I've been having some very strange problems with this printer (~5 years old), and have a suspicion that there's been a hardware failure (it was working fine yesterday). However, before chucking it in, I wanted to check. The symptoms are:
(a) Cannot ping the printer- the IP address is not found (using Win7 x64). Tried a driver uninstall/reinstall, but to no avail. Note that I updated printer firmware about 8 months ago.
(b) Printer does not seem to be responding to front panel buttons: cannot call up the menu.
(c) Printer behaving oddly: if I open and close the toner door, the printer responds (jogging the rollers) but the screen does so only intermittenly (i.e. with the 'door open' cue).
(d) Yes, I did try turning it off and then on again a few times.
Any thoughts? Is this a hardware issue? Should I repair or replace?
Thanks!