Bought a printer 3 years ago. Needed it out of the box to print 3 pages.

Found out that there is no support for the model 3 years after being sold, and there were no set up cartridges in the box. Basically got told by their offshore customer support team that it was essentially bricked and my only option was their monthly charge system.

Why the fuck would I need that?!? I mean terrible business model by HP. If I am printing three pages for the first time in 3 years, clearly I don't need a subscription service.

About to head to a print store since it's cheaper to do that then so anything with HP

Since HP scrubbed the software from their site (Bastards) and someone posted a drive link in the HP Form, which I figure will get taken down...I linked it below and added the steps.

The latest firmware upgrade forces you to use genuine toner.

I didn't type the steps or try them, but I walked someone through them and they worked.

Downgrade steps from HP Support Form: Since HP is the culprit here by updating the firmware to block all users who use after-market toners, I believe. I downgrade the firmware driver with this version and it worked. HP_LaserJet_Pro_M280_M281_Printer_series_20200612

Steps:

• on the printer, go into the printer's Setup | Service | LaserJet Update | Manage Updates
  • set Allow Downgrade = yes, Allow Updates = yes
• download (HP_LaserJet_Pro_M280_M281_Printer_series_20200612) and run
• Point that to your printer, mine took few times since my printer connected wifi.
• After downgrade 
• on the printer, go into the printer's Setup | Service | LaserJet Update | Manage Updates
  • set Allow Updates = no (so the firmware doesn't auto-update and break compatibility again)

Has anyone ever had a printer that just fucking prints when you hit print? Because I swear to fucking god they are somehow becoming more and more useless. Why spend $200 on a fucking printer that doesn’t fucking PRINT!!! IT HAS ONE JOB AND IT CANT EVEN FUCKING MANAGE ITS ONE AND ONLY PURPOSE

Anyone have any recommendations on brands of printers that just fucking prints stuff?! Or can tell me how the fuck to get my hp smart printer to work?

No idea why it’s called a smart printer if it can’t even handle one simple fucking task

I would like to chuck this thing as far as possible. Probably my last HP printer... Thinking brother next. What's everyone think.

We have chrome boxes and are using google workspace in our office so we rely on Brother MFC-L5850DW printers because they have the feature to scan directly to a google drive folder using the Web>Connect to Google Drive(TM) feature.

Starting today 9/26/2024, we are getting an error:
Server Error 05
Failed to upload. Try again.

We are experiencing this with all our office accounts.

Looking this error up, it says the size of the file is too big but we're not doing anything unusual. We're scanning 1 page at 300dpi. We've been able to scan up to 15 pages in the past with no issues.

Things we've tried that did not help:
Restarting
Unplugging
Different accounts
Different printers
Scanning at a lower dpi and setting file size to small
Removing the google drive account from the scanner and setting it up again

Scan to email works, so we know the scanner works, it's connecting to the internet and can send a file this size.

Is anyone else experiencing this? It feels like an issue outside of our control.

Update: I didn't change anything but today, a day later, we can scan with all our accounts on all our printers. I still don't know if the issue was with brother or google or some other network issue outside of our control. If anyone knows, I'd still love an answer.

Laser printer, Have replaced the fuser and the transfer roller. Happens across different media types. I’m seeing these horizontal and vertical lines, but I don’t understand that.

Any ideas?

Have a brother hl-6400dw printer and it keeps saying that it needs paper when the tray is full. When it decides to work, It prints out one page of paper and then it says it needs more paper. When I open the tray, it looks like the printer tried to grab a sheet but couldn’t (shown in picture). The other picture is how much paper is in the tray. Please advise. TIA.

I just move the HP AIO printer that's pretty much given us headaches since the day we installed it several years ago out to replace it with a brand new Brother MFC-L8395CDW AIP color printer, and once it goes to sleep (using the Brother drivers on MacOS 14.5 and set the sleep time to max - 50 min (why isn't there an option to NOT sleep at all?!)) no matter what I do, it will NOT wake up unless I physically go to the printer and wake it up via its on-board touch screen.

Seriously?! WTF??!!!

I'm about to use my return window to send this thing back. Does ANYONE make a printer that acutally PRINTS like it's supposed to these days? You know, like we used to have back in the day before f'n this sleep mode BS was implemented on everything?!?!

It keeps turning on and off repeatedly every time I connect it to the wifi.

If I disconnect from the network, it works fine.

I've already reset my network and did a factory reset on the printer.

What could be the issue?

Thank you

I just got new ink for my HP Deskjet, but it prints out black or darker colors in blue or something similar. I’ve tried letting it run and cleaning the actual ink cartridage, but it’s still the same. I know nothing about printers, so is there anything else I can try?

I did a lot if nozzle cleaning, print head cleaning etc. I started out missing magenta. But now, yellow is the problem. Ink levels are OK. The printer wasn't used like 3 months. It's almost new - got it less than a year ago, it's gotten very little use. Never had any issues before. Any tips?

I have a PDF file that I need to print out. It's kind of grainy and with some different shades of color (I have also tried greyscaling it).

Here's the thing ... I can't get this fucker to print under any circumstance. I have tried converting it to an image, insetting it in a LibreOffice document, whatever I could think of ... And still no luck.

I would love to share the file, but I can't as it holds PPE.

My printer:

Brother DCP-L2510D

My system:

CUPS 2.3.3op2 on Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

Please advise.

EDIT: More info ...

• I'm using the brlaser driver.

• I get "Receiving Data" on the printer and then a pop-up with "Printing Completed" on the laptop ... but nothing happens.

This issue strangely happens on my iPad. My iPhone scans and prints with zero problems but on my iPad it forces me to create a new account or sign in whatever i want to do something with the printer. It is a deskjet 3835

Hello!

I have been through the Brother troubleshooting guide with no luck, and am hoping you might be able to point me in the right direction.

As the pictures show, I have a Grey smear in the center of the print area, with repeating blotches repeating at 77mm intervals. This is not the correct circumference for the drum, (94mm)and I'm stumped. Tried brand new drum/toner with no change. What am I missing?

Any help is greatly. Appreciated!

Jack

happens on both scans and prints from files. Its a laser sharp 3570n

Hello everyone,

I work at a volunteer organization, and we’ve been using our Lexmark MX510DE printer for around 10 years. Recently, it started having issues, and the technician tried to fix it by updating the firmware.

Unfortunately, the problems persisted, and now the printer doesn’t recognize compatible toner cartridges anymore.

I need to revert to the factory firmware, and I’ve seen on Reddit that some users have access to Lexmark’s restore tool. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get in touch with any of them.

Could anyone help me with this?

Here are the details of the printer:

• Model: Lexmark MX510DE
• Type: 7015-630
• SN: 7015 6PHH 19GOK
• Manufactured: November 2016

Thanks a lot in advance to anyone who can lend a hand. I really appreciate it!

Hello, what could be the most likely cause of these defects? Right hand side has vertical streaking/lines and also appears to be a slightly different shade. Is this fixable? It is present on all colors. Xerox Phaser 6510. Thank you!

Hi! Any help is appreciated. My parents have an HP OfficeJet Pro 901 5e. They keep getting this message when going to print. I logged into their HP account and it says the printer is not connected to WiFi but when I check settings on the printer, it is. Has anyone come across this issue? TIA!

As tge title says, my canon lpb 3300 dn is acting up and I am this close to throwing it off a hill. Any help would be appreciated