printers

[Rik]

It is, Baz. Windows needs to know where the printer is.

[Baz]

right ive tried the ideas and it has worked......so far. will keep an eye on it. one laptop has Vista so wasnt the same procedure as Lance said but I think it picked up the address itself

thanks for the help 

[Rik]

 

[Lance]

Glad it worked!

[Baz]

Glad it worked!

so far Lance, so far..........

[Lance]

Have confidence!!

[Rik]

... will travel.

[Baz]

update to this the new printer I 'borrowed'   :whistle:from my daughter is great so far but I have noticed that sometimes in between printing jobs it does a lot of 'printing preparation' or something similar it calls it, maybe cleaning the heads or something i dont know, but it goes on for a while and surely this uses ink up.can you stop this or not

HP Photosmart C8180

[Rik]

What's the manual say, Baz. Normally, this is an inherent part of printer operation, but HPs generally aren't bad at wasting ink.

[Baz]

doesnt say much in there will look again. think most may be on the CD  cant remember now.will get back to you Rik

[Baz]

its described as

Self Maintenance Sounds

The HP All-in-One will make mechanical noises at various times to perform periodic maintenance functions, such as replenishing the ink levels in the print head assembly or cleaning the print head. This is normal operation and is necessary to ensure the HP All-in-One produces the best quality printouts.

Caution    A message on the display will notify you when the HP All-in-One is performing maintenance functions. Do not remove power from the device during this time.

[Rik]

Caution    A message on the display will notify you when the HP All-in-One is performing maintenance functions. Do not remove power from the device during this time.

Tells you everything, Baz.

[Baz]

its a bit of a nuisance sometimes and the only thing ive found a fault so far

[Rik]

It would be more of a nuisance and it didn't print - Epsons were good at that.