My HP printer says it is "paused". How do I unpause it?

1) Go to control panel->printer and faxes.
2) Right Click on the paused printer
3) Select resume printing.

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Locate the printer you are using like this by clicking on "Start" - "Control Panel" - "Hardware and Sounds" - "Printers". Right click on the printer in question and select "Resume Printing" since it was paused before. Good luck.

Hi,
Just go to printers and faxes and right click on the printer's icon,then select resume/start.
If that doesn't solve it,turn your printer off and disconnect from the PC.
Restart the PC too,and then connect the printer again.
Now check the status of the printer.

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This means that print jobs sent to the printer will not print untill the printer is unpaused. This setting is used mainly for maintenance purposes.

To unpause a printer
1.) Left click Start in the bottom left hand corner of the screen
2.) Left click Control Panel
3.) Now, double-click "Devices and Printers" or "Printers and Faxes"
4.) In the Window you will see your printer, double-click your printer
5.) This screen will show you active print jobs, to pause or unpause the printer click File then click "Pause printing"

Hope this helps :)

Please unplug your printer from the power source, wait for 2 minutes, and plug it in again. This usually solves this issue,

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Selk

Under your printers and faxes. make sure that the print jobs arent paused. If there is print jobs waiting, try to unpause them if paused. Otherwise remove all the pending print jobs, restart your PC and make sure all the print jobs are cleared. Then give it another go.

There should be a printer icon in the notification area. You can double-click on that to bring up the printer status. If the icon is not there, you can go to Start -> Control Panel -> Printers and double-click on your printer. The first item in the print queue should be listed as paused. Right-clock on it and select Resume from the context menu.

In Windows XP, click the start button, then click Printers and Faxes

Double click the printer in question, then in the window that opened, click the Printer menu, then click Pause Printing.