Resetting the administrative password on an Officejet PRO 8600

I lost much of the content of a 4 year old Mac when an electric short burned out the insides in a manner that Apple was unable to determine the causes. The end result is that I found that the administrative password for my 8600 died with the old Mac as I was unable to recover the Keychain which had all the password information in it. I wish now that more importance had been stressed in the instructions when passwords were being set-up, about the future need of them in order to utilize so many important features of the printer.I would very much appreciate any guidanc I can get in how to go about resetting the administrative password of my 8600.

Hi , Welcome to the HP Forums! I see that you are trying to reset the administrative password for your HP Officejet Pro 8600, and I am happy to help! You can do a reset of the printer using the LED screen on the printer. Select Setup, then Tools, then Restore Factory Defaults. "Restore Factory Defaults" is the last item on the list, and then you will have to scroll down to see it.
This will erase all settings on the printer including the administrator password. Hope this helps!  “Please click the Thumbs up icon below to thank me for responding.”

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