Network printer suddenly stopped working on one computer, even "Test page failed to print"
Obviously the issue is coming from the end user's computer. I would check for reinstalling the driver first of all but you have to delete it completely:
Windows XP adds a user interface feature to delete driver files so the steps for Windows 2000 and earlier are no longer necessary. To delete printer driver files in Windows XP:
- Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes.
- On the File menu, click Server Properties.
- On the Drivers tab, click the printer driver that you want to delete, and then click Remove.
Then, I would also check the print spooler as mentionned by BBlake.
Is this printer on a print server or simply network-shared?
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Justin Love over 1 year
The network printer is working fine from the print spooler (Windows Server 2003) and other computers on the network. It's just one XP computer that is having a problem. The user was printing several things, then got 'an error message' and now the computer will not print, even after rebooting and doing delete/add in Printers and Faxes.
Attempting to print a test page immediately brings up a dialog saying the test page failed to print, and offers the print troubleshooter. The troubleshooter offers no further insight.
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Justin Love about 14 yearsChecked that, it was. I tried stopping on a different computer, and got a relevant error message earlier in the process.
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Justin Love about 14 yearsReinstalling drivers fixed it.
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r0ca about 14 yearsPlease consider upvote :)