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unplug it.
Yes if your printer is on.
Either, your printer port is dead, or you are trying to connect it in a wrong port.
Deep freeze
press 'alt+f2' type system-config-printer right click on your printer select view printer queue
It is necessary to shut down the computer when installing software so that the system can make the needed changes for the program to run. Another reason to shut down a computer is to clear out malfunctions in software by clearing out the RAM memory.
A USB printer, as opposed to a printer using a serial or parallel cable connection, plugs into the USB socket on the computer's tower. Unlike the serial and parallel connections, a USB connection doesn't require the printer to be shut down before connecting the cable.
Your motherboard may not be configured for software power management.
you have to click on the space button then go to menu hit shut down turn on again and then you go to settings then click reinstall NOT
You just shut down computer
hardware, or software failure, more than likely not a virus.
Update to the newest version of the software to resolve the system crashes. If there is no newer version of the software, uninstall the problem version and install an older version.