Why does it say 'printer offline' when it is all plugged in etc? need to print something urgently!

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Check the leads again, save the doc and restart. That's what I'd do. Are you at work/on a network? Is the right printer selected, if so?

thanks, i'm at home and nothing has been changed or moved. I've checked everything is plugged in ok and restarted!

Hmmm. On some printers it's not as obvious as it should be if they are offline or not... (eg our otherwise excellent Canon Pixma) you sure a button hasn't been nudged?
Otherwise I've no idea I'm afraid

thanks for trying!

does the printer itself say Online or Ready or have a steady green light?