Why does my hp 8600 plus printer spit out an extra (blank) page after printing a single page?

[michealbeethove]

Glad you found a fix.  It may be temporary as have all the other "fixes".  Please let us know in 90 days if the problem has stayed away from your printer.

Thanks.

[frustrated01]

This fix did not work for me.  Thank you anyway

[frustrated01]

Bill_3297  Is there a way to do this without the disk?  I do not have my disk any longer.

[frustrated01]

Just as an FYI...this may not be an HP issue.  For me, it ended up being an Office 2010 Excel problem.

[michealbeethove]

Go to hp.com support and download the file.

[frustrated01]

@michaelbeethove...if your response has to do with my asking for where to get a disk.  Downloading the file, would not work for the earlier suggested (page 6) steps.  But thank you.

[hwpete616]

This fresh spreadsheet approach worked for me. Funny, nothing I did to the original spreadsheet (changing margins, headers and footers) seemed to help, only pasting the data and charts into the fresh sheet solved the 'extra page' issue. 

Thanks for the fix.

Pete

[LisaMichnick]

I just set up an HP 8610 and have spent about four hours solving this problem.

Here is my successful fix:

Go to the HP support page for your printer, download and run the FIRMWARE UPDATE. 

It fixed the problem for me.

You'd think that someone at HP could have come up with instructions to do this.

AND the download to install your new hardware (something I always go to instead of installing from the disk that comes with the item because it will be the newest) does not apparently contain a check to see if the firmware is the most current. 

In that setup package it should be standard procedure to check and install the newest firmware. 

It was just something I thought of and tried. Honestly. They bought this for me at work. It wasn't my decision. I surely would have chosen an EPSON Workforce All-In-One. I have one at home and like it much more. 

[LisaMichnick]

This did not solve the problem for my 8610. The problem was fixed after downloading and running the FIRMWARE update. ATTN HP: You can reimburse me for four hours of work now. 

[johnsonchiroj]

It looks like the new firmware update posted recently may fix the issue with the 8600 series.  Was really worried that those with the 8600's would be sore out of luck for a firmware update with the new 8610's coming out.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=bi-102210-5&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en...

Haven't tested it yet but hoping Improve paper path performance listed means the issue has been resolved.  I'll have to wait till after shift to try it.  Hopefully it finally addresses this issue as annoyance and time spent putting blank pages back in the try really adds up and harms productivity in a busy office.