This is a network printer with a static IP address. It is the only printer on the print server having this problem. Thanks for the reply.

have you tried it on another print server to see if there is a conflict at all?
or anything in the event log?

No nothing on the event logs, and I don’t have another print server to test it on.

did you install any software with the printer or just the driver? I have had some issues in the past on some of my print servers that the software caused spooler issues. they were HP printers too.
if you don’t have a spare print server on a server you could try it running of a workstation setup in the same way add a new printer port using tcp/ip.

I believe that this is a host based printer problem. Here is some information regarding this issue.

Difference in printers: Host Based – Processor Based

There is a very fundamental difference.

Processor based printers has a processor and uses the standard PCL and PostScript drivers.

HP’s “host based” printers have no processor, and all print job processing is done on the “host” (your computer) by the HP host based software you installed on it. That software completely processes the job and sends a finished dot pattern to the printer to print.

No processor makes the printers inexpensive, but you pay a price in capabilities.

They are incapable of using the traditional PCL and PostScript drivers. You must install the HP host based software to print.

They also don’t print Adobe .pdf formatted files well, if at all. They may print some pages then start printing garbage.

You don’t want to install a host-based printer on a server. Numerous network administrators report that each time a user sends a print job; it runs a separate instance of the host based software. This can peg the server’s CPU usage at 100%.

How to avoid buying a host based printer: HP effectively buries whether or not a printer is host based in the fine print during the selection and purchase process. A lot of retailers don’t even know the difference between “normal” and host based printers.

Here are the some methods:

The easiest way I’ve found to tell is to go to HP’s Support & Drivers page:

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Select the radio button labeled Download drivers and software (and firmware).

Enter the model in the text box, ie: color laserjet 2600n.

Click the button to the right of the text box.

Select your model and operating system at the next pages.

Under the Driver heading, if you see anything that says Host Based, I would stay away (my opinion).

If instead, using the laserjet 4350 as an example, you see “HP LaserJet 4240/4250/4350 PCL 5e Driver” (or PCL 6 or PostScript) then it’s not host based. The presence of PCL5, PCL6, or PostScript drivers means the printer’s got a processor, AS LONG AS the term host based is not included in the name.

Other ways to tell: When you’re shopping at HP’s site, look carefully at the specs for the printer. If it mentions Processor followed by a value other than Host-based printing, or Languages followed by PCL5, PCL6, PostScript (which is commonly known as PS by the way), then it’s not a host based printer. Unfortunately there’s some variance in the terms from printer model to printer model also. For example Languages may be labeled Installed Personalities, or Print Languages, or Print Drivers. They’re just synonyms for the same thing and the different terminology probably results from different development groups writing the specs on different printers.

Let me know if you have additional questions. I have had many customers with this problem and it was all related to host based printers.