Is there a "repair printer" button somewhere?

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Every so often I boot my system (XP sp2, all updates installed)
when my (old, but reliable) HP Laserjet 6L (on LPT1) happens to be out of
paper. Every time I do that, I discover that putting paper in
won't help - I have to reboot the system before the printer will
print again.

Is there a less drastic solution than reboot? (None of the buttons
I've tried in any of the system printer dialog boxes seem to help).

I was hoping for a printer equivalent to the network "repair network
connection" button.

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Difficult to do with the 6L - it doesn't have a power
button. I suppose I could try unpluging it and pluging
it back in, but given the rat nest of cords, its probably
easier to reboot :-).

"Peter R. Fletcher" <noreply@fletchers-uk.com> wrote in message news:gbavf1p5o76u6dr4kmprvousqfengo2052@4ax.com...
> Have you tried turning the printer off for 30 seconds, and then on
> again?
>
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:52:42 -0400, "Tom Horsley"
> <tom.horsley@att.net> wrote:
>
>>Every so often I boot my system (XP sp2, all updates installed)
>>when my (old, but reliable) HP Laserjet 6L (on LPT1) happens to be out of
>>paper. Every time I do that, I discover that putting paper in
>>won't help - I have to reboot the system before the printer will
>>print again.
>>
>>Is there a less drastic solution than reboot? (None of the buttons
>>I've tried in any of the system printer dialog boxes seem to help).
>>
>>I was hoping for a printer equivalent to the network "repair network
>>connection" button.
>>
>
> Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
> Peter R. Fletcher