It pulls the first sheet of paper in a ways then tells you that it is out of paper. If you clear the paper, it then shuts down the system. The feed wheels may need to be cleaned or replaced. Take the machine to an HP Authorized Dealer. Members identified dealers in Stamford, Bridgeport, Danbury, and Brookfield.
Some applications remember which drive was being used last.
This looks at all drives. Turn it off. It depends upon the CD-ROM writing software. You want to find software that will write the CD-ROM's volume label. The transmission seems to start but at the last moment stops and hangs.