Power surge

whenever we have a power surger or outage, my printer display shows an hourglass for days at a time.    Is there any remedy for getting my printer back on line quickly?

First, it may be a good idea to get the printer (and other sensitive electronics) on a surge protector so you do not have to deal with this issue.
In the mean time, what happens when you simply turn the printer off then on again after these events?
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    Hi raybo99,
    Welcome to the HP Forums.
    I see that you are having an issue powering the printer up.
    Please click on the following link for when The HP Printer Won't Turn On or Respond When the Power Button is Pressed.
    If the troubleshooting does not help resolve your issue, I would then suggest 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.
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    So I had a power surge (no protector...I know dumb) and my pc restarted.  When it came back on it loads the bios.  If I leave the bios, it beeps once long and then 2 short and goes to black screen.  Everything I read says that it means my video card is shot.   Here is what I am running:
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    ok it is sounding like the surge maybe has killed the CPU or fried its memory controller!
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    I doubt anyone would buy parts from a TV that has been affected by a power surge.
    Bet the cost of a surge protector doesn't seem so bad now?
    Sorry your TV got burnt.  Buy a surge prottector for the next one, and don't buy the cheapest surge protector you can find...
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  • Power surge on hub point

    I have a 60GB Ipod colour and use it to save my photos. I have just come back from Athens - which supplies 260v/50Hz power. Now I am back in England (240V/50Hz), I get an error when I plug the Ipod into my Win XP Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop. The error is: Power surge on hub point. There is an instruction to click on the error notice, but the mouse is disabled while this notice is displayed. The Ipod is working fine and is showing all the pics I took in Athens and saved to it, as well as playing the music I downloaded to it before I left for Greece. The Ipod is using the latest V7.0.2 software. I have performed a reset by switching the Hold key, as well as a reboot using the Menu/centre switch. No result. Any ideas, please?

    Sorted!
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  • Power Surge ruined external drive

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    However, could this be the cause of the power surge? Just keen to prevent another drive being wiped out in the same way...

    Hi CD,
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    As you are using a Mac Pro for work, perhaps you need a UPS to protect work in process against power cuts, but your ancillary equipment could be protected by Belkin SurgeMaster(s) at a fraction of the cost of a UPS.
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    Regards,
    Bill

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