1. My Printer Won’t Print

It’s basic, yet this is a stand out amongst the most well-known and most disappointing printer issues there is. On the off chance that there is no blunder message directing you toward the issue, watch that the printer is still joined by means of USB or Ethernet link, or on the off chance that its remote, watch that the Wi-Fi is empowered and associated with the right system.

Check the printer driver, once in a while this can get to be undermined and should be reinstalled. The right driver for your printer can be found on your makers download page.

In the event that your printer is joined with up and coming drivers and still is not printer, counsel the investigating segment in the printer’s User Manual.

2. Would I be able to Still Print When ‘Ink Levels are Low’?

There is no hurry to supplant ink cartridges when you get low ink notices. Most present day printers have a notice for ink levels, alarming you when ink is low. Then again, the exactness of these notices shifts in the middle of producers and models. Some caution of low ink levels quite a while before ink levels are basically low.

The best way to really discover the amount of ink you have left is to print until the quality goes down or the printer stops. When you know the ink has without a doubt run out, you can evacuate the ink cartridge and supplant it.

By doing it thusly, you will have a harsh thought of how real you ink notices are. You’ll have the capacity to print later on and know the amount you can generally print once the notices go ahead.

3. I want to print from my Mobile Wi-Fi printer

Most printers can print from telephones or tablets, yet it’s a smart thought to check your printer has the capacity do as such first. Printers with Wi-Fi ordinarily bolster AirPrint which permits iOS clients to print straightforwardly from iPhones and iPads giving they are on the same Wi-Fi system.

The larger part of significant printer producers have discharged applications permitting iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry clients to print from their gadgets.

It is conceivable to print to a non-Wi-Fi printer giving your system has a remote access point and a printing utility introduced on an arranged PC. Printopia for Mac or Presto! For Mac and Windows permits you to print from a telephone or tablet. Cloud printing administrations additionally work crosswise over stages and gadget sorts with non-Wi-Fi printers.

4. Wi-Fi Printing Takes too long

To accelerate your printing time over Wi-Fi, you can take a stab at putting your printer as close as could reasonably be expected to your switch. You can likewise verify that the switch is satisfactory and that it bolsters offers 5GHz band and in addition 2.4GHz. It may be worth watching that the firmware is additionally a la mode.

5. My Printer is too slow

A few printers are quick. A few printers are quick. Be that as it may it is conceivable to really accelerate a moderate printer. In the event that you are not very worried about having the most noteworthy quality yield, you can print in draft mode. This will altogether expand print speed.

You ought to maintain a strategic distance from twofold sided printing (if your printer underpins it) as this can essentially ease your printer off as the machine needs to turn the archive to print both sides.

6. Printing Costs are excessively High Printing Expenses

The two fundamental expenses for printing are ink and paper, yet there are a couple of approaches to lower printing expenses.

Firstly, consider regardless of whether you really require what you are printing. Perhaps you just really need to print certain pages. On the off chance that you don’t have to present it, you can change to draft mode and spare ink. Whilst changing to twofold sided printing can spare your paper.

You can purchase high limit ink cartridges which contain more ink so you can print more for your cash. There are likewise good ink cartridges which offer noteworthy investment funds on lavish unique ink cartridges however coordinate their high calibre.

For some printers, you have a decision between lower-limit and high-limit ink (or toner) cartridges. The higher limit cartridges cost all the more in advance however they have higher yields (can print more pages), and lower expense per printed page.

It is essential to take a gander at a printer’s running expenses before purchasing. You need to take a gander at expense for every page data before you buy a printer. Make certain to weigh up what you need from a printer and it could spare you cash later down the line.

7. The Printed Text is Low Quality

The print nature of content can contrast incredibly between printers. As a rule, inkjets produce a quality suitable for regular printing while lasers create more expert looking reports. In the event that you’ve seen that the nature of your content has been progressively going downhill, there are a couple of things you can do to understand it.

Check your print settings are revise; this applies to both inkjet and laser. Switch off draft mode and verify the paper sort on screen is the same as the sort you are utilizing.

For laser printers, some of the time the toner can ‘settle’. Essentially take the cartridge out and shake it from side to side and afterward supplant it.

For inkjet printers, you can take a stab at cleaning the spout and adjusting the print head which can be gotten to from the printer’s upkeep menu.

8. My Printed Photos are Low Quality

Particularly for inkjets, verify that you are imprinting on the right sort of paper. For printing point by point photos you’ll need to utilize photograph paper. Verify you have chosen the paper sort you are utilizing as a part of your product settings. Cleaning the spout and adjusting the print head will again help to enhance print quality.

You may be running low on one shading which may foundation for stained prints, in which case now is the right time to change the cartridge. It is likewise important the old ink cartridges ought to be checked and supplanted where fundamental.

9. My Printer Continues Jamming the Paper

Paper jams are a standout amongst the most widely recognized and most irritating of printer issues. The most well-known foundation for paper getting stuck is the point at which the paper is not adjusted legitimately.

Verify the heap of paper is squared before placing it in the plate and don’t over-fill it. On the off chance that the printer is as yet getting stuck, you can counsel the investigating segment on the printer’s client manual or find a helpful paper jam control here.

10. My Multi-Function Print won’t Scan Anymore

On the off chance that your MFP’s scanner quits working, it might be down to the product. Take a stab at reinstalling the product, however in the event that the issue continues, check the client guide or check the makers bolster page. Once in a while confused inbuilt machines like scanners can simply fizzle, so it’s vital to counsel with the maker first.

It’s hard to believe that the now ubiquitous PC has been with us for over 30 years.

Over all those years, people have been complaining from time to time that their PC is running slowly for one reason or another. That has sometimes been accompanied by much pulling out of hair in frustration!

This can be almost as commonplace today as it was 30 years ago. So, what are the causes and more importantly perhaps, what exactly can you do about it if it happens to you?

Here is a discussion of some possible commonplace origins and remedies.

Your PC is getting on a bit

As software becomes ever more sophisticated and powerful, it tends to make increasing demands upon the hardware platform hosting it – in other words your PC.

Now you can’t really generalize about these things but if your PC is, say, three or four years old or more, there is a fair chance that the latest versions of software are asking it to do things it’s perhaps not really capable of. Even if it can actually do what’s required, it may struggle to do so quickly and efficiently.

You’re going outside of its performance envelope

A slight variation on the first theme arises when you have purchased a relatively low end PC and have placed on it some extremely complicated and resource-hungry software. It’s a bit like trying to take a very basic family saloon car and asking it to perform well in a Formula One race.

In both this and the first case, you may be forced to consider upgrading your equipment.

Your hard disk is fragmented

This doesn’t mean that it is physically broken just that, for very good reasons, lots of data that should be logically stored in the same location on the disk is, in fact, spread over lots of different locations on it instead.

That means every time you try and look something up, your hard disk is working far harder (and therefore more slowly) to find the various bits of data you need.

The answer to this is to run what’s called a disk de-fragmentation program.

Your PC has a virus or other malware on it

In the absence of any obvious other cause, the classic symptom of some types of virus infection can be a PC that is running very slowly.

You can use the Task Manager to get at least some idea of what is going on inside your PC. If something is running you don’t recognise or vast amounts of resource are being consumed when your PC appears to be doing nothing at all, then you may need to call a specialist in computer technical support to check if you have a virus (unless you’re sure you know how to do so yourself).

Your Security Software is grabbing too much resource

Sometimes individual programs, security and firewall systems are often culprits here, consume very significant amounts of your computer resource while they are trying to do something such as a full virus scan etc.

If you are trying to do things at the same time, your progress may be badly impacted.

Once again, this isn’t always easy to diagnose unless you know a little bit about how your PC works and you might need to contact a specialist provider of IT consulting.

Summary

Trying to diagnose why a PC is running slowly isn’t always easy.

Unless you are technically literate, you might struggle to do so and that’s why having a relationship with a good provider of IT support services is a smart idea.

Most folks seem to understand what a firewall is and why it is so very important. They intuitively understand that they need something between the “trusted” internal computer network and the wild west we call the Internet! The installation of a firewall is generally something all business do, from the wireless network at the local coffee shop, to the medium size law firm and the giant multinational distributed enterprise. The barbarians are at the door, but with a firewall we all feel protected! The largest percentage of cyber security risks, however, do not come through the front door and your firewall will never see them enter. The largest risk to the security of your network comes from the employees and guests allowed, either connected by wire or wireless, to attach to your corporate network.

As a CISCO Certified Security Professional, we do a great deal of work in the area of computer network security. When called on to do a “Security audit”, “voice readiness” or “network assessment”, the first question we ask executive management is where is your AUP? After all we can tell you what protocols are running around on your network and even which user is consuming the most bandwidth. We can not, however, tell you if they are allowed to use that bandwidth! The creation of an “acceptable use” policy (i.e. AUP) is an essential first step in network security. The AUP communicates to all network users what is supported and what applications are allowed on the network. It describes what is acceptable regarding personal email, blogging, file sharing, web hosting, instant messaging, music and video streaming. It defines what is activity is strictly prohibited on the network and clearly outlines what constitutes “excessive use”. The computer network is a valuable corporate asset and as such it needs to be valued, protected and secured.

Does your company have a network access and authentication policy? What is the “password” policy? Do you even need a “password” to use the company network? Can anyone just come in and plug whatever phone, pad or computer device they happen to have into the company network? What is the data storage and retention policy? Do you allow VPN tunnels that extend your company network to a home office or coffee shop? Do you allow your users to connect third party provided equipment to your network? Is it acceptable that Bob just added a hub to his office network connection so he can plug in his own printer? How do we feel if Bob plugs in his own wireless access point? Do we have a “guest” network and do we let those folks know what is acceptable on your network?

What are the legal ramifications and liabilities you are exposed to if you are providing a computer network as part of a lease agreement? Are you liable for damages if your computer network is unavailable or “down for any reason? If Home Land Security shows up because your company’s public IP address was traced as originating a terrorist treat, do you have the user agreements in place to mitigate the costs you are about to incur defending your good name and reputation?

Computer network security is more than a firewall. A computer with an Ebola virus, Adware or nefarious RAT (remote access terminal) will infect all computers on your network, threaten your corporate data and render your firewall as useless as a screen door on a submarine. If your company has taken the prudent step of providing a Human Resource or employee manual that spells out the company’s position on work force violence, sexual harassment, vacation day accrual and drugs in the workplace, why don’t you have a manual that defines the acceptable use of your most vital corporate assess, the computer network?