Printer won't work says it is paused - Office Equipment & Supplies

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Hello, sounds like your drivers are messed up, reload them to the computer or the connection cable maybe bad. If neither of these fix then the printer is bad.

I'm assuming that you're using a Mac. Try to uninstall the Lexmark driver first then download an updated driver online: http://bit.ly/McHL54

If it doesn't work, try to reset the printing system:

1. Open System Preferences and click "Print & Fax". Then click or right-click on the blank space around the list of printers on the left-hand side.

You should see a pop-up menu and the option to "Reset printing system...". Once you select the option, the OS will restore the CUPS printing system back to its original default settings. NOTE: This will, of course, erase all of your print queues.

Then add a print queue manually: http://bit.ly/SxD5Za

Reset the unit at the household circuit breaker and retry. PAU means the unit is paused either by a blockage and the sensor won't let the unit continue, or it was manually paused by a button press.

This is due to windows which has attributed a new virtual usbport.
Go to the printer port and try another one (the last one for example)

Hi Ruby

Can you please elaborate the problem and the model of your canon printer. Normally the problem will be with the cable or the driver. try the following just in case.

1. Check the printer settings in PRINTERS & FAXES
2. Open the printer icon in it and check if the printer has a ticked mark for pause printing.
3. Change the cable and try to print.

If the above does not solve the problem then there has to be a problem with the Formatter board Assy. which is the board present in printer where you connect the USB cable.

Hi,

According to your problem, first check the printer settings. Go to the Printer and faxes wizard in control panel. Right click on printer, if you fond there Resume printing then click on it. It will make printer working. Then reboot the printer and the system both. If it doesn't help you then there is the problem of printer software. Reinstall printer driver/ software again and reboot the both.

Your firewall could be blocking some printer communications. Make sure to allow full access to all Lexmark and printer communications in the program rules/permissions for your firewall. For more information on how to configure the settings for your firewall, visit the Lexmark website at http://bit.ly/iNwkNs.

Click Start
Click Control Panel
Click Classic View
Click Printers
Double-click on the icon for the Kodak printer.
Click "resume".

go to your printer settings (properties) and make sure that printer is selected as default printer, or that "pause printing" is not selected. Also check to see if your printer is "online".