Windows 10: HP Laserjet P1006 will not print now

Upgraded to Windows 10 about three days ago, and now my HP Laserjet P1006 printer won't print.......keeps saying "error" .Went to HP's website and down loaded what I thought I needed to get it to print but still not printing. One thing anyone here should know about me is I'm not good at getting around on a computer........this old dog doesn't learn how to do things very well! Thanks in advance for any help.

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Printer won't print

I have an HP LaserJet P1006 printer but since upgrading to Windows 10 it has been unable to print.

The printer troubleshooter doesn't find anything and it says the drivers are up to date.

What should I do?

 

printer problem laserjet p1006

sometimes laserjet p1006 will not print. seems an item is hung and will remain in the queue after trying to remove. while it is hung, nothing prints. have noticed that in devices, a printer queue is not present for the p1006 but after restart and hung
msg is gone, the printer queue is present. is the absence of a printer queue the cause of the hung message?

 

Look for your installed printers in devices,if your printer is there delete it turn on your printer and install new printer,see if it finds your printer. If it is not already installed again turn on printer and install new printer hope it now is again working.

 

Thanks .......not sure how to re install it, it's been awhile.....I'll be back either way, to let you know if it works.*Smile

 

You don't have to do anything just connect the printer by USB or if you have WiFi turn it on,and in devices click on install new device,it will find the printer and install the needed drivers and you will now again have your printer.

 

Digitalcuriosity........I think(?) I did what you said to do. I uninstalled ,(removed), it,(the printer), and plugged the USB plug in to my laptop, "turned on" my printer, looked up "devices" and clicked on "add a printer or scanner". It searched for awhile an come back saying it "couldn't find the printer I wanted". I tried printing a page and it said "error, printer couldn't print. Any Idea what I'm doing wrong? I'm going to try to print out something "again" an see if it now works. Another thing in "devises", it shows that the HP printer is there and apparently online....when I unplugged the usb cable , it said offline, plugged it back in and the offline went away.

 

You may have to call your printers support,and ask if they have the needed drivers to,support Win10. If Win10 can't find your printer it is not supported at this time.

 

I'll do that, but if they don't, are you saying my printer is now useless........if so, that's just wonderful.......(no smilie this time). I'll be back.

 

No sometimes it takes Microsoft time to address some hardware items,many are fixed in upgrades but some are not. This is why you need to call your printer Mfg.s support they should have an answer.

 

Well, I found a driver from HP on their website, downloaded it as per their instructions and now it works fine. Seems I found the answer snooping around, but thank you for your time trying to help...much appreciated....thank you! Glad I found this forum too! As dumb as I am at this stuff, you'll probably hear from me again!

 

That is good news.

 

I've encountered the same problem. The simplest solution is to remove all existing drivers and install a new one. You can install the HP Laserjet P1006 drivers from the HP website, but if you can install more complex sounds simple HP Laserjet P1006 download sites available.

 

I had to deal with my HP Printer scanner for years and i just gave it all up with HP, i bought an EPSON WF-3640 and all my problems are now solved, it's not a high priced printer/scanner and was simple to setup and is well supported online with any needed drivers at their web page, also it works great my days of trying to get help from HP is in my past.