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Should you switch your Inkjet printer off or leave it on standby for ink cartridges to not dry?

I did read that inkjet printers need to regularly clean their cartridges so that their tip don't dry. The common recommendation therefore is to not remove the power supply, which I'm not doing. What I'm missing in common recommendations is the…
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Windows 7 Busy Icon won't stop spinning

In windows 7 you have the busy icon that is a little blue wheel spinning beside the cursor when it is doing something. It has started to spin for about a second every 3-5 seconds. There is noting running that I can tell on the computer to cause the…
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How to print to HP Officejet without using the online 'HP Smart' setup?

My lovely older neighbors got gifted a newish HP OfficeJet printer. They do not want to sign up with HP in order to use the printer. They only have a wifi set up at their home usually with no internet connection. Is this possible? I seemed to get it…
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Can't access Embedded Web Server on HP Officejet Pro 8630: "System Error"

My HP Officejet Pro 8630 has started giving me this error when I try to access the Embedded Web Server (EWS) by entering the printer's IP address in a Web browser: System Error An error has occurred. Neither a network reset nor a firmware update…
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Sending a Fax without a fax number

I have an HP Officejet 8600 Pro that has faxing capabilities. However I do not send faxes often and I do not need to pay for a dedicated fax number/line. Is there a way to send and receive faxes using the built in wifi without a fax number from the…
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Can Windows Fax and Scan use an HP OfficeJet for faxes?

I have an HP OfficeJet 5610 AIO printer/scanner/fax, and I'm running Windows 7 without HP custom drivers for the printer. Printing and scanning works fine, but is it possible to use the built-in Windows Fax and Scan for sending faxes with the…
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HP Officejet printing with only magenta ink, but copies fine with black ink

My HP Officejet 5610xi All-in-One is printing oddly lately. An all-black text document will print magenta text. Printing color imagery also results in an all magenta result. However, copying something either in color or black, it prints the black…
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Mcafee Host Intrusion Protection blocks all-in-one network printer

I just bought a new HP Officejet 6500 printer. It has a built-in ethernet port, so I happily connected it to my network. While I was playing around with it, I saw that it stopped responding periodically. Looking around, I saw that the firewall is…
Nathan Fellman
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HP Printer scrolls "printing" forever - but nothing happens

I got a used HP Officejet 7130 all-in-one printer. I tried printing a text document, and it shows up in the queue (and says "printing"), and the printer display says "Printing" "Press Cancel to cancel job." - and it cyles that text forever, but…
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Officejet j4580 doesn't print under Windows 10

I have an Officejet j4580 which worked fine under Windows XP and Windows 7. Recently, I upgraded the computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10 in-place, after burning the Windows 10 upgrade to a DVD and running the upgrade from it. Ever since then, I…
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HP Officejet Pro 8625 sends document to the printer, but doesn't print

We have an HP Officejet Pro 8620. It connects to the WiFi and we installed the driver on our Windows 8.1 x64 systems without any issues. However, when we try to print documents, even though it says that they were sent to the printer - they don't…
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Anybody have luck Scanning from HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 to Ubuntu Linux

Having no issues printing to HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 from Ubuntu. Ubuntu found network printer and installed ok using closest driver "OfficeJet 8500". However, scanner was not detected. I was wondering if anybody had luck with scanning in Linux from…
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Why has my HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 printer disappeared in Kubuntu?

I have been running an HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 for years in Kubuntu (now 24.04). Suddenly, something is wrong with the CUPS package: I can only find driverless entries! Following CUPS package reinstall instructions do not solve the problem. How to…
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HP 8620 printer always shows as “Offline” in Windows 11 Settings > Printers area

HP OfficeJet 8620 printer always shows as “Offline” in Windows 11 Settings > Printers area. It has perfect Wi-Fi connection, with a Wi-Fi Extender right next to it. Our home only has one Wi-Fi network, the same name for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, the…
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How to diagnose and fix poor quality HP OfficeJet Pro 8025?

A picture is perhaps the best explanation. The picture below shows the Powerpoint and resulting print. Can anyone help on what to do? Observations: Blue and yellow did not print at all Magenta printed but looks pink. Magenta looked good (no small…
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