Printer problem

[g_goyal2000]

I have a HP PSC 1410 All-in-One.
It's almost 3 years old.

Yesterday, a strange problem occurred with my printer & is still there.

Whenever, I switch on the printer, all the lights on it get turned on & remain steady. None of the lights flash/blink even once.

It reports no activity.

When I switch on the printer while connected to my PC, Windows shows an error that the hardware is unrecognized.

I contacted the HP Support regarding the problem, but even they were unable to help.
I have personal experience regarding their inadequate support & helpfulness.
(See my post: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=358451&postcount=14)

So, please someone help. Even suggestions would help.

 

[thetillian]

Hey you try with connecting the USB to the other USB which is working fine and try it and check the cables too.

 

[g_goyal2000]

Ok, an update.
Today, all the lights started blinking/flashing.
I tried using my friends' printer's power cable (he too has an HP PSC 1410) & tried in my printer but with same results.

 

[realdan]

there might be a problem with the printer cable which connect to the PC...clean the connectors and see

or...with it connected uninstall the printer in windows...reboot...and then re-install the drivers from cd if needed...

 

[g_goyal2000]

Ok, the problem seemed to be with the printer itself.
I got it checked & it turned out that it's logic card had been damaged by the ink that had leaked from the cartridge.