Is your HP printer starting to act up on you? Have you been almost ready to throw it out the window or door out of sheer frustration? Please do not! There are ways to fix your HP printer, and make it run like new – even if it is several years old.

You have a choice. But before that, here's a bit of useful information that might knock the socks off you. Even HP printer have drivers. A driver is like an instruction manual that links your printer to the computer, and allows it to run properly. It could be that your HP driver is out-of-date. Again, do not worry. This can be fixed.

You can search for your driver update in the HP website, but believe me, that's going to take up a lot of your time. Still, if that's what suits you and you have time, by all means go for it!

You could download a driver update software, and this will apply, not just for your printer, but every single device in your computer that needs a driver. So, kills a dozen birds with just one application, so to speak. It's quick. It's easy, and it's dependable.

Back to your choices – away from updating your drivers, you could take your computer to the repair shop. But this is going to cost you a good amount of money. Probably at least a hundred bucks. And, you will be without your computer for at least a couple of weeks.