I have HP laserjet 3330 all-in-one printer at work and my residence. I use a loptop that I shuttle between work and residence. I have had to install seperate driver both for work and residence.
Occassionaly all function of the printer work either at the work or the residence never at both the locations on a same given day.
As suggested I tried un-installing the software and re-installing with same information both for residence and work with no change.
Any one can assist & help to solve this annoying problem so that I can use all features at both my locations with same type of all in one printer.
I would try posting your question to the KABC Computer show Yahoo! group. They seem to be very useful, especially for hardware questions. ~L
Comment by liz h — July 29, 2010 @ 4:37 pm
I would suggest trying to create a different user for each location. Then, install each printer seperately in the proper username. This way, the printer settings for one may not get mixed up with the other. For example, max_work and max_home.
You can also try naming the printers differently. Have one named HP_3330_work and one HP_330_home.
Hope this helps.
Comment by Ralph Q — July 29, 2010 @ 4:43 pm
This is your solution. You will have to set up two profiles one for home and one for work. Now I am not talking about a different user profile with a different name. This is a hardware profile. I will assume that you are running windows XP. DO the following goto Start/control panel/ system/hardware tab/at the bottom of the the window you will find hardware profiles. Select that one, where you are at with your laptop right now will be profile 1 or current. Check the box that states “Wait until I select a hardware profile. Select properties then check portable computer. IF you use a docking station at work have it dock and choose yes. When you take it home the first time after this and hook up your printer there you will set up the new profile and name it 2 or home. This will fix your problem.
Comment by Daniel R — July 29, 2010 @ 5:09 pm
you need to set up 2 profiles,one for ea. it’s easy,
Comment by shishkabob — July 29, 2010 @ 6:03 pm
This is your solution. You will have to set up two profiles one for home and one for work. Now I am not talking about a different user profile with a different name. This is a hardware profile. I will assume that you are running windows XP. DO the following goto Start/control panel/ system/hardware tab/at the bottom of the the window you will find hardware profiles. Select that one, where you are at with your laptop right now will be profile 1 or current. Check the box that states “Wait until I select a hardware profile. Select properties then check portable computer. IF you use a docking station at work have it dock and choose yes. When you take it home the first time after this and hook up your printer there you will set up the new profile and name it 2 or home. This will fix your problem.
Comment by roby_chillz — July 29, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
Look to the left side of your computer screen, there is a link to the Computers & Internet forums. They can help you.
Make sure you in the appropriate forum prior to posting a question.
Comment by J J — July 29, 2010 @ 7:13 pm