How to Fix Printer Head Alignment on My Canon Mp190

Verify that there are at least two sheets of paper in your printer's feeder. Open the front hatch, and extend the paper tray which will catch the printed pages.
Click 'Start' from your Windows desktop, and click 'Devices and Printers.' Right-click your Canon PIXMA MP190, and click 'Properties.'
Select the 'Maintenance' tab, and click 'Print Head Alignment,' then click 'Align Print Head.' Your printer will print a single sheet with a pattern of boxes aligned in columns. Each column will be marked with a letter.
Click 'Yes' to affirm that your pattern printed properly and to load the alignment worksheet. Look over each column on the printed sheet and find the numbered box in each column that contains the cleanest print. Most boxes will print with white lines running through them, each column should have one that looks proper. The number may change from column to column.
Input the number for each column into the Alignment worksheet on your computer. Click 'OK.' A second sheet will print that contains more columns.
Repeat the aforementioned procedure to complete the print head alignment. Click 'OK' when you have finished inputting the numbers for the new columns. Your print quality should return to normal when this procedure is complete.

How to View Recent Print History

Press 'Windows' to open Windows Start, type 'Run' and then press 'Enter.' Delete any text that appears in the field next to 'Open.'
Type 'eventvwr.msc' into the field next to 'Open' and then click the 'OK' button to open Event Viewer.
Select |'Applications and Services Logs'|'Microsoft'|'Windows'|'PrintService'|. The PrintService folder contains administrative and operational controls for print services in Windows.
Right-click 'Operational' and then select 'Enable Log.' This command enables logging of all future print jobs and can be viewed anytime by returning to the PrintService folder in the Event Viewer.



Press 'Windows' to open Windows Start, type 'devices and printers' and then select 'Devices and Printers' from the results. In Windows 8.1, you must select 'Settings' and then 'Devices and Printers.'
Right-click the printer for which you want to view print jobs for and then select 'See What's Printing.' The print queue window opens for your selected printer.
Scroll through the list of print jobs to view the jobs that are currently queued. This list contains recently queued print jobs that have not completed yet.

How to Change a Dell 926 Printer Cartridge

Press the power button, located near the bottom of the control panel, to turn on the Dell 926 printer.
Lift up[ the top half of the printer. A small bar on the right side will swing down. Position the end of that bar between the two tabs on the lower half of the printer, to keep the top half in the up position. Once the top half is in the up position, the cartridge carrier will automatically move to the opening in the center of the printer.
Push down on one of the two levers, located on the end of the cartridge carrier, to raise the respective cartridge lid. The black ink cartridge, or the photo ink cartridge if your printer is currently set up to print pictures, is located on the left side, while the color ink cartridge is located on the right.
Lift up on the end of the ink cartridge until the cartridge is at about a 45 degree angle to the printer base. Then pull the cartridge out of the cartridge carrier.
Remove the tape from the end of your replacement cartridge. Insert the cartridge into the carrier at a 45 degree angle, and then lower the end of the cartridge into place.
Close the cartridge carrier lids, ensuring that they snap into place. Lift up on the top half of the printer to release the support bar. Push the bar back against the top half of the printer as you lower that half back into place.

How to Add a Printer to a Task Bar (5 Steps)

Click 'Start.'
Click 'Devices and Printers.'
Right-click the icon for your printer. Click 'Create Shortcut.' A new shortcut icon for your printer appears in the same directory.
Right-click the new shortcut icon for your printer.
Click 'Pin to Task Bar' to add that printer icon to your Windows task bar.

How to Put Paper in an HP Printer (5 Steps)

Open up the front door of the printer, which serves as the paper tray. This door snaps shut so you will have to pop it open to fold it down.
Pull the swinging arm that is tucked inside the paper tray out and flip up the small flap at the end of this arm. This arm and the flap at the end will stop your printer paper from falling onto the floor when you print something.
Take a stack of paper that is 1/2 inch to 1 inch tall and gently tap one of the short edges of the stack on a flat surface, such as the top of a desk, until the opposite short edge of all the individual sheets of paper appear to be lined up. Next, tape on of the long edges of the stack of paper until the opposite long edges of all the individual sheets of paper appear to be lined up.
Lay one end of your printer paper stack on the paper tray, with a short edge facing into the printer. Line the stack up with the tab on the right hand side of the paper tray that appears right before the opening to the printer. Push the stack of paper forward until you can no longer push it forward without forcefully jamming it into the printer.
Move the sliding tab on the left side of the printer that you see, right before the opening to the printer, right up to the left edge of the stack of paper. Turn your printer on, if it is not already on, and you are ready to print.

How to Print in Black White on a Canon MP640 Printer

Click 'Start' and then 'Control Panel.'
Click 'Hardware and Sound' from the Control Panel and then click 'Printers.'
Right-click the Canon MP640 printer from the list of printers and select 'Printer Preferences' from the drop-down menu.
Check the box next to 'Grayscale Printing.'
Click 'Apply' and then 'OK.'

How to Set Up a Print Server

Turn on all the computers you want to have access to the print server. Insert the print server driver into the CD-ROM drive of the main computer. This computer connects to your router using a wire. Follow on-screen instructions and install the driver to your computer. If the driver fails to begin installation automatically, click 'My Computer' and double-click the letter corresponding to the CD drive. Remove the driver from your CD drive after installation.
Assign static address. Open your browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or any other browser) and open your router administrative interface by entering '192.168.1.1' into your browser. Click 'Enter.' If this doesn't work for you, consult your router's documentation for the proper address. Enter your username and password if this had been previously set up to require authentication. Click 'Enter' or click 'Ok.'
Click TCP/IP and select Fixed Address. Under IP Address, select an address outside the normal range like 192.168.1.128. Leave Gateway Address and Subnet Mask as they are. Note the address you added. You will need it later. Click Ok or Apply.
Select 'Automatic Configuration--DHCP' from the dropdown menu. Select 'Enable' under 'DHCP Server.' Under 'Static DNS 1,' enter '192.168.1.128,' the same numbers you entered earlier. Close your router's administrative interface.
Set up your printer on your computers. On the' Taskbar' click 'Start,' go to 'Control Panel' and click on 'Printers and Faxes.' Right-click your printer and go to 'Properties.' Click on 'Sharing.' Select 'Do not Share this Printer.' Under 'Drivers,' click 'Install Additional Drivers' if you need to do so. Click 'Ok.'
Go to 'Ports' and click the checkbox next to your printer. Click 'Configure Ports' and under 'Printer Name' or 'IP Address,' enter your printer's IP address, the same numbers you entered earlier. Under 'Protocol,' select 'Raw.' Click 'Ok' and close the open window.
On your remaining computers, click 'Start,' 'Control Panel' and click 'Printers and Faxes.' Click 'Add New Printer.' Follow onscreen instructions and add your new printer. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 above to complete the setup of your printer on all your computers.