me know the outcome!
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Printer Share says that my printing is complete, but nothing printed.

I am trying to print from an Android Razr to my 8600 Officejet using PrinterShare. The phone says the printing is completed, but nothing printed. I am also having a problem getting my phone Wi-Fi to communicate with my printer.

Hi there, if you are having trouble getting your phone and printer to communicate that may explain why nothing is coming out of the prettier. I'm not familiar enough with the service you are using (Printer Share) but what might be happening is that your job request is being received but is not able to be delivered to the printer for completion.
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