what does "idle" mean in the printer application?

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what does "idle" mean in the printer application?

I'm embarrassed to ask, but I can't find support for this simple message. I've sent a print job to an HP 6840 via the wireless network. The printer application says "idle." What does this mean? I've seen other posts documenting, um, frustrations with these printers, so I'm aware that I may have made mistakes in the set-up, but yes Bonjour sees the printer.

Any help would be appreciated.

j

Powerbook 12", Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 2, 2006 8:30 PM

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Answer 1

May 2, 2006 8:59 PM in response to John Muse

"Idle" means that the printer is not doing anything. If it is idle after you have sent a print job, that sounds like the job didn't make it to the printer.

This page may help with the setup:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=385458&la ng=en&docname=c00130508

Setting it up first with USB, just to make sure the printer works, may be helpful.

Hope this helps

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Answer 2

John Muse Author

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May 2, 2006 10:45 PM in response to John Blanchard1

I seem to have fixed this problem myself.

I opted for a hpijs driver over the one installed by the HP Deskjet disk... And now it works. So, it was a driver issue.

So far so good.

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