Problems printing documents originating from OpenOffice

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ChristienP
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Problems printing documents originating from OpenOffice

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Hello, I am attempting to print documents from open office 4.1.5 on windows 10 to an HP office jet 3830. at first whenever I attempted to print a document from any source it would only print out blank pages. I updated the drivers to the printer and I was able to print from most sources PDF's originating from Chrome and IE and printing pages directly from websites. When I attempt to print from AOO it still prints blank pages. I attempted to reset the printer and redownload drivers which did not work and also exported the documents to a PDF and attempted to print it from there which did not work. I also exported the documents to Google chrome and tried to print it there which did not work. at a bit of a loss! :crazy: :)
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Open them with OpenOffice or LibreOffice, export to PDF and print that from any device.
Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
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I suggest you delete the printer in Windows. Shutdown and restart the machine and let windows find it again.
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And perhaps ensure you have the latest printer driver from the printer manufacturer, rather than Microsoft.
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Windows 10 updates install the wrong printer driver.
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