Hello, as the subject says my printer won't stay powered on. It worked fine a few months back, I didn't use for it while so I had it stored away. Now when I HOOK it up it won't stay powered on. I press the POWER button, the green light flashes but goes right back off.

I TRY to print a page and I can see in going on and offline and printing gives says error. The print is a old printer, Hewlett Packard Deskjet 812C.

It's hookuped up to a Sony Vaio with Windows Vista. Anyone other info needed just ask. If anyone can GIVE some help, i'd appreciate it.

Thanks.I don't see where there's anything we can help with. Sounds like the printer either needs to be repaired or replaced.noxxo, It may well be that a new printer (as Allan suggests) may be in your future. However there are some THINGS you can try first. If you have the access to another computer try it on that. Of course you will need to have the software for the printer available and then follow the manual's precise installation sequence. I assume that neither the computer or the operating system have changed from what you had used this printer on before? Another thing you can do is uninstall any software previously installed for that printer as well as removing it from "hardware".Then with your manual in hand try a new install and see what happens. Is it safe to assume that while this one was stored away no other printer was connected to that computer?truenorth