Printing through server doesn't work anymore

Hi everybody,

I have a multifunction HP C5280 printer connected via USB to my router that has a built in printer server and it's a couple of days I can't print through it from my laptop anymore (but I still can print from my smartphone as always).

The problem started when I removed the device from control panel to try installing the latest driver downloaded from the HP website, because I wasn't able to scan from it, but at least I still could print. Since then, even if the printer appears as ready, Windows doesn't even send documents to the spooler: the printer icon appears on the taskbar but it just says "0 document(s) pending".

Additional informations: I already uninstalled the downloaded new driver and installed back the previous working one and it's not a spooler problem since I can print if I directly connect the printer through the laptop USB.

Thanks a lot

Did you try rebooting the router? I've seen routers get confused and forget that they have a printer attached too them...you might try it.

Thanks for the answer but I already tried it.

The worst part is that I can even see the printer from the network folder as in the screenshot (https://i.imgur.com/Z8b7m4Q.png) but even if I click on it, add it as a printer and install the driver from the printer's CD-ROM, when I'll try to print the test page or anything else, there's no response.

I'm going crazy over this thing, I really can't manage to figure it out ahahah.
Please help

Another funny thing: when I try to add the printer from the printer manager, and I enter the IP address, the laptop tries to contact the printer (https://i.imgur.com/B9YfacL.png), the printer sucks a paper sheet to make you think it's going to work, prints the first line (https://i.imgur.com/WAt8Srk.jpg), but then the sheet stops halfway and this error message pops up: (https://i.imgur.com/OWLu5RM.png).