I tried to print off a free quilt pattern yest. & my printer would not copy. I tried with sev. other things & still no copies. Today when I turn my copier on, it is now printing maybe 14 copies of that quilt pattern I tried to get yest. I've even had to reload more paper. How does anybody get a copier to STOP printing even if I hit cancel (& every other button on it)? Very frustrating.
(Now it's printing off numerous baked stuffed mushrooms recipes I tried to get last night. Anybody need a recipe)? LOL

go to control board on comp. and pull up printer and cancel that way

Quickly go to Start, Control panel, Printer, choose your printer and click Printer at the top left of the bar. You can choose cancel there. It doesn't take long to get there and it will stop after that page is completed.

sometimes they have a mind of their own, lol..

My printer queue hangs up sometimes, especially if I'm printing PDF files. It gets so bad that the only way I can get it to empty the queue after cancelling the print job is to shut it off for HOURS! Mine is an HP all in one printer/copier/scanner/fax. More hassle than it's worth some days.

Boy, do I feel dumb. I used to do that but had completely forgotten it. Thanks so much for all of the advice.

Is it a HP mine does that all the time I have no answers because when you bring up the control panel there is nothing there it has already processed them try turning off the printer next time it should stop them from printing.

Mine is an HP, too, & that's what happened to me. By this morn. it had chgd. its mind & printed everything I had tried to print last night. Just can't figure that out.
Others have told me how to clear it now though.

When it happens, I try to remember to take out all the paper when I shut it off. Then I am reminded to be sure the print jobs have actually cancelled before I turn it back on. Isn't technology wonderful! LOL

Stack up all those extra copies turn over & print on back side. I have always recycled my copy paper this way. My tiny way of going green.
I also cut up paper clean on one side to keep at computer for scrap notes.

Rebooting will not reset a printer, you have to turn the computer completely off or unplug the printer directly. Lesson learned about that! A complete turn off will reset most printer problems.

I agree, This is the first place to go to quickly make it stop. Also.... Use those extra copies for scratch paper. I have lots of that on my computer desk that I cut in quarters and I dont feel lke I'm wasting paper.

also, if you were printing copies, check the menu setting. It has a place where you say how many copies you want. Mine automatically is set on about 15 or more, so I have to make sure to change it before I hit print. Mine is HP also, all in one.

Click on the printer symbol (usually in lower right corner) and highlight what it is printing. You should then be able to find an option to cancel the print job. It will also show all print jobs lined up in the queque and if you don't want them, cancel them also.

Click on the printer symbol (usually in lower right corner) and highlight what it is printing. You should then be able to find an option to cancel the print job. It will also show all print jobs lined up in the queque and if you don't want them, cancel them also.

I did all of these but it didn't work. The solution which somebody mentioned that I should have done was to go to Start, Computer, Copier & deleted from there. I still feel so dumb for not remembering that.

As somebody mentioned, I also use the clean side of printed copies as note paper. I hate to waste it.

If I got this pix right, this is the temp in this part of Ariz. today.

Boohoofish, that's neat. I am more familiar with older versions of Windows, so that's new to me. Too easy.

My HP puts the project in a queue everytime I hit print and does not clear when it's turned off so it's easy to get multiple copies. My Epson clears when it's turned off.

Sometimes my printer will just start shooting out blank pages for no reason.

Pull the plug on that bad boy! That will buy you some time to do what the others have suggested.

Trust me, I did that last night. This morn. is when it started spitting pgs out. I was even considering sending it out the door on a one way trip. Wouldn't have hurt my feelings too much since this thing is so darn slow I can't stand it.

Ugh, that has happened to me so many times!

I hate printers, almost as much as phones.

Thanks everyone for the info. :thumbup:

Cancel all of the print jobs in the printing cue and you will have no trouble.

Cancel all of the print jobs in the printing cue and you will have no trouble.

Gosh, I hate when that happens. . .

OH MY!!! that happened to me at Christmas time with a recipe. so I thought if I like this maybe me friends would. so I put them in my Christmas cards.Joke is I had 88 pages.I hit the 8 twice.My friends enjoyed this. Oh and Debbie just got one from me.I still have some left over. Want one please PM me.

I unplug mine when that happens and replug it, and it stops extra printing. At leastr mine does, don't know about others printer.

Pull the plug...works everytime. Tee Hee!!!!!!!

I first take the paper out and then stop yhe printing process correctly.

[quote=Pat G]Don't feel dumb. It's just that you may need to clean out the lint in your brain. It gets dusty up there when you sew a lot -- just like your machine. That lint gets everywhere! :lol:

It's sounds like your copier came alive and now you have to protect yourself from the monster. LOL LOL

All I could picture was all the paper going all over and the copy machine just doing it faster and faster. ... I'm sorry but you made me laugh today..... I had a very upsetting night last night and I was worried today but I always come to this site and when I read your post you made me cheer up and laugh. But I sure do hope you get it stopped as ink is expensive........

I love stuffed mushrooms :mrgreen: I'm in for the recipe :lol:

all i have to do is right click on the printer icon on tool bar..then click on the printing item line and right click and cancel..that is on my hp.

First, quickly STOP the printer right away (turn if OFF), then UNPLUG the power cord (this can be simply at the cord going into the printer, not necessarily at the wall plug), then DELETE the documents on the computer that are to be printed as explained by others. Some printers delete all printing jobs when turned off, others do not so you'll need to figure out how your printer operates. You can also first quickly PULL out the paper also, then do all the other steps as necessary for your printer.

Pam M

Completely off subject---Can I get a bigger copy of your ap? It is exactly what I want for my bedroom.

Thanks for the suggestion but that didn't work with mine. Somebody hit it right by reminding me to go to Start, Computer, Printer & cancelling everything stored there. I still feel dumb for not remembering that.
I sure appreciate everybody's help with my problem. Hopefully it will help others fix their prob. too.

Yes, I was very concerned about the amt. of ink that was going out the window. Monster was just what it felt like. I even got up & walked away from it for awhile because I felt so out of control.
I hope whatever you worried about last night is better now.

Turn it off and unplug it for ten seconds. That'll fix it's little red wagon. Sometimes you have to remind them who's boss!

Did you go to the bottom of your monitor in the tool bar where your printer icon is located and click on that this will take you to the printer printing section or at least it does on my computer, anyway, when you get there it should tell you haow many prints or pages are in que, which really means ready to print, or waiting to print, then mine shows pause, cancel printing or delete job. You will need to click on the cancel there or delete job. Sometimes you have to highlight it there.Different printers show different things. Or you can find the printer on your computer under computers section and click on the printer and go to elp to see how your particular printer works. Canceling at the printer usually doesn't work, especially if you have sever pages pending when you tried to print and it failed. The memory is still in the printer, that's why it is continuing to print. You said it printed about 14 copies, then that's how many times you clicked on it to print for you and failed to do so. Hope this helps you out.