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what will you do if do when you are trying to print web page from internet using your browser and it is only printing HTML source codes?

This issues seems to happen more with HP printers but yesterday I have encountered one such issue with Epson printer as well. Lets check how we will go ahead to resolve this.

1. If you are using IE or any other browser reset it and check if it works.

2. Do not do unnecessary prints, check by going to the print preview.

3. If you are using IE, check by going to the registry under HKEY_Local_Machine – Software – Classes, if two files .htm and .html are there. If not create them.

4. It can also happen due to Shdocvw.dll file getting corrupted. We should register the file Shdocvw.dll, by going to Start- run and type regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll

5. Check the settings on your printer and try by changing the printer the default.

6. Finally as a quick fix you can also download another browser like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome and install it which should give you a quick work around.

Video calling was available for a long time with messenger clients like Yahoo, MSN etc. But they only allowed one to one connection. What pure video calling software like Skype or Oovoo did was they allowed multiple people to do video call conference. The service is free upto some persons and then they charge a little fee for extra persons.

Video calling (video conference or videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has also been called ‘visual collaboration’ and is a type of groupware.

Ref: Wikipedia

Transmission of picture or video was initiated by ATT in the 1970s with your picture phone. In the second half of 1980s PictureTel Corp made the first made commercial video conferencing available. In the 1990s IP based video conferencing became possible which was more efficient. It was only in the last decade that we saw the real growth of videotelephony with free services from skype etc. Video calling has advanced to a great extent now with HD technology, echo cancelling technology etc.

Video conferencing is mainly used by corporates and offices all over the world and it is a lucrative business. Video conferencing services are provided by big companies like Tandberg of Cisco, Halo of HP, ATT, Verizon, Polycom etc. For consumer usage I suggest Skype, Oovoo, Logitech VID HD etc. Now a days with advancement in technology it is possible to make video call even on the mobile phone using 3G technology.