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‎05-19-2019 02:48 PM

HP Recommended
Product: Deskjet 9800
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I have an HP 9800 that I've always had trouble getting the rear feed to work, the manual says to go to Print, set to Manual Feed, put the paper in the rear feed slot and then hit Print - but it doesn't work.

 

The 'feed thru' arrow light on the front panel will be flashing and pushing it will make my paper in the rear feed slot go thru unprinted and then it will pick up a  paper from the regular tray and print on that. The only way I've been able to use the rear feed - is to have a scrap piece in the rear after the set up, hit print and let it shoot thru while I have my specialty paper ready to put into the rear slot when the scrap comes out the front and then it will print on it, but often the start point isn't where it should be. 

 

HP don't seem to have the answer via any search engine efforts, and because their current printer line doesn't support heavier paper types, I'm having to use this older workhorse of a printer.

 

But, how to get this to work?

 

I've tried it on Mac OSX, and Windows 7 thus far, and while I can get the printer to print, the rear feed doesn't behave in the way I've know HP printer to behave since the 1980s...

 

Any ideas?

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