How do i access printers memory

[tommydog]

Inadverdently deleted a document I printed a month ago. Now I need it. Can I access through my printers memory? HP touchsmart.

Betty

 

[phil22]

Most printers do not have built-in memory, they use Windows resources instead (the Print Spooler, for example), so if the document still exist's, either wholly or partly, it will be on your computer's hard drive.

When you delete a file and further delete it from the Recycle Bin, it does not actually get deleted, Windows just hides it from you and marks the space it occupies as "available" for new files.

Therefore, provided you do it right away, you can usually recover deleted files by using recovery software. However, a month is long time and the file may be unrecoverable now, but give it a try:

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/filerecovery/tp/free-file-recovery-programs.htm