Hp Pro 8500 Photo

I am trying to print photos on the HP Pro 8500 and am having many issues. The prints are too dark, much darker than how they appear on screen. And on the other end, some pictures come out too light. I am using Lightroom and have tried to install the HP color profiles for color management, but Lightroom does not seem to recognize them. I have installed Canon ICM profiles successfully (for use with a Canon printer). What am I missing?

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To rule out if it's something to do with the cartridges, try printing a Diagnostic page as shown here
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Hello,
When I doubleclick on the HP Software icon on my desktop strange behavior results. Nothing opens and my computer behaves erratically. After quite a while I get the following error messages:
instancefinderdlg.exe
werfault.exe
Then, after this - my computer sort of reboots all by itself. But not a full reboot - it just goes back to the initial logon screen and I re-enter my Windows password, and the desktop shows.
I am running Windows 8.1 Pro (64 bit). The printer is set up to operate wirelessly.
After doubleclicking on the HP Software icon and waiting a long time for the software to open, as I mentioned above, one thing I tried was a ctrl-alt-del and opened Task Manager. I checked the services running and there was multiple instances of an HP service running (I don't recall the name but there seemed to be dozens of the same HP service running).
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This has only happened in recent days. Prior to this I was able to doubleclick on the HP software icon and the software opened normally and I was able to check settings, ink levels, etc. Interestingly, the printer still seems to function well - I can print from Word, print photos from Lightroom, etc. I just can't open the HP Printer Software from my desktop.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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I tried the first part but it did not work.
However, the second more detailed part (with the 9 steps), appears to have worked! I now can double-click on the HP Printer icon and everthing functions as it used to previously.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very, very much! You have been very patient with me as a customer and very persistent and determined to find a solution. Over the course of several days you suggested various possible solutions. When something did not work, you did not give up but continued to search for a solution. You really are a very fine example of what customer service should be. You deserve a big raise! Thanks again.
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I have a new I-MAC OS Lion computer and an older HP Officejet Pro 8500 wireless all-in-one printer, scanner, fax, photo. I cannot scan, though I can print and I can fax. The error message says I must be connected to the network, and yet I am connected. The only diagnostic tool available is for MS systems only. Help???

Hi,
Make sure to use any scan method available for Lion.
If you have the HP Scan application installed, be aware that the used software version is not intended for Lion.
Please follow the steps below to find what scan methods may be used on the OS:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01910186&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3752459
If there is still any problem while trying to scan, also make sure to install the latest HP Printer Driver 2.9 by clicking the Apple icon and then Software Update.
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Color management with Officejet Pro 8500

I am trying to print photos with my new Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless. The photos come out dark and generally not as accurate as the Officejet 7310xi that I am replacing. Is there a way to tell the driver to let the application (or Windows) manage the color rather than the printer? This was possible with my 7310xi (and my beloved 7960 that unfortunately does not have a full-featured Vista driver).
If I want better photo printing should I just switch to a Photosmart Premium All-in-one Fax? Does it have better drivers for photo printing?

Since you had the Officejet 7310 already installed I would suggest setting the port for the 7310 driver to be the same as the Officejet Pro 8500 and use the 7310 driver. It should be compatible, and the 7310 driver provides more color controls.
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Printing from wireless laptop to ethernet connected Officejet pro 8500 A909a

I have an officejet pro 8500 A900a and a Linksys WRT54G router and I've been having difficulty printing from my laptop via WiFi. I used to be able to print regularly and I think HP sent me an update to some software that has since stopped that from happening. I have the IP and mask for the printer set manually asto never change and set the default gateway to the correct setting for my router. I can ping the device and I can access the printer admin pages from my laptop using the ip address. I can even print reports and run diagnostics from the HTTP connection but no printing from Word or ANY other source. The printer does print from another desktop that has a USB connection to the printer but the connection is not always plugged in. What do I do?
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I'm betting you just need to open up the ports in the firewall. I'll list them below.
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UDP
TCP
Acronym
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network Basic Input/Output System - (basic communication)
UDP: Printing, Photo Card Upload
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NetBIOS
network Basic Input/Output System - (basic communication)
UDP: Photo Card Upload
139
NetBIOS
network Basic Input/Output System - (basic communication)
TCP: PhotoCard Upload
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427
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Service Location Protocol (finding out what things can do on the network)
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page description language - printer control language (how does the page you want printed look)
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9220
TCP: Scanning, Faxing
9500
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How can I set default printer options on an iMac for an HP pro 8500 printer to print in draft mode?

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Constant Printing Restart on a networked HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909N Series printer

Hello,
I'm curious if anyone has run into this problem before. I have a HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909n Series printer that I have setup as a network printer. This has been accomplished through a print server.
I installed the printer's drivers based upon the cd that came with the printer, in the box.
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When I monitor the print queue, I can see the service restart after each document prints. I can't figure out how to get this to stop.
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-Craig

It ended up being an issue with the port. I had used the same port as the last HP printer that I replaced. This printer needs to run on a TCP/IP port, and not an HP port.
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HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909a won't let computer boot up

I have an Officejet Pro 8500 A909a series connected to my HP computer running Windows XP Home. It was
working perfectly. Now it won't let the computer boot while it's connected to the computer. I can unplug the
USB cable from the computer and it boots fine. I can then plug the USB back in and the printer prints fine. I
ruled out bad USB ports as everything else USB works fine in the same ports. I put a brand new cable on and
had same results. I rebooted the printer and computer, with same results. I uninstalled the printer and drivers and
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The problem seems to lie in the installer, which has an unusual bad behaviour. The installer puts the 8500 a909a in the list of USB bootable devices. (Not good!!!)
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The guys on the CHAT and PHONE lines didn't even imagine the installer might be a problem so their advice was useless. They were blaming the computer. More importanly, they didn't have a way to escalate the problem. They had no capacity to respond in a flexible manner. It was like dealing with unhelpful staff in the county clerk's office.

HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g seems to destroy printheads

My wife and I have identical “HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g Series” (S/N: [Edited for Personal Information] for my printer) printers bought within several months of each other. We have owned the printers since late 2009.
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So I “borrowed” the printheads from my wife’s identical printer and placed it into my printer. That didn’t fix the problem either. When I put the borrowed printheads back into my wife’s printer, it immediately displayed the same symptoms as my printer (it wouldn’t print cyan at all and partially did not print magenta.
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Question: is it possible that the printer itself is faulty and causing the printheads to permanently not work correctly?
Second Question: If my printer is bad, what other similar models of all-in-one printers use the same ink cartridges?

Hello Neil-in-Tucson,
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I see that you are having an issue with the Printheads on your printer.
Are you seeing any error codes on the printers display screen?
Please make sure that you have the printer power cable connected directly to a wall outlet and not a power bar/strip. Here is a document that uses a LaserJet printer as an example but it is meant for HP products in general. Please click on the following link that explains the Issues when Connected to an Uninterruptible Power Supply/Power Strip/Surge Protector.
If you like, you can try calling HP's Technical Support to see about further options for you. If you are calling within North America, the number is 1-800-474-6836 and for all other regions, click here: click here. They will be able to get into more detailed troubleshooting.
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Hp officejet pro 8500 premier all-in-one printer

The above printer is 1 1/2 years old and it has stopped printing. When the printing became light, I installed new print cartridges less than a week ago. Now, after five days, the printer is consistently cleaning the print heads and aligning the print heads and my documents are not being printed. And, what is most frustrating, during all the cleaning and aligning, all of my new ink is gone and I'm receiving a message replace ink cartridges.
Re: Problem with HP Officejet Pro 8500 printer: cleans printheads every time it's turned on
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Well,
to this is say, "get used to it", or throw it away. Many, Many, Many people have had trouble with this printer.
The following are common and frustrating issues that this printer exhibits on a regular basis:
1. Constant Self-Checking (usually every 20-30 pages of print)
2. Very persistant Printhead Cleaning/Checking, (Every startup and after about 20-30 pages printed).
3. Worn-out printheads (usually within 1,100 to 1,500 pages printed).
4. Paper mis-feeds.
5. Paper jams.
6. Nearly impossible to use once the printer reports ink-depletion.
7. Nearly impossible to use CIS Ink for larger print jobs.
8. Ink and printheads "expire" regardless of when they are placed into service. (get a deal on ink or printheads last year? Too bad, the warranty is already expired, most likely).
In short, this printer is the most EXPENSIVE printer I've ever owned, and the most frustrating to use.
I have just over 2,000 pages of regular text printed matter with very little color, and have already gone through 4 sets of ink, and 2 sets of PrintHeads.
Although it's true that you can leave the unit on, and let it go into standby, you should NOT be punished with constant and time-consuming "self-checking" everytime it's turned on, or prints a handful of pages, BUT, it does NOT appear that HP will be standing behind this printer disaster. AND, to make things worse, they've gone on to redesign it, giving it a different look, and so there are about 6 different models/versions of the OfficeJet Pro 8500.
Anyone needing a reliable print/fax/scan/copy solution should look beyond this printer, because it will leave you wanting more, and spending more than you ever imagined you would have to on a late model printer.ro
What is going on? Why does it just automatically clean and align? I also get alignment failed messages. Any suggestiions?

rammerjammer,
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, your feedback is very important and I want to do my best to help. To answer what is going on, since the printing became light, started cleaning itself constantly, and fails the alignment, the printhead was damaged. Click here to see and use the Limited Warranty for HP Ink Cartridges, Printheads, and Related Supplies. There are many ways to contact HP. The number to call is 1-800-474-6836 for HP and Compaq products for Home & Home Office use. If you no longer have a warranty with the printer you can still use the warranty that comes with the printhead or ink cartridges.
If you have a carepack with the printer that extended the one year warranty then the troubleshooting will be covered along with the printer if the printer needs replacing. Check product warranty here, see HP Out of Warranty Support Options for Select HP Consumer Printers here.
To order a new printhead you can go to HP Sure Supply and enter your printer or go to the HP Parts Store and order the printhead by part number C4900A for the Black and yellow and part number C4901A for the Cyan Magenta. These printheads go by region also so be sure you are using the right region, these were found using the United States region.
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Printer Paper Tears, Wrinkles, or is Damaged while Printing from the All-in-One
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Officejet Pro 8500 User Guide
The printer has a duty cycle of 7.5k page/month. The XL cartridges have a composite page yield of 1.4k pages with about a third of the black ink left over. To me it would seem that the printhead should last somewhere in between. This printer was designed to save money on ink compared to the rest of the officejets. I hate that it has been causing so much trouble, hopefully the information I provided will help.
HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier (A909n) and 8500 Wireless (A909g) All-in-One Printers Product Specifications
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Officejet Pro 8500 Premier - only one printhead is displayed in 'Printheads Health' window

I changed the black/yellow printhead today in my HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier printer. When I closed the lid, the printer did its housekeeping thing, clicking away while it aligned heads, etc, and printed out a diagnostic sheet that looked terrific.
So I wanted to see what the HP Utility would report as the health of both printheads now. Only the Cyan/Magenta printhead health was displayed, both before I changed the printhead and now after I changed the printhead. The utility reported the Cyan/Magenta printhead was in GOOD condition, along with a green button.
But there was no image of the Black/Yellow printhead at all, so no button showing the health of the printhead that I just installed.
While I was installing the new printhead, I wiped off the gold contacts on the printer where the printhead's contacts would meet. They were clean.
Any suggestions aboutwy the software does not display the health of BOTH printheads?
My operating system is Mac OS X 10.6.8

Hello garden-2009,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand only one printhead is displaying the health using the Officejet 8500. I will do my best to assist you! I would recommend contacting HP technical support for further assistance. Click here to find out: HP Worldwide Contact.
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I have my HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 A connected to my Mac Book Pro on a Wireless network. It works and

I have my Hp Officejet Pro 8500 A connected to my MAc Book Pro which is running Lion OS on a wireless network. It works just fine and prints and everything. The problem is a "HP Utility" window that pops up on my screen and says it is "connecting to device" and lists my printer. It just runs and runs and the entire thing is gray - meaning I can't close it, cancel it, or anything. When you try to click on it, the arrow becomes the color wheel of death. It is driving me crazy. I have gone through settings, I have downloaded the latest drivers, I have looked in utilities, I have opened the printer folder and can't find where this thing is coming from or how to turn it off. Please help. And yes I have turned offf the computer and rebooted.

If you are using Snow Leopard or Lion and have HP software for pre-Snow Leopard (either from a CD not marked as compatible with 10.6 or you recently upgraded to Snow Leopard or Lion and had the HP software on your Mac before you upgraded - even if you did a standard uninstall of the old software or installed new software over the top of it) you must uninstall the software using the 'scrubber' option:
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Click on Continue
Highlight your device on the left pane
Press and hold Control + Alt + Cmd keys on the keyboard simultaneously while you click on Uninstall <<<< This IS the Scrubber Option, there is no button labeled "Scrubber"
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Click Continue and let it finish
Restart your Mac
Download and install this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907
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Print Quality Issues on OfficeJet Pro 8500 A909g

The print utility says that the onlly cartridge getting low on ink is the yellow, but the guide says not to change the cartridge until it gives you the message to change it. And it has been printing OK until today, when the black ink started getting splotchy. But the utility shows plenty of black ink in the cartridge. I cleaned the print heads, and that changed nothing. I printed out a print head health quality test, and oddly the only thing that printed was two blocks of magenta--the rest totally blank. Odd because the print utility only shows the yellow getting low and that not even ready to change.
I don't want to open up new cartridges for nothing because these signs don't necessarily add up to this being due to empty cartridges. So I am stuck as to how discover what the problem is.

Hi @Hazelg
I'd like to help you with the poor print quality you are experiencing when printing from your Officejet 8500. Please use the following document to troubleshoot the issue, and let me know the outcome of your efforts; Fixing Print Quality Problems for the HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier (A909n) and 8500 Wireless (A909g....
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My HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910 will no longer print aqua.

My HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910 will no longer print aqua. I just tried two new cartridges and when I clean the heads, no aqua prints. I get no error messages however.
One possible issue: Recently I used a new HP aqua print cartridge (940XL version) that kept stalling my printer. If my printer sat without printing for 10 minutes or more, the only way I could get it to print would be to shut down the printer and restart it. Then, as long as I kept printing, it worked fine. When I replaced the problematic print cartridge the printer works fine except now it won't print aqua. Could the problematic cartridge damaged something?
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I recommend calling HP Technical Phone Support for this issue I believe you will be given options and help I can't.
If you are in Canada or US call 800 474 6836, or you can Contact HP Worldwide.
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Blue screen of death error on HP Officejet Pro 8500 wireless - HELP

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I have a officejet pro 8500, used (rarely) in a home office environment, probably done no more than 1000 pages total. Turned it on today to print something, powers up ok with no errors, sounds normal, but when sending something to print I get a very odd error - the LCD display goes blue and displays a white power button symbol (in very low resolution) with the error code B8711D7C below it. This is on the screen for a couple of seconds before a white screen with "Turn power off then on again" message. So I hit the power button to turn off (which it does) but restarts automatically. After rebooting it comes up with the "improper shutdown" message and it's back to the main screen. This happens every time a print is sent. However, copying works. I guess the next thing to do is to hook another pc up to the printer or remove/re-install drivers, but I'd really like to know what this error code is...any suggestions?
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I have same printer and have the same error code b8711d7c. I almost exactly the same, I hardly use the the printer, less than once a week. Did you manage to solve this ?

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