Often when printing documents on my Canon Pixma MP600 printer I would like to print the last page first, eliminating the need to re-order the pages once they have printed. However, I am unable to make the printer achieve this behaviour. Can you provide advice on how this could be done? (more…)

The Canon MP160 printer connected via USB to my Windows XP computer has recently started to malfunction. Instead of printing an entire page, it prints a few lines on one page, then a few more on the next page, and so on. This can usually be fixed by deleting and then reinstalling the printer, however when I attempt to print a second document it returns to the unusual behaviour. I attempted to diagnose the problem, thinking that it was trigged when printing a web page or PDF file, but it even occurs when printing a Word document. Do you have any suggestions for how this problem could be fixed? (more…)

Occasionally when turning on my HP 3110 printer a balloon appears from the system tray saying “This device can perform faster if you connect it to a USB 2.0 port. Click here for available ports”. Shortly after the computer produces a blue screen of death with the message “DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Technical information: STOP 0×000000D1 (0×00000008, 0×00000002, 0×00000000, 0xF8983509). usbuhci.sys – Address 0xF8983509 base at F8980000”. Reinstalling the printer does not resolve the problem, so at the moment all I can do is turn on the printer and hope this message does not appear. This is obviously not a long-term or satisfactory solution. How can I fix this problem for good? (more…)

As my computer is booted the following message appears: “Time Executable has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost”. It is common for this message to appear more than a dozen times a day, but it does not seem to have any adverse effects. I have done some research on this problem, and it seems that many other people are experiencing a similar problem. One user reported the problem stopped after uninstalling their printer. Interestingly enough my problem may also be related to the printer as I noticed that the message appears after every printing task. How can I get rid of this error message? The computer is running Windows XP Home Edition. (more…)

I have an HP Photosmart 2610 printer which is connected via USB to my main desktop computer, and the printer is also shared over the network (through a wireless G router) so that my laptop computer can access the printer. Occasionally the following error message will appear which prevents both the desktop and laptop computers from printing to the Photosmart 2610: “The print spooler was unable to connect to your printer. This can be caused by your printer being turned off, the cable being unplugged, or being connected to a VPN, which will block your access to your local network. Your document will print when the printer becomes available”. Sometimes this situation lasts a couple of days before the printer works again. At other times, print jobs sent from my laptop to the (shared) printer work correctly, while at the same time jobs from the desktop computer sent to the (locally connected) printer encounter the VPN error. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for this occurring, and it can be quite annoying. Both computers are running Windows XP. (more…)