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‎02-19-2016 05:17 PM

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I bought a new printer and want to dispose of my old printer (HP Officejet 6500a Plus).  My question is: are there any memory drive within the printer that I am disposing of or is it all right just to throw it away?

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‎02-19-2016 07:27 PM

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Hi,

Thanks for using the HP forum.

 

You may want to restore the printer to factory defaults.

 

Theres no hard drive on the PC but if you have save any Fax numbers on it, you may want to erase that.

 

Usually, we would cut the encoder strip, break teh scan glass and cut away any other visible wires before disposing so that the printer would be "beyond economical repair" for anyone who may pick it up.

 

Hope that helps.

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‎02-19-2016 07:27 PM

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Hi,

Thanks for using the HP forum.

 

You may want to restore the printer to factory defaults.

 

Theres no hard drive on the PC but if you have save any Fax numbers on it, you may want to erase that.

 

Usually, we would cut the encoder strip, break teh scan glass and cut away any other visible wires before disposing so that the printer would be "beyond economical repair" for anyone who may pick it up.

 

Hope that helps.

I am an HP Employee. Although I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
Click Helpful = Yes to say Thank You.
Question / Concern Answered, Click "Accept as Solution"



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‎06-16-2016 10:13 PM

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I purchased a new computer and need to install my Officejet 6500A Plus Printer on it. I do not have any software.

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‎06-17-2016 02:50 AM

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Hi @wl960

 

Hi,

Thanks for using the HP forum.

 

The following resource will help you to install :

HP Printer Install Wizard for Windows
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/COL50403/mp-150580-2/hppiw.exe

 

Please be sure to select the FULL feature sofwtare before downloading and installing.

 

Hope that helps.

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