Officejet Pro 8600 scanner not working!

We have just got a new Officejt Pro 8600 printer in the office and I do a lot of scanning, however, it doesn't always work! I would say it works perhaps 2 times out of 10? It comes up with an error message of 'Scanner lid or Document Feeder open', despite a few pages going through, or me previously successfully managing to scan. Help - it's driving me crazy!!!

The two metal clips under the document feeder are not holding it down far enough. If you lift the adf you can see them underneath one on the front one on the back. Putting a bit of left pressure (towards the left side of the machine) on both clips bends them slightly this will hold the adf cover down tighter and the machine will now see it as closed.
I have fixed over 30 machines doing this.

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Hi shoffice, and welcome to the HP Forums!
I would suggest Uninstalling the Printer Software.
Once it is uninstalled, I would suggest putting your system into clean boot mode within the Microsoft configuration. You can do so by following this document: How to perform a clean boot in Windows.
Once the computer is in clean boot mode, I would suggest reinstalling the HP Printer Install Wizard for Windows.
Please let me know how that goes.
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Hi fmanheim,
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Hi Booher,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand that you cannot scan with your HP Officejet pro 8600 through the ADF, and I am happy to help you with this scanning issue!
For further assistance, I will need to know:
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