Do other folks here have problems with their wireless printers shutting off randomly? I have my wireless printer set to go to sleep after 5 mins, but the "auto off" feature is turned off (in other words, it should only go to sleep, but never shut off, unless I press the power button obviously). Often, I find myself having to press the power button anyways, because after it has gone to sleep, it will not wake and accept my wireless print job. I have found this happening continuously, for years--this is not just a bad driver update. And I do have the latest drivers. This doesn't seem like normal behavior for a wireless printer.
I suppose I could just never have it go to sleep, but I use my printer sporadically throughout the day, sometimes not printing anything all day long, other times a print job every few minutes, so I hate to keep it on when it is not being used at all. Perhaps I should just turn it on the first print job of every day, and then shut it off at night?
I like the reliability of HP printers, I've always used them. But I have to say if I thought that I could have a printer always behave the way it should, I'd probably shell out more money and switch brands, next time.
FWIW, my printer is an HP P1102w.
I suppose I could just never have it go to sleep, but I use my printer sporadically throughout the day, sometimes not printing anything all day long, other times a print job every few minutes, so I hate to keep it on when it is not being used at all. Perhaps I should just turn it on the first print job of every day, and then shut it off at night?
I like the reliability of HP printers, I've always used them. But I have to say if I thought that I could have a printer always behave the way it should, I'd probably shell out more money and switch brands, next time.
FWIW, my printer is an HP P1102w.