Resolved HP Laser Jet seems to go in a Deep sleep?

My HP Laser Jet M1522nf all of a sudden seems to freeze up after each printing.
The display still shows the usual "Ready ..." and the ready light is lit but none of the buttons function.

When printing documents they still go to the printer Queque as usual and there is no error message of any kind.

If I cycle the printer on and off the printer comes back to life and the previously stored docs automatically print and then it goes back to sleep after a couple of minutes and I have to repeat the same thing each time I want to print again.

This has never happened before and nothing has changed on my end, that I know of.
Printer is shared by my 2 computer network and connected by USB to my main XP-Pro.

I just realized that it appears the problem is only on the shared cpu not my main one?

Any idea what I can do to fix?

 

I can't offer much but i have a Canon that I share with 4 other machines. The printer was on 24 hours a day and occassionally it would freeze. I had to power cycle and/or pull and reinsert the data plug to bring it back to life. After one particularly bad day, I ended up removing it, reinstalling it, and on the properties set it to wake up on command and then shut off after 5 minutes.. Seems to be stable after that.

 

Interesting Google found this: HP LaserJet M1522nf freezes up and will not print

If you scroll down the list of complaints, you will find a suggestion to "bake" the Formatter unit. There is a link to Manual of instructions on how to. Neil.

 

Neil,

Great find! I guess I should have tried google myself.

Much thanks,

Rob

 

Hope it has the answer to your problem. Neil.

 

Please let us know if this worked.

 

Bill,

After noting that my printer is almost 5 years old and the "baking" instructions seemed a little more involved and not necessarily only a one time thing, I decided I was ready for a new printer.

 

I'd say so.

Never heard of such a thing as putting a printer part in the oven.

 

James,

Baking has something to do with bad solder joints.
I researched it and dozens (hundreds?) say it solved it or at least helped.

 

Understood, but I'd be on the phone with an HP rep about a substantial discount on a new printer - even if the old one is out of warranty - but that is just me.

Makes one wonder if that type of defect could somehow cause a fire. We had a name-brand toaster (with a circuit board) start buzzing and smoking around 4:00am a few years back. Luckily, I had to go to the bathroom about that time, and I unplugged the toaster before it caught fire (it was smoking pretty good). I called the company the next day and reported the incident, and they agreed to ship us a new toaster - even though the old one was out of warranty.

We keep the replacement toaster unplugged when not in use.

 

Baking was a fairly common (last ditch) practice YEARS ago. But is more a gimmick suggestion today where modern molded plastics, new solder formulas and the like are used.

I really suspect that was a placebo affect - at least the oven part. I suspect simply disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling - which usually involves making sure all connections are tight and secure - is what really provided results.

The problem with using the baking method to "refloat" solder is that it affects the whole board - even the good solder joints - potentially turning them into bad joints.

 

Sounds like this method would make you guys query the Hard drive in the Freezer overnight to try and get Data off it. Neil.

 

Well, that worked for me, once, about 25 years ago. But it should be noted that only works on special circumstances, and only for a couple minutes.

If the drive motor bearings have seized, freezing might - MIGHT - cause the bearings to contract (as cold does to matter) enough to become unseized long enough to copy off 1 or 2 important files before friction causes the bearing to heat, expand and freeze again.

It is MUCH MUCH easier to make a backup of your drive BEFORE it seizes.