Well my kid has this printer that all the sudden just stopped working. It wont turn on BUT when it is initialy plugged in you get one blue light on the "PHOTO TRAY" button. Nothing else happens. I consulted with a HP tech on line and they said I needed a new power supply because they asked me if the P S was getting warm. I told them no it was not, so they said try a new one. Well that didnt work. If the thing isnt drawing any power how can I expect it to get warm.
I have completely disassembled the printer and removed the battery to try and get it to reset but that didnt work. I removed the complete panel with all the buttons and then even opened up the panel to check and see if one of the buttons was jammed in the down (contact) positions. no go. There are several plugs on the main board that I guess provide various functions to the printer so I tried disconnecting each one, one at a time with the machine plugged in to see if I could identify which one might be causing the problem. No luck. Ive tried pressing various combinations of buttons as described on FixYa web site---Nope. Removed all the cartridges and tried them one at a time. After all this Im assuming I have a short or broken connection fairly close to the main power plug since hardly any power is getting into the printer except for the one blue light.
So the main reason Im going through all this is because my daughter INVESTED almost $100 in cartridges and shes pretty upset with HP.
So anybody got any ideas besides scrapping the thing.














pearlhouse, How long have you had this printer? Is it possibly still under warranty?truenorthIts out of warranty.She has had it coming up on 3 years. Never uses it very much but then got a job where she really could use it and bingo it gives up on her. That's the way it SEEMS to work with inkjet printers. My experience has been the same as yours. I've got one sitting here that was given to me. I refuse to spend $50 for ink cartridges. I now consider them to be disposable. When the ink runs out, you throw them away. So, I would never pay more than $50 for an inkjet printer. Some lasers are better, at least they don't dry out if you don't use them for a long time. I've had good luck with my HP LaserJet, it's 10 years old and still on the ORIGINAL cartridge. I can live without the color. I don't think they make them like that anymore.Comp-Com: Again as i have done so many times on this forum i suggest that there are a variety of methods (depending on the particular manufacturers technology) of overcoming their limitations at "refilling cartridges". They all render it possible to either refill the original or replacement cartridges and/or allow a very inexpensive cartridge replacement option that is NOT SUBJECT to their limitations. I totally do agree that manufacturers replacement cartridges are outlandishly expensive and should be avoided. However notwithstanding the environmental issues with throwing away printers when the cartridges run dry it is a fallacy to believe that with a small amount of effort and an equally small amount of expenses to start up an alternative does not exist. We at this residence have been refilling (ourselves) multiple brands of printer ink jet cartridges for about 12 years and our convenience has risen immeasurably and our costs are minimal. It would never occur to me to consider an ink jet printer "disposable" simply as a result of an empty ink cartridge. The printer manufacturers must be beating a path to your door.truenorth