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- Printer won’t reboot

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04-18-2025 12:57 PM
My printer is stuck at the first bootup screen. The first out of 7 blue dots is selected and the progress bar reached the end and stopped there. Printer appears to be offline in the HP Smart software. I have tried unplugging, waiting and restarting and it is still stuck. There is no way to check the firmware as it has not finished rebooting. I cannot do a hard reset for the same reason. It appears that there are several people with this same issue and I have not seen any resolution to this problem.
04-19-2025 02:24 PM
@Juled, Welcome to HP Support Community,
Thank you for posting your query; I’m here to help by guiding you through steps to resolve this issue
Restart the Printer
- Turn off the printer.
- Unplug the power cord from the back of the printer.
- Press and hold the power button for 30 seconds.
- Wait for 60 seconds and connect the power cord back in.
- Turn on the printer.
Run HP Print and Scan Doctor (Windows only):
- Download and run the HP Print and Scan Doctor tool. Follow the prompts to diagnose and fix common printing issues
I hope this helps.
Please feel free to reply here if you have any questions or if you need further clarification on any of the steps.
Take care and have a good day.
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Garp_Senchau
I am an HP Employee