2542 HP Office Jet: printer says offline, unable to print

Printer ran out of ink. Buy more and installed. Print the required documents. The next day went to my work online, tried to print my documents. Nothing happens. Went to work stations, said the printer offline. My son, who is a guy of student and tech University has reinstalled, updated, etc. that still does not work. What's wrong? Can anyone help?

Hello @LouMar,

Thank you for visiting the Forums from the HP Support! I understand your HP Deskjet 2542 shows offline and you cannot print. I see that you have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers without success. Looks like you may need to rerun Setup wireless. Please follow the steps listed below:

1. disconnect the USB key if you use a direct connection.

2. remove the HP software DJ 2542 uninstall from the control panel of your computers an option of the program.

3. restart the computer.

4. make sure that all the software DJ 2542 disappeared from the list programs, but also your HP folder listed under all programs in your Start Menu.

5. now go ahead and download the software and drivers for your DJ 2542, please select the USB to wireless conversion (DO NOT connect USB until the software prompts you to):

http://support.HP.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-DeskJet-2540-all-in-one-printer-series/5295960/model/5385253#Z7_3054ICK0KGTE30AQO5O3KA30R1

6. go ahead and print a test page.

7. If you are unable to print a test page, please run the HP Print and Scan Doctor- designed by HP to provide users with troubleshooting and problem-solving features needed to solve many common problems encountered with HP print and scan products related to Windows computers.

Please let me know if it was successful! I'll watch for your reply.

Thank you

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