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Envy 5055
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My Envy 5055 was working fine, then it started printing blank pages from both PC and mobile devices.. Scan Doctor says all is OK.

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Makes printing noises, but pages are blank. Scan Doctor Test Page was blank. Ink was low so I changed it - still blank pages. I turned Envy off, then on - blank pages. I unplugged and re-plugged - blank pages. Envy hard re-set - blank pages. PC off, then on - blank pages.
I found a possible solution online- root uninstall and reinstall. First page printed only partway, see below. (this is a certificate with continual border on all 4 sides and much of the lettering is missing) When I changed printer setting to black & white (I do not use color) - it became blank pages again.

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Next, I set up the wireless connection and test page printed, but it was missing both top and bottom print, only the center part printed correctly - after that, blank pages again.

Machine can scan and save to either .pdf or ,jpg, but it makes blank copies as well.
Any suggestions?

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@CarolW, Welcome to the HP Support Community!

 

I understand the printer is printing blank pages. According to the information you provided, this seems like a hardware issue. Reinstalling the printer driver will not help.

 

Try making a standalone copy in black and color to check if that prints fine. By this, we can conclude if this is a hardware or a driver issue.

 

Clean the ink cartridges up to 2 times and print a print quality report as shown in this document - No black ink, wrong colors, other print quality issues

You may insert one ink cartridge at a time and try printing/copying to identify the defective ink cartridge.

 

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Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

 

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KUMAR0307
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Please add to response to advise of "next steps" if the copies come out blank as well.

Cartridge ink levels are full, and no errors noted.

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@dree711

 

If the copies are also blank, it means this is a hardware issue either with the ink cartridges or the printer itself.

To identify the defective ink cartridge, insert one ink cartridge at a time and make a copy to check the result. You may use any alternate ink cartridges if available. By this, we can conclude the issue.

 

Keep me posted for any other assistance.

KUMAR0307
I am an HP Employee

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