20 Most Recent HP Photosmart B8550 Photo InkJet Printer Questions & Answers

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How to disassemble an hp B8550 printer? Carriage

I like how people give answers that they copied and pasted from a generic prompt system that by the way are completely useless 90% of the time. Anyways if your hp b8550 printer or similar model is giving general error code and everything else works , power start up usb connection, ect. Heres the problem and how to fix it for about $3.00. On the right side of the printer there is a panel held on by clips, pull it off. You will see a small black gearbox. Pull on it lightly, if it feels loose just pull it off and out of the printer because the center gear is cracked. Its very common for this gear to break and its only held onto the rod by compression. Anyways remove the metal clip to expose the gears, there will be three, examine the middle one, if it is indeed cracked, you will need to get a replacement online, it is a hp 15t gear. Once you replaced gear, with power off, move carriage all the way to the right and hold there while pushing gear box back onto rod. Good as new. $3.00 and about 10 min of labor. A child could do it but all these so called experts want to charge an arm and a leg and probably not even fix it.
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4/22/2019 1:36:04 AM • HP Photosmart... • Answered on Apr 22, 2019
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Jennifer, Got off on the wrong start with my prior question. It's an 8550 not an 8500 printer. Paper will not pick-up from the bottom tray. Can be force fed, but margins are not right. Feed rollers dr

It depends on the age of the printer and the environment in which has been used. Hot environments hasten the ageing and integrity of the frictional surfaces on all "rubber" or synthetic rubber, Rollers and pressure rollers. If they cannot be cleaned with Methylated spirit and resurfaced with a light abrasive wet or dry paper, to restore their frictional capability, then they are defunct and would need to be replaced. With many of today's printers it is cheaper to replace when they are say, a max of five years old and makes much more sense to do so. Comes a time when even our own "rubber" wears out completely , only problem is we have to pass on, unlike the appliance which may well be able to be given a new lease of life with the right treatment.
1/17/2015 3:46:09 AM • HP Photosmart... • Answered on Jan 17, 2015
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Photosmart B8550 color inks running

BETTER SOLUTION IS IF YOU TAKE MORE PHOTOS I SUGGEST YOU BUY ORGIINAL INK CARTRIDGES.THEN YOU CAN DO ONE TIME REFILLING.ITS OK.

AGAIN IF YOU TRY REFILL SAME CARTRIDGE MAY LOSS YOUR PAGE YEILD. IF U WANT USE REFILLED CARTRIDGES AGAIN BUY VIRGIN CARTRIDGE FROM REFILL STORE AND MAKE REFILL. OTHERWISE INK WILL FINISH SOON.

FOR BLACK INK U SHOULD REFILL OR BUY NEW ONE NOW. BECOS BLACK INK FINISHED ALREADY. THATS WHY YOU GETTING BLUE PRINTING....OOOOOOOOOK DEAR...
7/25/2013 10:39:31 PM • HP Photosmart... • Answered on Jul 25, 2013
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HP B8550 Ink Cartridge Problem error message

HP B8550 has no numeric keyboard, so those solutions won't help.
1/20/2012 8:35:10 AM • HP Photosmart... • Answered on Jan 20, 2012
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Our HP B8550 is squeaking when it prints. How can

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Try reinstalling the cartridge or installing another. This cartridge's yield is 2500 pages. When is very used, it could make rare sounds. Always use genuine HP cartridge.

Check the pick-up roller,If the pick-up roller has a very smooth surface, replace it.

First off put a sheet of paper on the manual feeder (tray 1) and do a self test. Does the printer still make the noise. If it does, then it is not the roller in tray 2. Only other way is to put your ear to the printer case and see if you can isolate where the noise is coming from.

There is a fuser assembly in the rear which generates heat so over time bushings can go bad and it will make noise. You really need to isolate it more. If you open and close the toner door the motor will turn for a couple of seconds. Do you hear the noises then?
6/10/2011 9:20:55 PM • HP Photosmart... • Answered on Jun 10, 2011
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Where to find the manual (pdf) for HP Photosmart B8550 printer

Sometimes , it is convenient to have a soft copy of your user manual. You may also require it as you lost your original printed manual. This tip will guide you to your digital manual and explain how to download it.

Printed manuals are normally available at a cost from the product manufacturer. Please see the link below to contact the manufacturer and find out how to replace your printed manual.

To download a soft copy of your manual , please Click Here to go to the retrevo page for your manual. This is a excellent site that maintains a manual and product database of thousands of products available free to download in PDF format.

Please note that you will need pdf viewer software to be able to view the downloaded manual. I can recommend Adobe reader which is available for free download at the following location :

CLICK HERE to go to Adobe Reader download site.

To download you manual from retrevo , follow the above mentioned link.You will be taken to the product page. The following images are used as an example.

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When your on this page , you can select to see reviews , prices , specs , an overview of the product and of coarse , the manual. You can just hit the big red manual button to proceed.

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Now simply type in the capcha code and hit the red “download now” button to begin your manual download.

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