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• Error 'Unable to communicate with the printer' HP 8600

  Hi all

  I found a number of discussions on this problem but have not yet found a solution that works for me.

  I recently installed a new of Officejet Pro 8600 on my network.

  It is the default printer, shared, wired, static IP defined in router and the printer.

  When I try to print every morning, I get the printer communication error.

  The router shows as a device connected to the correct IP address, I can ping, I can access the web page with printer IE (which reports the status as it is connected), the HP printing & doctor reports Scan everything works correctly (but I can't print a test page), I can print the test directly from the printer page, the printer console indicates that the network is configured correctly the calendar switch option is disabled, but we cannot print any documents of any cable or wireless to pc (win 7 and win 8), and we cannot airprint from our iphones and ipads... until I have power cycle the printer.

  (Printer, router, cable modem, that all remain under voltage 7 x 24, plugged into UPS).

  Some participants of the forum have suggested that it is a question of power saving mode, no correction.

  But it's really not practical to have to run to the printer for this cycle before we can print from our cell phones.

  Is there a solution?  Maybe I forgot something in my config.

  Thank you.

  3/27 patch: Airprint for iphones and ipads work while printing not because of windows pc.

  Update:

  By MissTeriLynn suggestion, I created a traffic rule in my Norton Firewall to open all ports, incoming and outgoing, between the printer and my desktop PC.  As a result, no change. I always get the message 'Scanner communication cannot be established' when you try to scan interface desktop HP 8600, or from the printer console. (Scanning from the integrated Web server still works).

  Also, when I tried to install the update of the firmware of the printer, the HP installation software could not find the printer on the network until I have turned to bike it.

  I discover that this communication problem is unrelated to the low power of the printer.

  Whenever I restart the PC, communications is lost and can only be restored by cyclic power the printer.

• Questions of UPD on 4700dn printer - unable to communicate with the printer

  Hello!

  I'm testing the UPD on my laptop which has Windows 7 64 bit on my network printers all in my building. All network printers work fine except one... Color LaserJet 4700dn.

  When you use the UPD interface when you try to print, I try to use the IP address of the printer and it cannot connect. "When you use the search for network printers option, it recognizes the printer, but when I try to connect, I get the error ' unable to communicate with the printer.

  I changed the host name of the printer, changed the IP address on this subject, I can ping the printer and print using the print server, I rebooted the printer... Even got a older laptop that has Windows 7 32-bit and used the UPD 32 bits and the same symptoms occur.

  Any ideas because I hit a brick wall.

  Thank you very much!

  Looks like you can set up a standard port and print ok from a print server.  The UPD in the stream you describe will attempt to make multiple calls SNMP to determine the abilities of the printer, and those who are failing, causing the UPD to throw the error you see.

  Take a look at the network settings in the SAP.  Specifically, under Security, management of the protocols and the SNMP tab.  Watch to see if one of these parameters differ from other devices that work, like maybe SNMP is disabled on the YOA 4700n.

• Unable to communicate with the printer HP 4630

  Continue error message of "Unable to communicate with the printer." Even when connected by USB.

  Have reinstalled the software several times, checked the wireless (no problem), printed many pages of configuration directly from the printer.

  I keep trying to add the printer to my preferences. One thing is that it will only add like a scanner or fax, a PRINTER. It is also called Hello Scanner. Why can't I add as a printer?

  Now, it will not also let me COMPLETE reinstallation of the software, it freezes at the section add printer and I can't move forward. So frustrating...

  Help!

  Hi @PKahn

  It seems that the computer does not recognize the print driver.

  We will reset the printing system, repair disk permissions, add the printer using the driver and try to start a new search.

  Reset the printing system

  1. Click on the Apple icon ( ), then click on System Preferences.

• Unable to communicate with the printer E710 6500

  I have a HP Officejet 6500 a Plus E710n-z.  He has in the past, but is no longer connects (by wireless) to my computer (Apple OSX 10.8.4).  It became intermittent in the last month, and then did not answer at all.  I had a growing list of items to be printed.

  I followed each step- http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02205477 .

  WiFi to each is not a problem.

  The printer has been disconnected (deleted) as the printer from the computer.  I was able to add in the part 'scanner' printer, but cannot add to the printer - it has the message "unable to communicate with the printer.

  What should I do next?

  I you sent a private message with the steps you need to perform the reset.

  Good luck
  Kyle

• HP laser jet 8150n, unable to communicate with the printer?

  I have problem with my printer, I have him connect with lan cable and the green light only works printer not at the top of the Tower, I can search and find but when it verifies something it says 'Unable to communicate with the printer' one has the solution? Thanks in advance.

  I'm sorry, but you have the wrong forum. These are the forums of consumer printers of the class, and you have business to printers in class forums business like yours. Just follow the link and you will be in the right place.

  http://h30499.www3.HP.com/T5/printers-LaserJet/BD-p/BSC-413#.UBw16U2PVM4

• Error "" unable to communicate with your printer - this may be due to a firewall - check port TCP/UDP 139 is unlocked - reconfigure the firewall.

  "Unable to communicate with your printer - this may be due to a firewall - check port TCP/UDP 139 is unlocked - reconfigure the firewall.

  Original title: how to install the printing software to solve the error message?

  Hello

  Follow the troubleshooting steps in the following article and make sure that port 139 is unlocked:

  Windows Firewall may block some programs to communicate on the Internet after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

  See also:

  Troubleshooting settings of Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2 for advanced users

  Note: Information provided in the article applies to Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed.

  If you use a third party firewall, I recommend you contact the software vendor for assistance.

• Error: "unable to communicate with the TWAIN device" with brother MFC7820N

  Original title: can I connect a scanner through a switch?

  I'm trying to analyze something like I did it many times with my brother MFC7820N hung on my tablet. But recently, I replaced a 2nd router I had in my system that failed with a new Dynex switch.

  I have my internet modem and 2 computers connected to a Linksys wireless router. I have another ethernet cable connecting the router to a new switch. I have my 2 printers attached to the switch. One is a Brother HL-2700CN color laser and the other is a brother MFC7820N mutli-function. It use PaperPort to scan stuff on him, since provided on the CD with the device.

  So today I open PaperPort and click the Scan button and it appeared an error saying unable to communicate with the TWAIN device box.

  So I clicked on a doc shown in PaperPort that I had scanned a few weeks ago and I click right and select Print and printed to this MFC7820N.

  Then I come back to click on scanner again and yet again, it appears that box. So I watch and WIA-Brother MFC-7820N LAN is displayed in the Scanner marked drop-down list box. So I switched the power of the MFC and tried again and it still appeared that same box again.

  OUCH! I'm going nuts! You have any ideas?

  Hi Jeff has Davis,
   
  Method 1: Uninstall and reinstall the driver again and check if it helps fix the problem.
   
  See this article for more information:
  How to manage devices in Windows XP
   
  Method 2: Try the suggestion given in this article:
  'Could not enable TWAIN Source' or 'He has not find scanner' Error Messages are displayed

• Unable to communicate with the printer hp deskjet 1000

  I have used this printer for almost 2 years and problem say never FAILED before... forst my text printing is distorted then he showed in offline mode and later its says printer is ready, but when I give the command of printing... it said 'cannot communicate with the printer.

  Pls help!

  My problem was solved by removing and reinstalling the drivers... .any way thanks for your help

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• Printer problems. Error "computer cannot communicate with the printer.

  I had problems to access Windows Explorer and the rep Dell IT installed Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 10 for my Windows Vista as an alternative.  Now my Dell AIO 946 printer does not work.  Whenever it is fixed, it prints until I am notified to download an upgrade of the system.  After that I downloaded the upgrade, the printer does not work yet.  The ink cartridges will not align.  I get a message of "remove stickers ink", which is clearly not the problem because the cartridges are not new.  Now, I get a message that says "computer cannot communicate with the printer.  I re-installed the printer several times, disconnected from the power source and the URL and re-connected.  Nothing seems to work.  Any positive advice will be appreciated.

  grandmainontario,

  You can copy a document under the glass? B & W and color?

  If so, executing delete print jobs to remove items stuck print jobs in the queue.

  Unplug the printer.

  Download and run the patch (cleaning printer utility) until it prompts you to restart your computer.

  Restart your computer.

  Download the Vista drivers.

  Install the Vista drivers. You will get a message, the printer is not connected. Connect the printer at the moment (power on)

  You will find links to the patch/drivers to...

  Reference Dell 946 Photo all-in-One Printer owners thread (W7)

  Also try this tweak...

  Go into Device Manager (right click on my computer, left click Properties, material of the left click, left click Device Manager)

  Go to the section USB controller, and then click the plus sign +.

  Go to each USB hub root and right-click on it, on the left, click Properties, on the left, click power management. Uncheck the allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.

  Restart your computer.

  You can also read...

  You cannot print or preview before printing a Web page in Internet Explorer 9

  Rick

• HP 2510 "Unable to communicate with the printer" error.

  Greetings,

  I recently bought a Deskjet all-in-one of HP 2510. I'm running on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

  When I try to print documents, the printer comes with the following error:

  http://i.imgur.com/uwK8MNq.PNG

  Try to use the print and scan tool doctor, I find a conflict report of driver:

  http://i.imgur.com/B9NCkTQ.PNG

  Thus, after following the instructions, I uninstalled and reinstalled as indicated (in taking very special care to make exactly as shown in the installation instructions). Errors still occur.

  I tried to delete the printer from the Device Manager, uninstalled the drivers of the various related devices out there, uninstalled the full software features using Add/Remove...then tried reinstalling again. I even tried to foregoing the installations CD and website (Yes, I tried both) and let Windows automatically installs the drivers. Always the same two errors original.

  It sucked to the top of my Sunday together. Someone saw?

  I managed to go today to get the USB power cord and it has indeed solved my problems. It seems that the USB cord that works with older models is not compatible with this printer, so that's been my problem.

  Fortunately, the new cord works perfectly and I was able to print two pages of perfect test.

  I apologize for my frustrated shattered earlier and thank you for your help.

• 'Unable to communicate with the printer' msg since photoshop when printing to 5510

  Hello!

  I played with this all afternoon with no luck!  I am able to print my wireless hp 5510 via windows and test pages, etc... Downloaded the hp tool and it says printer is fine.  I can print on my Epson fine of photoshop also...

  Only, I get this error message when you try to print from photoshop.  I use an automatic ip address for printer and

  updated and checked that it corresponded to diagnostic printing...

  any other suggestions would be much appreciated!

  Thank you

  Sharon

  I also ensured that the firewall settings have been set for photoshop as a previous poster suggested...

• Unable to communicate with the printer

  Installed el capitan on my iMac, and now he can not comminicate with printer. Why?

  Remove your existing printer in System Preferences > Printers & Scanners and adding it again may be the fastest solution. Better yet is to "reset printing system", as described here:

  OS X El Capitan: reset the printing system

  Then add the printer again:

  OS X El Capitan: Add or remove a printer

• Create PDF from scanner 'cannot communicate with the printer.

  I have browsed the forum and saw no answers to the questions posted here on this issue.

  When I go to create a file PDF of Acrobat X Pro, I get the following error message: «Cannot communicate with the printer...» »

  I confirmed that the printer works with other Adobe products. I installed the latest drivers, latest version of Acrobat X Pro and the latest version of Mac OS X. rebooted the computer several times. I deleted the old TWAIN files to a previous scanner. Followed others advice and useful tips on what might not work.

  Someone on this forum who has this problem managed to solve this?

  Hi amy-kpwest,.

  I would like to know the exact point of Acrobat & OS X installed on your Mac version?

  Try the steps mentioned in this document KB issues in Adobe Acrobat troubleshooting scanner troubleshooting

  Kind regards
  Nicos

• My Dell all-in-one 962 stopped printing all of a sudden. The error messages are that the computer cannot communicate with the printer.

  My Dell 962 All In One Printer suddenly stopped to print. I get an error message that the computer cannot communicate with the printer. The error message suggests that I unplug and plug back the power plug and the USB cable to the printer and make sure that there are no restrictions of firewall to the printer. I did what was suggested and still no printing. I have resinstaled the printer from the CD software, I got with the computer and also installed the latest driver using the software of the software upgrade wizard.

  and also installed the latest driver by using the Software Update Wizard software.

  That would not have been the best idea... but it is unlikely that the cause of your immediate problem.

  The next thread does not make much sense to me, but it describes a situation similar to what you described and the proposed solution is supposed to have worked.  Try it and see--> http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3528/t/19483019

  I suspect that what really happens is that the driver has become corrupted.  In many cases, simply reinstall the driver is not fix things; you have to clean the old corrupt driver before installing the new.  Thus, it is more likely that the part "Uninstall" the related response is what is helping rather than playing with services... but go ahead and follow these directions, just in case.  In fact, I suggest that you run under first antimalware scanners before following the tips in the above link.

  If I had not found the link above, that's what I would have suggested (whichrequires that you have Windows XP):

  Often, but not always, the symptoms you describe are caused by a corrupt print job stuck in the queue or a damaged printer driver.  However before you clean things up, on general principles, that you can download, install, update and run full scans with each of these two free programs.

  MalwareBytes AntiMalware

  SUPERAntiSpyware

  Use the free version, not the free trials of "pro" versions  Pay attention during installation uncheck any prechecked boxes that would install some additional third-party programs.

  Do not run the scans at the same time.  Each scan will take a while.  Start one and go do a non-it chore.  Once the scan is finished, leave the program to deal with anything it finds.

  Once done, you can keep or uninstall programs, or both.  If you keep SAS, I suggest to change its default setting does NOT automatically when Windows starts.

  Uninstall all software from Dell to control panel > Add / Remove programs

  Download Microsoft Fixit 50126 impression: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9662904

  Close all running applications (anything with an icon on the taskbar).

  Run the Fixit routine.  Note: The routine Fixit has two modes, light and complete.  It will run in full mode when you check the box "Reset the spooler to print on values."  This will remove all printers, so if you have any other printer installed, I recommend running the Fixit in full mode.  If you have other printers and you do not (necessarily) want to reinstall them, run the Fixit in light mode (box unchecked).  This may work anyway.  You must restart the computer after you run in full mode; you need not restart after the Chase mode.

  After the Fixit has executed and you have restarted if necessary, make sure that the printer is disconnected from the computer and run the installation software.  You will be asked to connect the printer to a suitable place.  You can use the CD that came with the computer or download the software here (which is relatively hard to find, the claims of the main page of the 962 product support it cannot find the drivers)--> http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=R89490