M277dw - Blinking power button

[Gemini02]

Hi @PjCa, @rhonda90402,

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Thank you.

[LesleyK]

I have just bought this printer and this is annoying the hell out of me.  I too have put a sticky label over it but can still see the light.  If there is a solution please let me know otherwise I shall return the printer - I have only had it for one week.

[rhonda90402]

I put a piece of black electrician's tape over the button...That is about all you can do..

Now a note to HP please, please stop sending me emails asking if you fixed my problem......this wasn't even the model of my printer/scanner/fax but they all seem to do this.  You keep saying in the emails to accept the solution you fixed the problem to...Please tell me where I "accept nothing as a solution" so I don't get anymore emails!

PS..no one is going to click the thumbs up symbol  for "Thanks for helping" if you haven't helped.

[Gemini02]

Hi @rhonda90402,

Please check out this information on How to stop emails alerting you to Forum replies.

Thank you.

[AlNik]

Great printer, but this "feature" is awful!

[Ozeta]

@Gemini02, I would also like to disable the blinking power button light when in Standby mode.   Please help me too.  Thank you.

[AlNik]

How to hardware disable blinking "feature":

1. Open the front cover;
2. Stick opaque tape over the blinking LED;
3. Close the cover.

No LED, no blinking

[geraldmullins]

I read through this entire blog and saw how terribly unresponsive HP was and used your solution. Hahaha. Thanks!

It's like Chinese water torture with that stupid LED blinking non-stop.

With the exception of that one thing, the printer is awesome though.

Thanks!!!

[surfbumhnl]

I backed into this forum looking at the same issue on an M477 and decided to just return the printer.  Great job HP!  No wonder you're tanking.

[nikolaos2012]

I too am annoyed by this issue.  You would also think that with all the "green" and "eco" solutions put forward from large and small companies that a blinking light every 3 seconds would have raised an eyebrow.

As it isn't directly in my view I don't need to apply the tape fix but I would like this resolved.

I looked at the latest firmware update (Apr 2016) and although one member mentioned some fix about the light there is nothing in there other than setting sleep mode from 15 minutes to 5 minutes.

I don't need to see a blinking light every 3 seconds to know a device is in standy.  Guess what - if I try to print and the printer doesn't wake up it won't matter if a light was blinking every 3 seconds... it changes NOTHING!  Also where did HP draw inspiration for this feature?  What printer does this and why would anyone want it.  Oh look... my printer is waiting for me to print... isn't that light cool... absolutely useless.

Please add a feature in the firmware to disable the blinking otherwise I too will consider returning the printer... and you would think after all the returns for this silly "feature" HP would have addressed it already.

Please let me know if a firmware fix is in the works and the ETA otherwise have fun restocking these printers.