Blinking power light and display

I have an Officejet 6500 all-in-one printer for several years now. Only recently the power light and the display both start blinking about 24 or so hours after it's been on and the display asks me to turn it off. Never did that before, and I never or rarely turn the printer off.
Could lightning have caused this? I live in Illinois and we get lots of lightning in the spring time. Otherwise the printer/scanner work as expected.

Hey Ancient-Dragon,
It is possible that a power related issue has developed in this Officejet 6500. Lightning might have been the cause, but these printers have a built in surge protector to help against electrical strikes. I would like to help with your issue, but I will need to know exactly which model of the Officejet 6500 you have. HP has released both the Officejet 6500 (E709) series and the Officejet 6500a (E710) series printers. Which of these 2 do you have?
I ask, because one of the main steps for fixing your issue will be to reset this printer back to factory defaults. The steps are different depending on which of these 2 printer series you have.
Jason
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