print_fax, print queue say offline

1. print queues say offline

I have a HP 722C.  I have recently loaded XP.  When I try 
to print it tells me the print queues are offline.  The 
tab is set for online.  any suggestions?

2. Status in Print queue says 'printed - Deleting' and doesn't print the document

3. Can't print from any program although print queue says "Printed"

I sent a document to print from MS Word .The printer icon appears in the 
system tray at bottom-right, but nothing happens with the printer. I 
double-click on the icon & see the job in the print queue says printing , 
then printed, although the printer has not done anything. No error message.
Same thing when I tried to print a test page from Windows.

When I hold down the button on the printer to print a test page directly 
from the printer, it prints, but not when I try to send a test page from 
Windows. The printer cable, though is several years old, doesnt seeem to be 
slack. I also unplugged it from the printer & then sent something to print to 
see what would happen, An error showed up in the queue. But when I plugged it 
back in, it said 'printing', then 'printed', but still nothing happens.

Tried restarting computer (windows xp prp sp2) , checking the print spooler 
in services, restarted it , still nothing.

Can anyone help?

4. Can't print from any program although print queue says "Printed'

5. Queue says printed but no printing (from cmd prompt)

I am having problems printing from the command prompt with WindowsXP to a local
printer (Lexmark Z22) connected via a parallel port.  I have tried to 
reinstall the printer driver and I get the same results.  I have tried:

  net use lpt1: \\computername\printersharename /persistent:yes 
and
  net use lpt1 \\computername\printersharename (after a net use lpt1 /delete). 

I tried the actual name of the printer instead of the sharename in place of 
printersharename but received an error message (the two commands up there gave 
no error, and typing `net use' showed the connection). 

I tried to print both from the "edit" command prompt application and the slrn 
newsreader.  Slrn has had the same results the entire time, which was that the 
print job showed up in the queue and the status of the job quickly changed from 
`spooling' to `printed' (yet nothing printed).  I tried printing from notepad 
after this to see if the printer was waiting for an `end of page' character or 
something.  Notepad printed but there was no evidence of the other print job.  
I tried printing several times; notepad always worked as expected, slrn never 
printed.  All jobs showed up in the queue.  

The edit program (through command prompt) was a bit different in behavior.  It 
never gave me an error when I tried to print, but the only time I saw anything 
in the print queue was after I had used the `net use' commands, as described 
above.  I had three different results from this approach, one of which was the 
same as slrn gave me.  The other was that 2 print jobs would show in the queue, 
and the screen would keep flashing, as if one was being deleted at the same 
time another was being added.  The last result I had was having one print job 
added after another, continuously; I stopped it after 300 or so jobs were in 
there (all said printed for status).  

Again, notepad worked at this time, but at certain times throughout all of this 
the status of notepad print jobs would just say "sent to printer" instead of 
"printed."  The printer was set to spool and start printing immediately, but I 
did try all of the above with the "send directly to printer" option selected as 
well. 

I've searched web pages, the Microsoft knowledge base, and the usenet and am 
hoping that someone on here can point me in the right direction.  If you can, I 
appreciate any help you can provide me.  Thanks.


While we're at it, does anyone have a good (free) alternative to using MsWord as
an editor for slrn?  I've given up using Outlook Express, Agent, and XNews for 
news programs for various reasons.  Now my only problem with slrn is that I 
need an editor with a spellchecker that will wrap text at 80 columns!  
Feels like a never ending battle some days here.