Officejet Pro K8600 Manual Feed - User Guide Instructions

After much difficulty trying to use the K8600 rear manual feed slot, I stumbled into the instructions for loading paper in the user guide. I think the "Print with the rear manual feed slot" instructions should be modified to make it clear that paper loading is much more complex than one might expect. This is the first time I encountered a printer where just placing the paper in the feed slot and then telling the software to print does not work. The "Load media" reference must be read to be successful. The correct procedure is:
1. Set the printer preferences to "manual feed"
2. Wait for the resume light to blink.
3. Place the paper in the rear slot.
4. Press the resume button (far right button).
5. Wait for the printer to detect the paper.
6. Press the resume button again to print.
The manual feed documentation and hardware fails the "user friendly" test. The printer preferences dialog could (should?) display some instructions when the manual feed paper source is selected.
Comments or criticism is welcome.

Thanks for this. I found the same. I also found that you have to give the paper/card a slight push to get the printer to recognise and feed it at step 3. Maybe the rear feed is faulty or needs a clean.
It took ages to get it to work and I must say that whilst this printer is great when it works, getting it to work reliably is another matter. I have it attached as a network device and it often just stops working. I believe HP release updates for this from time to time so it must be a recognised problem.
I have also just replaced a print head (black/yellow) and the new replacement was faulty, so I don't seem to have much luck. I had a CP1700 before this one and that was also unreliable. I had had hoped that the 8600 would be reliable, but this puts me off buying another HP unit for the office.
Perhaps someone from HP will kindly reply and advise if there are any suitable maitneance steps or checks that I can make. That would help to restore confidence.

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