stuck in endless initializing loop

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First, printer screen is blue with hp logo.  Then it briefly turns purple while the green ready light and orange exclamation point flash.  Next it says Initializing while the two lights continue to flash.  Then the Ready screen appears briefly then it says printing and sounds like it is printing but no paper comes out.  Then it starts all over again. And if I try to send a document from my laptop to the printer it says, "Printer in an error state."

The printer's warranty has expired.  I hope you can help!  Thank you in advance!

[davidzuts · Accepted solution]

You probably have a bad job trying to print from the computer which confuses the printer every time the printer comes to ready and starts the sequence.  Disconnect the printer from the computer and see if the printer comes to ready when you turn it on.  If it does, go into the computer and click on the printer to bring up what is printing and delete all printing jobs, turn the computer off and then back on and reconnect the printer and everything should be ok.  I assume no other computer is turned on and prints to this printer.  If not the case turn the other computers off.

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