Standby Status (Sleep Mode)

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I generally do not turn off my computer (XP SP3) at night - I put it into
standby mode and it fires up very quickly in the morning to exactly where I
left it the night before - with one exception. Frequently, I am unable to
print after coming out of standby mode. The print job is in the printer queue
and the printer is active and online when I check its status in control panel.

If I reboot the computer, the jobs start printing automatically as soon as
bootup completes.

This isn't a big deal - but I'm just curious if anyone knows why this
happens and how to restart printer without rebooting computer.

Thanks,
Len

Elmo
Thu Jul 03 11:42:52 PDT 2008

LenC wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I generally do not turn off my computer (XP SP3) at night - I put it into
> standby mode and it fires up very quickly in the morning to exactly where I
> left it the night before - with one exception. Frequently, I am unable to
> print after coming out of standby mode. The print job is in the printer queue
> and the printer is active and online when I check its status in control panel.
>
> If I reboot the computer, the jobs start printing automatically as soon as
> bootup completes.
>
> This isn't a big deal - but I'm just curious if anyone knows why this
> happens and how to restart printer without rebooting computer.
>
> Thanks,
> Len

USB Printer? Open Device Manager, open the properties on each USB Root
Hub, click the Power tab, and deselect "Allow the computer to turn off
this device to save power".


--
Joe =o)

LenC
Sat Jul 05 11:10:00 PDT 2008

Joe -

Yes, it was a USB printer - and your response fixed it. Thank you - never
would have thought of that!

Regards,
Len

"Elmo" wrote:

> LenC wrote:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I generally do not turn off my computer (XP SP3) at night - I put it into
> > standby mode and it fires up very quickly in the morning to exactly where I
> > left it the night before - with one exception. Frequently, I am unable to
> > print after coming out of standby mode. The print job is in the printer queue
> > and the printer is active and online when I check its status in control panel.
> >
> > If I reboot the computer, the jobs start printing automatically as soon as
> > bootup completes.
> >
> > This isn't a big deal - but I'm just curious if anyone knows why this
> > happens and how to restart printer without rebooting computer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Len
>
> USB Printer? Open Device Manager, open the properties on each USB Root
> Hub, click the Power tab, and deselect "Allow the computer to turn off
> this device to save power".
>
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>

Elmo
Sat Jul 05 12:00:19 PDT 2008

LenC wrote:
> Joe -
>
> Yes, it was a USB printer - and your response fixed it. Thank you - never
> would have thought of that!
>
> Regards,
> Len

That's great news! Thanks for reporting back.

> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> LenC wrote:
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> I generally do not turn off my computer (XP SP3) at night - I put it into
>>> standby mode and it fires up very quickly in the morning to exactly where I
>>> left it the night before - with one exception. Frequently, I am unable to
>>> print after coming out of standby mode. The print job is in the printer queue
>>> and the printer is active and online when I check its status in control panel.
>>>
>>> If I reboot the computer, the jobs start printing automatically as soon as
>>> bootup completes.
>>>
>>> This isn't a big deal - but I'm just curious if anyone knows why this
>>> happens and how to restart printer without rebooting computer.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Len
>> USB Printer? Open Device Manager, open the properties on each USB Root
>> Hub, click the Power tab, and deselect "Allow the computer to turn off
>> this device to save power".

--
Joe =o)