Printers keep going offline for no reason

All 4 of the printers in our offline on the network keep going offline.
Sometimes if we delete all items in the queue and recycle the power they
come back online. It is a completely random occurrence, I have checked the
network cables, I can ping the printers, but sometimes they bring themselves
back online, other times they don't! They are all different brands or
models but it happens to any of them. Three are over five years old and
never had this problem until recently.

What else can I check?

smlunatick
Sat Mar 22 06:22:32 PDT 2008

On Mar 21, 1:23=A0pm, "M Skabialka" <mskabia...@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote:
> All 4 of the printers in our offline on the network keep going offline.
> Sometimes if we delete all items in the queue and recycle the power they
> come back online. =A0It is a completely random occurrence, I have checked =
the
> network cables, I can ping the printers, but sometimes they bring themselv=
es
> back online, other times they don't! =A0They are all different brands or
> models but it happens to any of them. =A0Three are over five years old and=

> never had this problem until recently.
>
> What else can I check?

Check you network switch(es), hub(s) and router. I seen similar
problems where the central "controlling" network part is failing.

M
Mon Mar 24 07:23:49 PDT 2008

The hub, switch and router are all under 6 months old. What kind of
"checks" so you suggest? The physical connections seem OK.

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:54655467-59c1-467e-9b25-fab2ca7a906d@e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 21, 1:23 pm, "M Skabialka" <mskabia...@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote:
> All 4 of the printers in our offline on the network keep going offline.
> Sometimes if we delete all items in the queue and recycle the power they
> come back online. It is a completely random occurrence, I have checked the
> network cables, I can ping the printers, but sometimes they bring
> themselves
> back online, other times they don't! They are all different brands or
> models but it happens to any of them. Three are over five years old and
> never had this problem until recently.
>
> What else can I check?

Check you network switch(es), hub(s) and router. I seen similar
problems where the central "controlling" network part is failing.

smlunatick
Mon Mar 24 08:28:23 PDT 2008

On Mar 24, 9:23=A0am, "M Skabialka" <mskabia...@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote:
> The hub, switch and router are all under 6 months old. =A0What kind of
> "checks" so you suggest? =A0The physical connections seem OK.
>
> "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:54655467-59c1-467e-9b25-fab2ca7a906d@e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 21, 1:23 pm, "M Skabialka" <mskabia...@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote:
>
> > All 4 of the printers in our offline on the network keep going offline.
> > Sometimes if we delete all items in the queue and recycle the power they=

> > come back online. It is a completely random occurrence, I have checked t=
he
> > network cables, I can ping the printers, but sometimes they bring
> > themselves
> > back online, other times they don't! They are all different brands or
> > models but it happens to any of them. Three are over five years old and
> > never had this problem until recently.
>
> > What else can I check?
>
> Check you network switch(es), hub(s) and router. =A0I seen similar
> problems where the central "controlling" network part is failing.

Check network and power cables
I had a bad router that had flaky power connection right out of the
box new and seen a router that when hot, all network access
disappeared.