My printer is offline how do I fix

I have exactly the same problem with Vista. I had before an XP and it use to work ok.... There are no corrections in the HP site and if you try to contact by chat someone the C6100 isn't in the supported products list anymore :/

??? Is there any Apple printer ??

I've had similar issues as well. But, until I read this thread it hadn't occurred to me to see if the printer was online or not! Doh! So, I right-clicked on the printer and selected "Use Printer Online". And it worked! Now, it will probably go offline again in a matter of time, but at least I can use it again now. I've been transferring files back and forth on a thumb drive, just to print.

I have the same problem with my hp6100 photosmart as well. I had to keep reinstalling the the download to get it to work which I have to do every day basically. Now it does not even recognize the usb cable or signal at all and I can no longer print. I have to email everything to my girlfriend at work so she can print it for me. Never had any problems like this with XP. I must say that Vista sucks really bad all around. It is the slowest and worst OS program. I am sorry but everyone seem to be knocking hp printer but these porblems did not exist prior to Vista. This frustration should be directed toward MS and their disgusting effort to make more money off the consumers by changing operating systems and forcing everyone to spend more money on their software and ad-ons. Vista sucks so bad and they know it, so they actually have commercials to promote it now. Has anyone seen the commercials where people are saying "this is window vista?" Yea right. Go bullshit someone else. This fucking stupid shit cost me quite a few jobs because I could not get it to print. I wish I had stuck to my old XP OS laptop. Vista FUCKING SUCKS PERIOD.

Language please....

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I had the exact same problems while printing from Vista:

* Bloated HP drivers that took forever to install
* Magically disappearing drivers
* Unable to print after 2 days of (re)installing the drivers

The most reliable solution is to get rid of Micro$0ft Windows Vista, and install a decent distro of linux that comes with built-in printing support.

My HP Photosmart C6100 works perfectly with Ubuntu out of the box.

PS. Still wondering whether this is Vista support, or Vista scrap, forum. I'd go for the latter :P

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Dragon