Important Steps to Reset HP Printers for HP Ink Cartridges

HP printers are extremely popular across the globe. Known for their user-friendliness and high-quality results, you can find them in millions of homes and offices.

They usually provide great service at an affordable cost and users are quite satisfied with their performance, even over longer periods. However, as electronic devices, they are bound to face software or hardware issues at some point. These may be caused by the HP ink cartridges the user places in them.

In this blog, therefore, we will talk about resetting the printer to resolve some of the most common issues users may face with their printers, such as problems making wireless connections and errors while feeding paper.

Resetting HP Printer Factory Settings to Insert HP Ink Cartridges

Make a note of the following steps to successfully reset your HP printer containing HP printer cartridges to its factory settings using two ways:

Method 1

1. Switch off your printer and remove its power plug.
2. Wait for at least half a minute before reconnecting the plug.
3. Press the Resume button continuously for 10-20 seconds.
4. Release the button and look out for the Ready and Attention lights to turn on. This indicates that the device is restoring to its factory settings.

Method 2

1. Open the Setup menu from the screen of the printer.
2. Choose Tools.
3. You will find the Restore Factory Default option here. Select it.
4. The printer will ask for confirmation. Select Yes.

Note that you cannot reset the language options, page count, or tray size through these steps. 

Both these methods are useful for a majority of HP printer models that use HP ink cartridges. Contact your nearest HP store technician in case it doesn’t work for your printer. However, the latter may have a few different steps depending on the type, make, and model of the HP printer you have an issue with. 

Resetting Your Officejet HP Printer to its Factory Settings

Do you need help in restoring your HP Officejet 4500 to its factory settings? If your answer is yes, simply follow the steps explained below to get the desired results in case the HP inkjet printer cartridge is causing issues in printing. We have also provided a list of steps to carry out in case your HP DeskJet 2700 printer fails to work properly:

1. Switch off your printer by pressing the power button (usually placed on its front panel). You don’t have to remove its power cord this time.
2. Press and hold the # and 9 keys.
3. Once you can see a dialog box on the screen, wait for it to disappear before releasing the keys.
4. The screen starts showing initial setup options - check and configure the following
1. Date
2. Time
3. Location
4. Language

In the unlikely event, these steps don’t work or the HP cartridge remains stuck, contact your store professional.

Here are the steps to reset the HP DeskJet 2700:

1. Switch on your printer properly using the power button.
2. Once the printer indicates that it is ready to print, press and hold the Cancel button.
3. Press the Wi-Fi button on the screen panel and hold it for several seconds.
4. Hold the Tab key on your keyboard for three seconds. This causes the power button to start blinking.
5. When the button starts blinking, stop pressing the Cancel, Wi-Fi, and Tab keys.

In Conclusion

HP Printers are extremely useful devices for printing documents in a jiffy, but like other electronic devices, they can end up getting damaged or stop working due to the HP ink cartridges they have installed.

They may also cause issues while operating due to other software or hardware glitches that may require attention from a trained professional. However, you can easily get your HP printer to start working again by resetting it to its original factory settings with a few simple steps. Therefore, we have mentioned some of those steps for common HP printer models that will also work for most models.