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The Fix a Printer team writes and updates independent printer troubleshooting guides, checking Windows and macOS steps against Microsoft and Apple documentation.

Laser printer drum with toner on its surface, where background shading starts

Print quality Laser printer grey background: why pages look dirty and how to fix it Laser printer printing a grey background or haze over the whole page? Rule out the document, density and paper, then check the drum and toner, step by step. October 17, 2026

Laptop on a repair bench, used to restart the print spooler service in Windows

Drivers, queue and errors Printer error 0x000006ba: how to fix 'Operation could not be completed' Printer error 0x000006ba means Windows cannot reach the print spooler (RPC server unavailable). Start the spooler, clear stuck jobs and remove bad drivers. October 17, 2026

Laptop opened on a work bench, where most missing-picture print settings live

Print quality Printer not printing images: how to fix pages that print text but no pictures Printer not printing images, only text? Fix missing pictures, logos and backgrounds in Word, browsers, Excel and PDFs, then check ink, draft mode and memory. October 17, 2026

Paper in a printer tray with adjustable guides, which must match the tray size setting

Paper jams and feeding Printer paper size mismatch error: how to match the document, driver and tray Printer showing a paper size mismatch error, or asking for A4 when Letter is loaded? Match the document, driver and tray settings and stop it coming back. October 17, 2026

Sheet of paper feeding into a printer, the point where a mirrored page first shows

Drivers, queue and errors Printer printing mirror image: how to stop pages printing backwards Printer printing a mirror image, with text reversed left to right? Find the mirror, flip or transfer setting in the driver, app, Mac dialog or printer. October 17, 2026

Inkjet ink cartridges, the supplies behind prints that come out too dark

Print quality Printer printing too dark: how to fix dark photos, muddy colours and heavy text Printer printing too dark, with muddy photos or heavy, bleeding text? Check screen brightness, paper type, density and colour management, then the hardware. October 17, 2026

Printer chassis held in a vice on a workbench during repair

Drivers, queue and errors Printer troubleshooting guide: find your fix by symptom Printer troubleshooting guide sorted by symptom: offline, paper jams, blank or streaky prints, driver and spooler errors, with the order to check things in. October 17, 2026

Plusieurs cartouches d'encre posées côte à côte

Qualité d'impression Encre d'imprimante sèche : comment relancer une jet d'encre restée à l'arrêt Encre d'imprimante sèche après des semaines sans servir ? Tests des buses, nettoyages de tête sans gaspiller, temps de repos et gestes pour l'éviter. 17 octobre 2026

Personne travaillant sur de l'électronique sur un établi de réparation

Pilotes, file d'attente et erreurs L'imprimante scanne mais n'imprime pas : ce que cela signifie et que faire Votre multifonction scanne mais n'imprime pas ? Faites une copie pour tester l'impression, puis vérifiez l'imprimante choisie, la file, le pilote et l'encre. 17 octobre 2026

Persona trabajando con componentes electrónicos en un banco de reparación

Controladores, cola y errores La impresora escanea pero no imprime: qué significa y cómo arreglarlo ¿Tu multifunción escanea pero no imprime? Haz una copia para probarla y revisa la impresora elegida, la cola, el controlador y los avisos de tinta o papel. 17 de octubre de 2026

Varios cartuchos de tinta colocados uno al lado de otro

Calidad de impresión Tinta de impresora seca: cómo recuperar una impresora de tinta sin uso ¿Tinta de impresora seca tras semanas sin usarla? Haz tests de inyectores y limpiezas de cabezal sin gastar de más, deja reposar la tinta y evita que vuelva. 17 de octubre de 2026

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Repair bench with tools and electronic equipment laid out for testing

Drivers, queue and errors How to reset a printer to factory settings without losing what you need How to reset a printer to factory settings from the control panel or web page, what a reset erases, what to save first and how to set the printer up again. October 16, 2026

Network cables plugged into a switch on a small office network

Drivers, queue and errors Error 0x0000011b: why Windows cannot connect to a shared printer, and the safe fixes Error 0x0000011b stops Windows connecting to a printer shared by another PC. Why it happens and the safe fixes: updates, a direct IP connection, the registry. October 16, 2026

Open laser printer showing the paper path that leads to the fuser

Drivers, queue and errors Printer fuser error on a laser printer: what it means and what to do Laser printer showing a fuser error? Learn what the fuser does, how to clear the message safely, which causes you can fix and when the fuser needs replacing. October 16, 2026

Close-up of the electrical contacts on an ink cartridge

Print quality Printer only printing in black and white: how to get color back Printer only printing in black and white? Check grayscale settings in the app, driver and printer, the color cartridges, the driver type and any office policy. October 16, 2026

Single sheet of paper feeding into a desktop printer

Drivers, queue and errors Printer only prints the first page: how to get the whole document out Printer only prints the first page and drops the rest? Check the page range, spooler and printer memory, PDF and Excel options, and the driver, step by step. October 16, 2026

Sheets of paper feeding into a printer

Drivers, queue and errors Printer printing double sided when you did not ask: how to stop it Printer printing double sided by default? Turn off two-sided printing in the app, driver defaults, Mac presets and the printer, and fix upside-down backs. October 16, 2026

Office laser printer with its paper path and trays visible

Print quality Printer printing only half the page: how to find the cause Printer printing half a page and stopping, or leaving one side blank? Check paper size and scaling, the job data, printer memory, the driver and ink or toner. October 16, 2026

Stack of paper in a printer tray, where page order depends on how sheets stack

Paper jams and feeding Printer printing in reverse order: how to get pages and copies in the right sequence Printer printing in reverse order, last page first, or copies not collated? Fix page order in the driver, Word, PDF readers and Mac print dialog, step by step. October 16, 2026

Person working on electronics at a repair bench

Drivers, queue and errors Printer scans but won't print: what it means and how to fix it All-in-one printer scans but won't print? Make a copy to test the print engine, then check the selected printer, the queue, driver and any ink or paper error. October 16, 2026

Printer opened up on a workbench while its power fault is being checked

Drivers, queue and errors Printer won't turn on: how to find out why, step by step Printer won't turn on or keeps switching itself off? Test the outlet, cable, power strip and button, drain residual power and spot a failed power supply. October 16, 2026

Laptop opened up on a repair desk next to cables and tools

Offline and connection USB printer not recognized in Windows 11: step-by-step fixes USB printer not recognized in Windows 11? Check the cable and port, read Device Manager, remove the old device, add the printer manually and update drivers. October 16, 2026

Gros plan sur les contacts électriques d'une cartouche d'encre

Qualité d'impression L'imprimante imprime seulement en noir et blanc : retrouver la couleur Votre imprimante imprime seulement en noir et blanc ? Vérifiez les niveaux de gris dans l'appli, le pilote et l'imprimante, puis les cartouches couleur. 16 octobre 2026

Primer plano de los contactos eléctricos de un cartucho de tinta

Calidad de impresión La impresora solo imprime en blanco y negro: cómo recuperar el color ¿La impresora solo imprime en blanco y negro? Revisa la escala de grises en la app, el controlador y la impresora, y también los cartuchos de color. 16 de octubre de 2026

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Sheets of paper feeding into a printer

Paper jams and feeding How to clean printer rollers safely and fix paper feeding problems How to clean printer rollers: find the pickup and feed rollers, use water and a lint-free cloth, run the cleaning mode and know when to replace worn rollers. October 15, 2026