HP Officejet Pro 8000 warm up time?

I am interested in the HP Officejet Pro 8000 wireless. However, many reviews for this printer mentions the long warm up time everytime they turn on their printer. I contacted HP chat tech support and chat sales support many times and they kept saying that there is no warm up time and that I can print immediately without delay.
Currently I have an HP Deskjet 920c from early 2000 and it works great. I turn it on, click print and it prints immediately with no warm up time or delay. However, I am looking for a printer that prints much faster and the Officejet Pro 8000 seems like what I need. However, if there is a warm up time, then that just defeats the purpose of saving time.
Anyone with this printer know if there is a warm up time when the printer is turned on?

I just bought the Officejet pro 8000 (not the wireless one, but USB connected) to replace my 5550c deskjet that died. I do switch it off with all other hardware at night, because the power plugs are all on the same surge protector power strip, which has an on/off switch. When powering up again, it takes more or less the same time as my PC takes to fully boot up to a useable desktop (~2 minutes). So it's not a problem for me.
The official advice is not to switch it off as in sleep mode it uses very little power. First page print from sleep mode (which it returns to if you don't use it for a while) takes about 10 to 20 seconds. After that it is very fast. I have found it to be a very good printer.

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HP Officejet Pro 8000 A809a - network connection does not work

Hi,
I just purchased the Officejet Pro 8000 (without wireless). Printer works great when connected and installed via USB, but network connection is just ... awkward. Meaning it doesn't want to work
Question: when I connect the printer via ethernet, the printer should automatically obtain an IP-adress from my router's DHCP-server, right?
Well that doesn't happen here. I printed the network configuration page several times, each time it states that the printer has the IP 169.254.90.4 with 255.255.0.0 as subnet. My local network is 192.168.2.0 with 255.255.255.0 as subnet. So the connection to the printer cannot work. Why doesn't the printer automatically obtain the network config of my network and how can I change this behavior?
Any help would be very appreciated.

Sometimes DSL providers have more control over the router than the printer likes.
- Unplug the telephone line and printer's Ethernet from the router.
- Turn the power off on the router, wait 30 seconds, then turn the power back on.
- Connect Ethernet between the printer and router.
- Now find the IP address of the printer (it should be on the self-test printout), type it into a browser.
- In screen you will find a Networking Tab, then on the left Wireless, then the IPv4 Tab.
- On this screen you want to set a Manual IP. You need to set an IP address outside the range that the router automatically sets (called the DHCP range). If you know what that is, set an IP outside that range but no higher than 255 (the last number in the address).
- Use 255.255.255.0 for the subnet (unless you know it is different, if so, use that)
- Use the router's IP address for the gateway and the first DNS (leave the second blank).
- Finally, plug in the phone line and test.
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Tutorial: Print index cards without removing paper from tray for Officejet Pro 8000.

The HP Officejet Pro 8000 and Officejet Pro 8000 wireless do not have a slot for inserting index cards and envelopes.
If you are wanting to print index cards without removing the paper from the tray, follow these steps.
The steps below are for 3 x 5 index cards.
1.) Open Microsoft Word
2.) Go to the Insert tab and insert a rectangle shape
3.) Draw a rectangle of any size
4.) Right click on the rectangle and select "Format Autoshape..."
5.) Under the Size tab, enter 5" for the height and 3" for the width (make sure "Absolute" is selected)
6.) Under the Layout tab, select "Center" for the horizontal alignment
7.) Click OK
8.) Use the keyboard up arrow key to move the rectangle to the top of the page. Make sure the top edge of the rectangle touches the top edge of the document.
9.) Print this document on plain 8.5" x 11" paper
10.) When you want to print an index card, place this 8.5x11 document in the paper tray printed side face up. Then place an index card over the rectangle and align with the border of the rectangle. After you print the index card, remove the 8.5x11 paper for the next time you need to print an index card.
Note 1: This are USA instructions. If you live in the UK or other countries you may have different paper size standards.

I can't tell you how much I HATE this printer. I will never buy an HP product again. BROTHERS printers are simply and easy to use.

HP Officejet Pro 8000 A809

after installing Snow Leopard I have been getting error messages saying the software for the printer was installed wrongly. I am then invited to authenticate, and it runs off and 'repairs permissions' then prints.. Doesn't say what permissions and the time taken is too short for it to be a full permissions repair.
The printer software, aside fom the initial install with Snow Leopard and the variousO.S. updates, was installed through the Software Update sub menu. I assume it is not a matter of user privileges though I nearly always run in a non admin and authenticate. I have a few times had issues with apps and only got by them by installing in root, but that seems not what is involved as a set of 'permissions' was apparently being repaired.
Incidentally I have just been ploughing through an 11 page posting on HP printers where some seemeed more intent on propounding canaon law than helping, so don't bother with a recitation of dogma such as on not using root.
I have just taken a download of the HP drivers from the Apple site so could delete the `hp drivers (If I can track them down) though I would like an opinion on the best way to then re install them. By the wy my OS is now 10.8.3

Hey there @tjkalb, I hope you are doing well
I read your post about how a "line feed" page prints after each print job from your Officejet 8000, running Windows 7. I have some steps and questions for you to try to get started. Afterwards please get back to me with the results and we will go from there if needed.
1. Does the "line feed" page print after print jobs from all programs, or are you finding it prints when you print from somewhere specifically?
2. Try a Clean Boot on your PC, restart the PC, and try printing from Notepad to see if the line feed prints.
3. Print a Print Quality Page from the printer and examine it for any defects and to see if the line feed page still prints afterwards:
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4. Click here and try download the "Updates" for this printer: HP Officejet Pro 8000 Printer - A809a
5. Create another User Account profile on your computer and try printing from there to see if the line feed page prints from another profile.
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Network: limit printing access ( hp officejet pro 8000 )

Hello!
I have a HP Officejet Pro 8000 A809 connected to a LAN with approx. 100 PC's. It's not possible to attach it to my PC, because I want to share it and my PC is not running all the time.
Is there a possibility to restrict the access to the printer (MAC-filter, password) so that not everyone may print on my device? I have no access to the DHCP-Server or any other LAN facilities.
I already disabled WS Discover and WSD Print in the networking settings, but i would like to get some more security...
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Edit: Some additional information about the current situation
- Printer is accessed from 2 Win7-Notebooks and my Ubuntu 11.10 desktop
- Printer is plugged to the LAN, has a fixed IP adress and is working correctly

Hi there tallboy,
This microsoft article should help out with getting booklets setup and printed. Let us know if it helps.
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About printing from hp officejet pro 8000

Hi,
My question is on technical side. I don't know I should ask it in this forum or not, Yet I am going to ask.
I am using officejet pro 8000 printer in my project. I connect it to my machine and send the test report data to printer. Report is printed successfully, but after printing the report the power LED is blinking continuously. It means that printer is still waiting for some data to print. So please tell me that which character should be sent to printer to specify "END OF DATA TRANSMISSION".

I wanted to share what I found in case someone else has the same questions.
Microsoft 2008
Go to Print dialog box
Choose the "Layout" Submenu (I think this menu defaults to "Copies and Pages")
There is a "two-sided" option, and you can choose "off", "long-edge binding", or "short edge binding"
Once I did this and saved the settings, it also worked for Excel and Adobe.
The only issue with Adobe is that you have to follow these steps every time you print. If I just hit print without following the below steps, it will not print duplex. The steps are at the following link.
http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-double-sided-acrobat-reader.html#main_Ma c_OS_print_double_sided
I expected the same dialog box that appears on the web brower to also appear with my other applications, and that is not the case.

Paper mismatch error with HP officejet pro 8000 (A809)

officejet pro 8000 A809 wireless -wrong size paper
running OSX 10.7.3 on a macbook pro 2.3GHz Intel i5
this printer has been running fine for a couple/three years now.. no problem when I got the new macbook last summer, or when i upgraded to Lion.
Now it has started getting confused as to what the paper size is - i get this error:
Paper Size Error: The paper size selected in the printer driver software does not match the paper size in the printer IN tray.
but only SOMETIMES. Like right now after screaming at it for an hour, unplugging and rebooting, etc., I sat down to write this and needed to get the exact wording for the error, so i told it to print. And it printed just fine. So I tried the next page I need to print, and I got the error again. I didn't even TOUCH the printer in between. The paper is letter size, it's always letter size. It's in landscape mode, but it has been for the whole morning, while I've been printing out certificates. Now it won't do it anymore. I am at a complete loss. I have rebooted my computer 3 times now, and unplugged the printer countless times. HELP!!!!!
It did this about 3 weeks ago and gave me fits for a couple days, and then magically started working fine again. I've deleted the USB and Bonjour versions of the printer from system prefs and re-added them. More than once. ;-)
Any ideas?

Though a day late & dollar short, I too encountered this issue with Yosemite.
After removing the paper & restarting the printer, I determined the issue to be related to the document. The document I was printing was sent to me from an international corporation. Which I figure was using a non-US paper format or a larger page format for the document.
I tried to change those within the document & was unsuccessful.
I copied the content to a new document & it printed fine.

No wireless connection to Officejet Pro 8000 printer

This used to work, though occasionally the connection went down. Now nothing at all. I have Windows 7, trying to connect to an HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless printer. Neither has been updated recently as far as I know, and there has been no reason for network or firewall changes that I am aware of.
The printer will produce its three page report, and everything passes ("No problems found", connected to correct network, etc.). I can connect to the printer via USB and print out fine. I have tried rerunning the connection software; it finds the printer (presumably via the USB connection), but then says:
"Your computer is unable to communicate with your printer at 192.168.1.73. This may be caused by firewall software. If you are using firewall software, verify that UDP port 427 is unblocked for both inbound and outbound traffic.
Your PC can not communicate with your printer at address 192.168.1.73. Check all cable connections. Check that the printer, PC and router are powered on and connected to the network."
My Windows firewall is set to "display a notification" when it blocks something, and that has not happened when the software is trying to connect, so it does not seem to be the firewall (and the software should set that up itself anyway). There are no cable connections - I am connecting wirelessly. Everything is turned on. The PC (192.168.1.67) can connect to the router (192.168.1.254) fine. I have tried pinging the printer from a laptop also on the network, and that fails too.
I have restarted both the printer and the PC.
The wireless network has WPA-PSK authentication, but the password has not been changed.
I have tried running the HP Print and Scan Doctor. It tell me my computer is connected (thanks, I already knew that) and that to connect the printer I need to run the "wireless setup" software (thanks, I already knew that). So that was a waste of time...
When do I go from here?

From what you describe it is possible that the router has a network firewall which is blocking the communication with the printer. I am going to include a image which contains the ports which have to be open on that firewall, you may have to contact the router provider to achieve this.
Another thing to note is that sometimes you get better network success through installing the printer with the USB cord and then performing the USB to Wireless setup witch directly borrows the authentication of your computer.
Let me know how that goes and I will get right back with you!
-Spencer

HP Officejet Pro 8000 Printing Blank Pages Instead Of Data And Also Reorienting Itself

Hi all
We have a wireless HP Officejet Pro 8000 in our office (but via cable, not wireless) to a network. The printer is occasionally printing blank pages instead of say a spreadsheet selected to print.
The other issue is that if you say are printing two copies of the same spreadsheet, one prints okay (say landscape) and the second copy, selected at the time of printing, prints it portrait but only part of the left hand side of it and the rest is blank. Coming out of and going back inthe file usually recitifes this. But it does it again any time it feels like it.
We did have an upgrade, where our IT guy took away our desktop boxes and replaced with smaller base units and everything is run from a main server and alsoan upgrade from Windows 2000 to Network. Problems started after this and the IT guy did update the printer driver.
Please would anyone be able to assist? Any help for this frustrating problem gratefully accepted!
Thanks,
Saxplayer67

So the issue with the 8000 printer is periodic print jobs do not come out as you are wanting them. Is that right? This is interesting, just from the point of view that generally speaking issues like this are like a light switch, they are either there or they are not - they usually don't come and go. That being said, we are going to see what we can do to resolve this. First I am going to recommend that we perform a clean installation of the printer after uninstalling it from the machine. By the way, what is the operating system you are working with - Is it Windows 2000 Network?
First if you use a USB cord, make sure to remove it. Do not plug it back in until the software directs you to. Then go through the Devices and Printers, Programs and Features and Device Manager folders and insure that all copies, files, and programs related to the printer are removed. Then as directed, restart the computer.
In the START menu type "%temp%" and press ENTER. Here I want you to press Ctrl+A and hit DELETE. Some of the files will not allow you to delete them, skip those files and delete the majority that allows it.
Then follow this link to download the full feature software and drivers for the printer:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3762364
Install that and let me know the result!
Have a great day!

HP Officejet Pro 8000 - Press Print - wait 2 minutes and 30 seconds before printing

I have a new Officejet Pro 8000 non-networked printer. When I hit the print button, it does a very long initialization process that takes exactly 2 minutes and 30 seconds before I can print anything. I find this delay very annoying. I thought the printer must be defective so I went to Office Depot and played with one of theirs and it does the same thing. I've seen laser printers that took awhile to print, but I've never seen an inkjet printer take this long. I can't believe HP engineers thought this would be acceptable. I can't help but wonder just what the printer is doing for 2:30 minutes every time the printer is turned on and why this is necessary.
I have a friend with the printer just below it in price and function (Officejet Pro 6000) and his printer is ready to print as soon as the Print button is pushed.
Are there any other Officejet Pro 8000 owners out there that find this startup delay objectionable or am I being unreasonable?

The start-up time is my main complaint about this printer, but there is one other thing that I find very annoying. My old HP printer had an envelope slot. If I wanted to print an envelope or a check I could just insert it into this slot and quickly print it. Not this one. If I want to print an envelope, I have to remove the cover over the paper, remove all the paper, slide the side bars in and then print the envelope (or check) and then go through the whole process in reverse. It's so inconvienent that I just hand write my envelopes and checks now. Is this progress? HP needs to hire some new engineers or fire some old ones.

Multiple problems: OfficeJet Pro 8000 Wireless

We bought an HP OfficeJet Pro Wireless for our two Macs and it's been a nightmare. I've searched help guides and forums and am hoping you can help me fix the problems.
It takes 10 minutes to start up the printer each time. There is a lot whirring and noises coming.
Once it's finally, finally on it always can't print. I then usually have to reinstall the software from the CD using the USB cable and not wireless to get it to work, which it will then do exactly one time before I next need to use the printer, turn it on and have it refuse to print.
I have tried every configuration I can think of to no avail.
Currently I have just turned it on and I have a message saying that the printer is low on ink and cannot print. I have used this printer exactly 5 times and there is no way it's out of ink.
I apologise if I sound petulant, I've just never had such problems with any equipment and am worried we've made a very bad investment. I would truly appreciate any advice anyone can give.
Our set up is:
Mac laptop and desktop, both running Leopard
Wireless connection via BT Homehub router
OfficeJet Pro 8000 Wireless
Thank you very much! -Rachel
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I understand your frustration. Here are a few tips:
1. Don't turn your printer off. If you HAVE to turn it off, don't do it with a power strip or by unplugging the cord. Your printer will use ink (and quite a bit of it) to start up every time you turn it on. This is especially true if the printer did not have power during its time powered-off. You will bleed your ink cartridges dry very quickly this way. All the whirring you hear is the sound of sucking ink through the nozzles to clean them.
2. Set a static IP address for your printer. Pick a number outside the range 192.168.1.64 to 192.168.1.237 that your HomeHub uses to issue dynamic IP addresses. 192.168.1.50 is a nice round number. Here is how you do it:
- Print a Network Config Page from the front of the printer. Note the printer's IP address.
- Type that IP address into a browser to reveal the printer's internal settings.
- Choose the Networking tab, then Wireless along the left side, then the IPv4 tab.
- Click the Manual IP button and enter:
192.168.1.50 for the IP address
255.255.255.0 for the subnet
Leave the gateway and DNS blank
- Click 'Apply'
Now, shut down the router and printer, start the router, wait, then start the printer.
Delete and re-add the printer in the print queue:
- Sys Prefs, Print & Fax
- Select the printer in question and click the minus sign at the bottom of the list
- Select the plus sign to re-add it. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.
If this does not work, do the same thing, only instead of the second step, right (control) click the print queue area and select Reset Printing System.
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Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless won't connect to my new Airport Extreme router

I have owned my Officejet 8000 Wireless printer for about a year and had no problems with it. However, my old wireless router wasn't fully Mac compatible so I couldn't secure it with a password. I now need a secure network, so I bought an Apple Airport Extreme router in December.
I installed the router last night and it is working fine on my iMac, my PC laptop and my iPhone.
However, tonight I am trying to set up the Officejet Pro 8000 with no luck. I've searched the posts here for 3 hours and am not finding the help I need. Based on the other posts I've read, I am describing my situation below.
I am trying to set up the printer from my Intel iMac with Mac OS 10.6.4
I am trying to set up the printer with the HP Setup assistant that I just installed from the printer software.
On the first wizard screen it tells me that my device is not configured (I agree)
Then I ask it to configure for a wireless network.
When I get to the Network Selection page, both my network AND my guest network (which I let my neighbor use) are shown on the list with full signal strength.
When I click my network and then continue, the HP setup wizard freezes, and I have to force-quit it.
When I click my guest network and then continue, I get the message that my network is not within the reach. (FYI, the printer is 10 feet from the router.)
I have tried powering on/off the printer, router, and computer at all different stages of the process with no luck.
For my Airport:
My radio mode is set to the most compatible choice
MAC access control is not enabled
Everything is WPA2 security
"Use wide channels" and "Create a closed network" are UN-checked
The channel is set to 11
I am happy to try the "Add network client" thing I saw on other posts, but I don't think I have a printer front panel where I can start the "WPS" (don't know what that is) process. If I do, it's not obvious and not in the HP manual.
My ISP is Comcast (cable internet).
I would really, really appreciate some help! Please let me know what information I forgot to include and I will be happy to provide it.
Thank you!
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First, you should be at 10.6.6, so please do Software Update (Apple menu) over and over until there are no more updates.
From where did you get the HP software for your printer? Was it labeled as being compatible with 10.6?
Finally, you will need to reset the printer so, let's do that:
Press and hold the Power button, press Network button, (on some models, press the Wireless button ), two times, press the
press the Cancel button three times, and release the Power button.
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HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless, Mac OS 10.7.2 can't get it set up to run wireless

I have an iMac, OS 10.7.2, Airport Extreme router, and an HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless. I recently replaced my router with an Airport Extreme. My printer setup CD is for OS 10.4 or 10.5. I'm trying to setup the 8000 wirelessly but without much luck. As I understand it, the HP 8000 setup is now included in OS 10.7. I followed some of the items from another post on this topic with OS 10.6. Somehow I can't seem to get to the place were the printer install asks me to choose a network. I have updated all of the software, setup a printer connected with a USB cable.
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I figured this out (with some help from the Print Doc on "Is there driver for Deskjet 3050 for Mac OSX 10.7). Once I stopped thinking like the Mac OS 10.6 approach with an hp utility things were easy.
- delete any previously set up printers
- scrub the old hp software
- remove the usb cable from the printer if you have one connected
- reset the printer network to hpsetup (press power button, network button 2x, cancel 3x, release power)
- print out the wireless network test report (press network button and update button 2x). verify ssid is hsetup
- change the mac wireless network to hpsetup
- go to the sys pref > print scan
- add the 8000 printer
- click on the options and supplies and go to the printer webpage
- use the network wizard and change the network from hpsetup to your network
- finish
- go back to the sys prefs and change the network to your network
- go to the printer and print out the wireless network test report (press network button and update button 2x). Check that the SSID is your network
- try printing something to your printer. It might take a little time the first print.

Duplex printing with officejet pro 8000

I am using this officejet pro 8000 to print up some newsletters. When printing a two sided copy (duplex printing) something happens which changes my border setting. Printing the exact same document, but electing one-sided copy renders a perfect border. I would not have a problem copying just one side, then re-loading those in order to make two-sided copies, but the friction caused by the ink on the pages causes mulitple sheets to feed at the same time, jamming the printer. Has HP ever come up with a fix for this? I have seen this problem on the net, but the best folks have done (that I have seen) is to upload drivers for older machines. This has rendered good borders on duplex prints, but diminishes the quality of the print copy. Whatcha think?

Terrible Tom wrote:
Since updating to Snow Leopard, I have had serious problems duplexing. Under the print dialogue window, there is no option to duplex. H.P. blames Mac. Mac blames H.P. I can duplex by going to "layout" and where it says "duplexing off" selecting "long-edge binding" will work. How dumb. Mac Help senior customized my settings by adding "duplex printing" to the "Presets" list.
Are you using the latest drivers from HP? If I set up a printer with the HP Officejet Pro 8000 A809 Series PPD, I can see Two-Sided to the right of Collated if the HP Two-sided Printing Accessory (Duplexer) is checked in the Print & Fax -> Options & Supplies -> Driver tab. If this is not checked, Two-Sided won't appear.
MAC HAS TO CREATE A PATCH TO SIMPLIFY THIS SNOW LEOPARD ERROR!
Apple doesn't write the HP software.
Hope this helps.

Officejet Pro 8000 says ink is empty even with a new cartridge

I have a HP Officejet Pro 8000 printer in my office at work, and yesterday it said my magenta ink was empty, so we ordered a new ink cartridge. Upon replacing the ink cartridge with a brand NEW one, it still says it is empty and the light is still flashing. Of course, this printer doesn't print at all, even in black ink only, without all cartridges working. I am so frustrated.

I have the same problem, does anyone have a solution? The Magenta light is always flashing. I've tried cleaning the tip with nail polish remover, inserted the cartridge in and out about 100 times and the light is still flashing and says the cartridge is empty and replace with new HP cartridge. The cartridges have always been HP, $170.00 for 4 of them.

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