How To Reset HP Printer [All Models]

To reset your HP printer, navigate via the contact panel and select the Restore possibility.

In case it doesn’t have a show panel, launch the printer’s internet web page and reset it. Just be sure you have its IP tackle to begin with.

Besides, you’ll be able to join your printer to a pc using a USB cable. Then reset it using the HP Smart app.

Reset Through Display Panel

HP printers with a show panel present the Restore possibility underneath the Maintenance menu. Simply navigate to it and full the reset.

Let me present you the way I do it on my HP OfficeJet Pro 8020 mannequin. Since resetting these sorts of printers entails comparable steps, you shouldn’t have any issues doing it on any of them.

1. Turn in your printer and open Settings as soon as you might be on the house display.
2. On the following display, scroll down and faucet Printer Maintenance.
3. Again, transfer down and select Restore.
4. Select Restore Factory Defaults.
5. Tap Continue. Wait until the reset is full. It will typically assist repair in case your HP printer received’t print or incessantly runs into printing errors.

Use the Webpage/Embedded Web Server of the Printer

This technique is for you in case your printer is presently related to a Wi-Fi network and you’ve gotten its IP tackle available. If not, first join your HP printer to Wi-Fi. Then, discover its IP tackle.

For instance, I discovered that my office printer HP Ink Tank Wireless 410 has IP 192.168.10.244. After you get the IP, enter it in your internet browser and load the Embedded Web Server (EWS).

Now that you’re on the EWS residence web page,

1. Go to Settings on the highest.
2. Choose Restore Defaults > Restore Factory Defaults.
3. Confirm the restore.

If you wouldn’t have the printer’s IP, you’ll be able to nonetheless load the EWS from HP Smart. Interestingly, the HP Smart app helps a variety of HP printer fashions. And you’ll be able to simply reset your printer using it.

For that, use the USB A-B cable to join your printer to the pc. Then set up the HP Smart app and launch it.

While at it, go to Printer Settings, click on on Advanced Settings and there it’s. Follow the identical steps mentioned above to carry out the reset.

I don’t suppose you’ll encounter any points whereas resetting the printer through HP Smart. If something goes unsuitable, go to HP’s official help web page and discuss with the model-specific directions to reset the printer.