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* Resetting printerDaniel Cohen
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Subject: Resetting printer
From: Daniel Cohen
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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:55 UTC
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HP's instruction for resetting a Photosmart printer include the
following

Remove power cord from printer

Then remove power cord from wall socket

and then reconnect to wall socket and finally reconnect to printer.

I am wondering why the power cord needs to be removed from the wall
socket after it has been removed from the printer. Is it just a matter
of safety, or does it actually reset something?

This is for a friend, who is not particularly mobile, and it would be a
lot easier if she does not have to get to the socket, which is
underneath a desk.

I'm the kind of person who tends to follow instructions, but I can't see
the point of this one.

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Subject: Re: Resetting printer
From: Wolffan
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On 07 Sep 2018, Daniel Cohen wrote
(in article<1nur4nn.175l2cysoznrhN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net>):

> HP's instruction for resetting a Photosmart printer include the
> following
>
> Remove power cord from printer
>
> Then remove power cord from wall socket
>
> and then reconnect to wall socket and finally reconnect to printer.
>
> I am wondering why the power cord needs to be removed from the wall
> socket after it has been removed from the printer. Is it just a matter
> of safety, or does it actually reset something?
>
> This is for a friend, who is not particularly mobile, and it would be a
> lot easier if she does not have to get to the socket, which is
> underneath a desk.
>
> I'm the kind of person who tends to follow instructions, but I can't see
> the point of this one.

You can _probably_ get away with just unplugging at the printer. The printer
has ’soft power’, which means that there’s always power on inside even
when you hit the ‘off’ button, unless you unplug it. Unplugging from both
ends is something the paranoid do, so that when the power cable is plugged
back in again they _know_ that it’s plugged in firmly, properly, and in the
correct sockets. (You would not _believe_ the number of printer and computer
problems I’ve seen which were caused by wrong cable/port, or not properly
inserted cable, or combination)

If the printer is plugged into a surge protector or a power strip, hitting
the ‘off’ switch there will probably work, too, as long as the cable was
properly inserted in the first place.

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