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Yesterday, my printer was spitting out print jobs. Today it seems to be possessed by a sloth! What’s up with this? Sluggish print jobs can happen for a few different reasons. One simple fix may be to try clearing out the print queue. Sometimes, dozens of print jobs get backed up, or one print job […]
Labels and laser printers have a difficult relationship; they don’t get along well. More than likely, if you send a sheet of labels through a laser printer, sooner or later you will experience the frustration of finding warm, gummy labels stuck to the toner drum or worse, adhered to the fuser. Because the fuser in […]
HP upgraded their firmware on certain printers that use the 934xl/935xl, 950xl/951xl, or 970xl/951xl inkjet cartridges. This new firmware update may cause the corresponding printers to experience cartridge problems when using non-OEM cartridges. But don’t fret; there is a downloadable firmware update that will fix this problem. If you are not experiencing any problems, there […]
HP released a firmware update on March 12, 2016 that rendered non-HP ink cartridges useless for several models of HP Officejet printers; they no longer recognize compatible brand smart chips. Error messages such as the following display to the user: “The ink cartridges appear to be missing or damaged” “Replace the ink cartridges to resume […]
“A paper jam in my printer? Ugh! Not now!” As if there is ever an opportune time to have your daily grind interrupted. With documents in queue and people waiting, the impulsive response might be to simply yank that darn piece of paper out of the machine, hopeful no damage is done in the process. […]
