HP Laserjet 4100 PCL 5E keeps "phoning home" and tying up our ISDN line

We have a couple of HP Laserjet 4100 printers that connect to the hospital via an ISDN line (can't upgrade at this time as that is all that is available at that location) and which we pay for by the minute (not much but still by the minute). The problem we are having is that the printer keeps "phoning home" about every 30 seconds or so unless we unplug them. The queue for them is located here at the hospital so I'll assume the printer is "phoning home" so that it can update the status in the queue and whether or not it is online/offline. We have other HP printers out in the field that don't have this problem and yes they do show offline in our queue they still work fine and have worked fine for over a year now.
My question is how does not stop the printer from constantly "phoning home" so that it can report its status. The current driver we are using the is the Laserjet 4100 PCL 5E. Thanks!

The product you have seems to be a commercial printer. For the best chance at finding a solution I would suggest posting in the forum for HP Business Support!
You may find the Commercial Laserjet board here.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413
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