HP Printer odd behaviour in Vista Home Basic

Solution 1:

Similar problem I have with HP's other printer.

Make a batch file as below to stop and restart printer service and save it as resetPrinter.cmd in your windows directory.

net stop Spooler
net start Spooler

Now, when every it misbehaves, you just go to run command window and type resetPrinter and press Enter.

Thats what I also do.

Tip: Because it needs Run as administrator, in your windows folder, go to the properties of resetPrinter.cmd file. Select Run as Administrator check box in Compatibility tab. This will prompt you to run as administrator every time. But this will save you from opening up an elevated command prompt to run resetPrinter command.