"The printer is offline.

Sometimes - too often - my printer refuses to print and the message.
Printer is offline"appears on the display.  What 'first aid' should I take when this happens?

I have an iMac using OS 10.6.7.My printer is an all-in-one HP psc 1350 printer-scanner-copier. My friend has a PC and the router about 25 feet away which is connected to the Internet by cable. My Mac is connected wireless to this computer. My printer is connected to my computer by cable.

Sometimes, the simplest way is the best. My external drive stopped working in April. I tried - and is not - to solve this problem, and I thought that I would have to buy a new one. True, prices are down considerably since I paid $280 for it, but I have still not eager to pay $50 + for a new one. Anyway, today, I did a last shot of dagger trying to see what was wrong and fixing it. I called Apple. It took us awhile, but we finally fell on the solution: we PLUGGED the PRINTER CABLE INTO ANOTHER USB PORT. Who did, and my external hard drive now works again. Then I thought of the problem of the printer. Guess what? The same treatment worked, and I now my printer is back with me. I got the printer on another USB port. A successful day. A happy day.

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