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[berniece]

Scanner froze. now have the message listed. Unplugged printer and reconnected. same message.

7510 all in one printer.

[jabzi · Accepted solution]

Hello berniece, 

Please try the below steps .

1. While the printer is ON, unplug the power cord from back of the printer.
2. Restart the PC.
3. If the Printer is connected in a Wireless network, then power off the Router for 10 seconds and then power it ON.
4. Connect the printer power cord directly to a wall outlet and then to back of the printer. If printer does not power ON automatically, then press the ON button to do so.
5. Now try scanning. It sould work.

[CL2011]

Thanks -- this solution worked for me with the same error on a LM100 M175 device.

[Weestie]

Thank you! I was about to hire someone to help me.

[gga]

Thank you, thank you. I'd tried everything that HP suggested plus anything I could think of. Nothing worked until I saw & implemented your procedure.

[PaulDD]

Did not work for me on 276dw, alas. Had high hopes as others seemed to have success on other machines. Thanks for the solution though

[yee54]

It does not help. I tried a few hours. Download HP Print and Scan Doctor 5.0 do not help as well. Also tried to close HP task in task manager. Tried hard.

Please give other alternatives. 

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[yee54]

[qthompson]

The instructions worked for me on my HP Envy 5540.  Thank you so much.! I was getting sooooooooo frustrated.

[HLBubble]

I have worked on this problem for 2 days and your solution took care of it in less than 10 minutes. I have a HP Officejet 5740e all in one 1 series. Thanks a bunch