How to reflash an HP 8253 printer, or at least do a factory reset (wipe, hardreset)?

[pentagon89]

Hello. I have a problem with my HP Photosmart 8253 printer. When I print a test page in a black square, I get a green square. Also in the photographs: black turns out to be red. At the same time, everything is fine on the test page, where there is text. And other text pages print great, black is black everywhere. A simple black square is also printed in black. HP's Problem Diagnostic Tool worked, printed all the squares of the correct colors, but the problem persisted when printing photos. Also, on the test page that the printer itself prints, the black square turns out to be green. I suppose this is a software glitch. But I can't find a way to do a factory reset - there are many tips on the internet, but not for my printer. I also wanted to reinstall the firmware, but I don't see such an option. The HP PC Update Tool does not resolve the issue.
I indicated that I am using Windows XP, but I can connect the printer to both Windows 7-64 and Windows 10.
I would be grateful for any help.

[sandytechy20]

@pentagon89

Welcome to the HP support community.

Follow these steps to uninstall and reinstall the printer driver

1. Press [Windows]+[Break] to bring up the System Properties dialog box.
2. Select the Advanced tab and click the Environment Variables button.
3. Click the New button below the System Variables panel.
4. In the New System Variable dialog box, type devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices in the Variable Name text box and 1 in the Variable Value text box.
5. Click OK to return to the System Properties dialog box and then click OK again.
6. Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
7. In Device Manager, right-click the printer icon and select Uninstall.

Download and install printer driver

Click here to download the driver

Let me know how it goes.

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Cheers.