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11-14-2020 12:46 PM
Product: Color Laserjet Pro MFP M281fdw
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
Tried updating the firmware from HP.com. Showed that it was PROGRAMMING then got 79 Service Error and printer continues to reboot over and over displaying the same message. I checked that there are no jobs trying to send to printer. It is on a network. Tried rebooting the router also. Can't get through to HP support.
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11-17-2020 11:24 PM
Try this in https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/comments/jpgpp3/hp_laserjet_pro_m280_m281_printer_series_20200612/
to download old firmware and update to your printer.
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