I am new to asking techy questions and it may be obvious or stupid… but my printer seems to be possessed !? It randomly throws out blank pages… and also prints ‘Printer Status Reports’ by the bucket loads… however many sheets are in the feeder. I have unplugged it, switched it off, taken the paper out (this works as a temporary fix haha), phone HP twice and spent over 2hrs talking through fixes… I asked my ai and she said, change to a USB cable… so I did and now I can’t see the bloomin thing. So I unplugged the cable and now it is still throwing out blank pages - and trying to when I remove the paper. Seriously… this printer can not be dead !? It still prints ! If its dead or been taken over by the print ghosts, just tell me straight and I will stop fighting. BUT… if it is the case - I don’t want another printer connected to HP… I don’t want instant ink or nosey manufacturers looking at what I am doing. I need recommendations for a printer that is OFF LINE and private… just on my network nice and peacefully doing it’s thing…Is that even possible nowadays ?
yes it’s possible. Get a brother.
Hi. 15 year IT support veteran here. Printers are evil. There are no good brands. They all hate you and will do everything they can to make your life miserable. Yours sounds especially possessed. I recommend either a large baseball bat or a gun.
🤣 indeed evil, badness wrapped in plastic
My sympathies.
The last time something similar happened to me, I discovered that my stupid cat figured out if she sat on the power button long enough, warm paper came out that she then would sit on to warm her butt. I wish I was joking.
Not saying the same is happening, but maybe the button you need to press is generate the report is stuck somehow?
Haha, cats eh ! I like the thinking here… in fact, it’s the cancel button held for 3 seconds that would normally produce this report page. I have pressed it several times and it still has a good click to it… it doesn’t seem stuck. I have decided to try and live with its error for the moment and see what other suggestions come up…but I have taken all the paper out ;-)
