r/fuckHPprinters

So I have a HP P2035n that I've had since 2010 in college. It's great, I love it, it's a beast of a machine and prints like a champ. Recently though I've noticed that it has a few issues when communicating with newer laptops. I'm currently running it as a network printer using a TCP/IP port and it prints just fine from my main home desktop (custom built from 2018, WIN 11, latest drivers, yada yada). On my desktop I tried using the WSD install method that Windows uses but there were constant issues with communication, (wouldn't send documents to printer, couldn't find printer, printer needed attention). My wife has a brand new laptop from work, (HP, WIN 11, limited access) and I have a new laptop from work as well (Dell, WIN 11, pretty beastly, I work with CADD). The laptops find the printer no problem using the TCP/IP port. The issue is that with the laptops, the printer doesn't auto print, I have to manually press the green arrow button on the printer. I haven't had to do that before (I had an older laptop from work that worked just fine with the printer). I have the latest drivers installed on both laptops and I've tried to do factory resets on the printer to see if there was an issue. I have the auto continue option checked in the printer configuration. I have looked online at HP forums and none have given me any hope. My wife is getting upset about having to manually press the button for each print job and threatening to just go and buy a new printer. Please help me save this printer so that it can give me another 15 years for our home!

EDIT: setting paper source from main tray to automatically select fixed the issue.

Trying to setup my new printer and I can't scan the alignment page. Both power and blue lights are flashing. The WiFi icon on the control panel is beaming up and down (i.e., one-two-three arcs in repetition).

I tried power cycling and putting the cartridges in and out. Nothing works.

My hp smart 580 keeps making the paper get stuck when I print anything the first time. Then I remove the paper by force (cuz it gets stuck) , then try again and it works fine.
But now it just doesn’t work even on the 2nd attempt. It just gets the paper stuck even after the print was complete like it prints what I want, then the thing pushing the paper out or thru the printer just doesn’t want the paper to go out

I'm a homeschool mom and was gifted a hp 6155e printer. I'm now seeing the issue with connectivity and seeming like I print a few pages and am already out of ink, even tho I set to "draft" every time. Are there work arounds/solutions that don't require a new printer? I'm okay with doing things HP doesn't like/off brand ink etc. I avoid all subscriptions like the plague.

Purchased a HP Officejet Pro 9025 non "e" printer at a yard sale, apparently firmware "updates" from HP have prevented it from using 3rd party/remanufactured cartridges, does anyone have a copy of the original firmware or know where I can obtain it, must be for to 9020 series because it has 2 paper trays and I'm under the impression the 9010 series firmware doesn't address the 2 tray models.

I’m sure they’ll conceive even more convoluted ways to make printing paper even more complicated.

Gutenberg’s Printing Press was probably easier to set up

Does anybody know exactly where the jam sensor is located? (Last resort effort after trying everything the internet suggests.)

I just got this new printer and I already went through the setup process and made sure everything was working correctly, it prints a test print perfectly and I’m trying to get it to print pages of text from my iMac off of the Apple pages.

No matter what i try it just spits out blank pages over and over again. I don’t know where else to go or what to do. It’s not giving me any errors and the firmware is already updated.

I don’t know what to do please can someone help me. I’m just trying to print ordinary text.

Arrg

Stupid me stupid stupid stupid

I wanted a compact laser printer I can take with me in the car and run off a 500W inverter for *very light useage. 10 lines of print once a week. I bought an HP M110w (what I now refer to an an HPos) Not for the machine, rather for the company that serves up the steaming turd.

I get them to issue an RMA and they say make sure you print the return label right away... What return label???

Can anyone offer a direct returns phone number to the HPos Store that doesn't involve running chasing my tail?

HP has to be one the worst companies to deal with for printers.
You spend money on a printer and ink then they force you to pay a membership every month to continue using the printer!
If you don’t pay the monthly fee then your printer is absolutely useless, it won’t print a thing even though the cartridges are FULL!!!

What a WASTE OF MONEY!!