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‎02-05-2013 07:34 AM

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Dear all,

We have an HP 4345 MFP machine in our office.  Unfortunately we can not use it well due to an encountered problem. Scanner is stucking  and the following message appeares: hp 4345mfp initializing scanner. Due to we can not scan files or send faxes. Please explain us how can we solve this problem.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Mricea

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‎02-12-2013 08:20 AM - last edited on ‎04-19-2016 12:34 PM by HP Administrator

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Try to run the print and scan doctor and check the results. 

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03275041

 

What happens when you try to send a fax?

Do you get an error message?

 

Let me know what happens, thanks. 

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‎07-17-2015 07:12 AM

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For anyone getting the "initializing scanner" message, here is a useful bulletin from HP that can help narrow down the problem:

 

http://www.icareasc.com/ICareKM/University/TrainingMaterial/The%20German%20Laserweb/4000/4345mfp/kno...

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