Canon MX850. Printer showing offline

Hi,

Method 1

Check and make sure that printer is not set to offline.

a) Open the Start menu and click on the "Printers and Faxes" icon. This will open a window with a list of the printers currently set up on your computer.

b) Double-click on the icon of the printer you want to change to online. A pop-up window detailing all current print jobs will open.

c) Go to "Printer" in the menu bar of the pop-up window and uncheck "Use Printer Offline." This action will change the printer from offline to online.

Method 2

If the above step fails then run the fixit tool available in the below link and check if it helps.

Printing problems and printing errors

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/printing_problems/

Make sure that you have the latest printer drivers installed on your computer.

For more information on updating drivers, see Update drivers: recommended links

Method 3: Restart the printspooler service

Refer the link to restart the Print Spooler service section from the following Microsoft article to restart print spooler service:

Why can't I print?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Why-cant-I-print