Only prints half a page.

I have a HP Deskjet 2540 All in One printer and I am constantly having problems with it!
Firstly if I send more than one page to the printer it prints one page then half the next. I then have to resend the last page to the printer. I have had this problem from the start with this printer. The amount of paper and ink I have wasted because of this I am starting to think it is a ploy by HP to get as much money out of ink cartridges as they can!
Secondly the majority of time I send a document to print i get an error message saying the printer is offline. However the printer is online! I have to keep switching the printer off and back on.
I really cant stand this printer and have only had it about 3 months and it has never worked properly!
What is worse is you can never contact HP for chat or support!
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Hi all,
We have been working on this missing and partial print problem.
To help with this problem we have a workaround that should help with the people that are experiencing this problem.
There are a few steps to go through to make this workaround work.
1)      Set a Fixed IP address on the wireless printer, this is to stop printing problems if the Wireless printers IP address changes.
For help with setting this up see this document (this is generic wireless connectivity document that covers setting up fixed IP address’ on HP Printers)
Printer Does Not Maintain Wireless Connection
Please Open the Windows Section and Scroll down to Solution 3 (This contains Instructions and a Video)
2)      Add another printer using Add Printer in Control Panel and set it to Default
3)      Change the driver on this newly added print to the HP Supplied one rather than the In OS printer driver
The instructions to help with these two steps are attached as a PDF File
Link to PDF on Google Drive
Good luck
JonW
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