What does it mean by printing untitled?

Question

its me loveeverybody again i appreciate everyones help i tried troubleshooting and when i changed port my computer read device not activated what does this mean coming from computer land also is it possible my printer may work tell me its gonna be ok

Answer 1

Printing an Untitled, Unsaved Document.

Answer 2

If I understand your question, it means that you're printing a document (or more probably a web page) that has not been given a name.

Sounds like you've got one or more documents in the print queue and it's backed up. (My guess is you're using a Lexmark printer or some other brand with no buffer memory of its own.)

To clear the queue, click Start > Settings > Printer and Faxes, then RIGHT-click on your default printer (the one with the check mark if you have more than one printer installed). This will give you a pop-up menu and one of the choices in it will be something like "Cancel all documents".

Just to be on the safe side, after you do this, reboot the computer. Then try printing. Just ONE simple document, ONE time. Don't get impatient. If yours is a Lexmark or other Win-printer, it has no memory of its own; it's using system memory, which means it loads little pieces of the document in and around everything else that's running (including the printer software). If there's a real problem, you'll get an error message and you can take it from there.

As to the message 'device not activated', again, go to Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes and RIGHT-click the printer you want as your default. If it's activated and set as the default, it should have that check mark over it. If it doesn't, click 'Set as default' in the pop-up menu. If you click 'Properties' from this menu, there may be a setting there to activate the printer.

Taking a larger view, sounds like you've got memory problems. This is probably a combination of 2 things:

a) not ENOUGH memory. Windows XP should have a MINIMUM of 512MB all by itself. If you have a Win-printer and integrated graphics, those alone will eat up half your working memory. And if you're running some giant anti-virus program like Norton Internet Security on less that 512MB, it's a wonder your computer runs at all. As soon as possible, put as much memory in as the computer will accept and you can afford.

b) too many programs running in the background, hogging the memory you do have. Shut down whatever you can in the System Tray (next to the clock at the bottom right). If that doesn't free up enough memory to speed things up, get the free program, Autoruns from SysInternals (link below). This will allow you to select what programs start when you boot your computer. A great many programs insert themselves in the Startup folder, even though you may not want to use them all the time.

If none of this works, and you still have the software disk for the printer, uninstall and reinstall it. And defragment the hard drive. Could be you just lost a piece of the software in there somewhere, though it's not likely. Defragging can't hurt.

If you STILL can't make it work, you need a new printer. Don't get the cheapest one: look for something with...
a) good resolution (dots per inch)
b) 4 ink cartridges, not 2
c) some onboard buffer memory of its own; a couple megabytes should be more than enough to allow the printer's spooling software to offload all or most of a document to the printer rather than having to deal with it in system memory.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Hi. It's gonna be OK! If you have WinXP click Start>Control panel>Add Hardware. This will open a wizard and the wizard will search for new hardware. Try that first. If it finds your printer (or lists it) then install using default drivers. (I think you said earlier that your printer does not have the CD-ROM with it.) Someone else pointed out that "Printing untitled" just means you have not named the file yet. Don't worry about that.

Answer 4

Untitled means you have not given it a name

Answer 5

printing untitled document , is that what you mean?

Answer 6

LONG QUESTION FRND !!!!!!!!