Printer Problem

I had the opportunity to teach 7th grade Social Studies at my school after a teacher retired. I got to use his computer and printer. He told me the printer was connected to the computer so I figured I was set for the first day of school. 


Imagine how surprised I was when I discovered that I couldn't print that day! I looked at the printer spool and there was about 150 items that needed to be printed, waiting...I tried calling the tech coordinator at our school as well as emailing him and I got no response.


Well, it turns out that it was so simple to fix but it took me THREE days to figure it out! 
After talking it out with my husband...I realized I could fix it on my own! DER!


All I had to do was go to "Printers and Faxes" and check the default printer and which one was connected to USB and it turned out the default printer wasn't even the printer in the room! doh. 

I quickly fixed the problem and voila! I could print now! YAY!! Sometimes it's much easier to try to do things on your own and investigate than to sit and wait for someone to rescue you. AND after talking to your significant other about it. Sometimes it helps to talk about your problems out loud to someone and have them listen and hopefully soon enough, you'll be able to figure out what the solution!