I am having problems with my Kodak Hero 5.1 all in one printer. It has previously been working absolutely fine, though I couldn't pinpoint where in time it went wrong as it's not regularly used.
I currently can not print documents from
- Any Microsoft Office 2010 Program (Word, One Note, Powerpoint etc.)
- Adobe Acrobat*
- The Windows built in test page
But can print from
- Google Chrome - even using the system dialogue. I can also print PDFs from Chrome that wont in Acrobat
- The Kodak software's built in test page
* Even more strangely I can print from Adobe Acrobat (using exactly the same settings as I was before) AFTER I have printed at least one page from Chrome successfully. Microsoft programs including the test page still refuse to print after this.
There is no error given (apart from the windows test page which just says unable to print a test page).
The job appears for a split second in the printer queue but then disappears immediately (even when the queue is paused). No printer spool files are created in C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS
(as suggested here).
This is extremely annoying and I have no idea why it would do this.
Things I have tried:
- Restarting my computer
- Stopping and starting the print spooler service
- Completely reinstalling the printer
- Setting the printer properties to print directly to the printer rather than spooling - this shows a bit more progress as it opens up the "Kodak Spooling..." progress bar and the printer starts to get ready, but then cancels the job (presumably as it hasn't been given anything to spool).
- Using other printers installed - all print without issue and fill the queue normally
The printer is connected by USB, I'm running Windows 7 and all system updates and printer driver and software updates have been done.