Question about HP PSC 1315 All-In-One InkJet Printer
My HP PSC 1315 prints the test page every time I switch it on. The only way to stop it is to press Cancel every time right after switching on the printer. It used to be fine and only print the test page on demand, but after the ink was changed it does it every time.
I had the same problem and it was driving me crazy until I did this. Please follow exactly and IN ORDER.
1. Turn off the printer and wait 10 seconds. Turn it on again
2. Let the printer print the test page.
3. After the test page is printed, disconnect the USB cable connecting the printer to your computer. DO NOT turn off the printer while disconnecting the USB cable.
4. Place
the test page on the scanner glass and press the SCAN button
on the printer. The ON light will flash as the page is being scanned.
5. Remove the test page when the ON light is steady.
6. Finally, turn off the printer and wait another 10 seconds. Then turn it on again. No more printing test pages! Yay!
(You may now reconnect the printer to your computer via the USB cable.)
Posted on May 20, 2008
Thank you so much. I was just about to put a hammer through the printer. I followed instructions and all is well. xx
Many thanks. Problem solved. (Trust hp not to include this in the "Help" pages/instructions)
Thanks very much. Just realised it actually tells you what to do on the test page, ha ha!
thank you so much, you are clever. Will keep this handy. Anita
Thank you, it worked perfectly, no more frustration and no more wasted toner.
well, it does not really work, keep getting the test page. very annoying
yaay, worked fine for the 3rd try :-) many thanks for the help
Thanks for the solution! I was so fed up of wasting ink on printing those stupid test pages whenever i forgot to press the cancel button!
Thanks a million!
It works!! HP didn't give a solution, but this site does! Thanx for your help.
The above solution did not work!!!! jetlag
my printer is canon lbp 2900p .......same problem is here but there is no scanner in my printer then how i can solve this problem
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I was just amazed at how simple the solution was.
1. Let the page print
2. Scan the page exactly like it shows you to. The scanner will make some goofy sounds, but no fear.
thats all. Its a strange solution, but it worked perfect for me!
Posted on Feb 01, 2008
Had the same problem, just realised its easy to sort out!! the test / alignment sheet that prints every time has instructions on it, follow the instructions. ie take test sheet place upsidedown on scan plate, hit scan and thats it! if you try switching on and off your printer now (once its finished scanning and moving about) it doesnt print the test sheet / you dont need to hit cancel again!! maybe we should all read the instructions every once in a while!! ;)
Posted on Jun 07, 2007
HP Photosmart C3180 printed alignment page every time I turned it on. Started when I installed new black cartridge. Found the solution online, Christine at Yahoo answers, the tricolor cartridge was out of ink.
Posted on Mar 05, 2009
Solution worked perfectly for my HP2280 printer copier scanner
I will never buy another HP product , what a scam to use your ink, basically waste your ink (and your money)
HP printer products jam,eat paper,drinks ink like an alcoholic loves spirits!
it gets filthy, dirties paper,especially photo papers ,ruining them needs cleaning very often.
My friends Canon does not have these problems and is far more easy to use and it cost much less, ink is cheaper and you get more
and for God's sake , if your printer IS working, DO NOT DO UPDATES .... It will not work ,jam ,open.....
HP I wonder how you can make such shoddy products , oh yeah.... all for profits ....
you lost a customer HP
Thanks again to the uploader of this most excellent solution
Impkap
Posted on Apr 23, 2011
I just had the same problem on a PSC1350 after putting in a new black cart and where alignment & test page use did not correct. Try this:
A
configuration warning popped up explaining that 'd be changing settings
used by the driver. I clicked ok. AOK. (I did do an alignment just
before this, but it's probably not required to fix the prob.
Posted on Jan 18, 2008
I had the problem with my 1200 not only when turning on and off but also whenever I printed something. CEGer with Solution #7 had the best solution:
I just had the same problem on a PSC1350 after putting in a new black
cart and where alignment & test page use did not correct. Try this:
A
configuration warning popped up explaining that 'd be changing settings
used by the driver. I clicked ok. AOK. (I did do an alignment just
before this, but it's probably not required to fix the prob.
I did not try the turn off/on plug/unplug thing mentioned in a couple of the different solutions so I cannot attest to them working or not, but CEGer's solution worked great from me and it was easy.
BTW all you snide people talking about following directions, the problems people have that drive them to post here are due to the instructions not working most of the time, not due to their inability to comprehend directions - get over yourselves.
Posted on Mar 20, 2009
Directions to stop printing test page with each power up - unbelievable this works. so much wasted ink!
Posted on Mar 05, 2009
Hi, am not sure if this will for your model but you can try > Start, Printers & Faxes, Right Click on your printer, Properties. See if you can get to Utilities or Maintenance, if not try Printing Preferences. Or poke around the tabs, it normally is there somewhere with the words Print Head Alignment or something like that. proceed as instructed. Hopes this works out for you. You can also try getting in touch with gmscat coz I get the impression that he is very familiar with this particular brand/model. Good luck.
Posted on Apr 24, 2007
I had this problem. Tried all solutions that I found within this forum and others. Nothing worked.
SO - I uninstalled the printer, and removed the drivers (within "printers and faxes", click on File, then Server Properties, then Drivers, then Remove. If it refuses to remove the driver, close all programmes, re-start computer, and try again (this worked for me).
Then I reinstalled the printer, using the manufacturer's CD.
Problem completely solved.
Posted on Jul 12, 2009
HP C3180 printer prints test papers every time I turn it on.
Posted on Feb 02, 2009
YES I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH BOTH MY HP PRINTERS. I WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DAYS OF TRYING TO FIX IT.
NOTHING THEY SAY WORKS !
THE ONLY ANSWER I CAN COME UP WITH IS TO NEVER BUY HP AGAIN...IT'S UNFORTUNATE I ENJOYED THEM FOR A LONG TIME. BUT I'M BURNING INK LIKE A FOOL.... ONLY OPTION I HAVE IS TO LEAVE THE PRINTERS ON 24 HRS A DAY EVERYDAY.... TILL THEY DIE. OR I THROW THEM. GOING EPSON OR CANNON.
Posted on Dec 29, 2011
Hi
I have a lexmark x2550, each I print a document, it prints the aligment test page . Do i have a solution
Posted on Feb 11, 2009
Can't stop printing
Posted on Jan 27, 2009
Go in your sister's vulva and fucke it well.
ok
byeeeeeeeeeee
Posted on Jan 31, 2011
When you replace the ink prefrom a alinement that should stop that.
Posted on Jan 03, 2007
Showing out of paper but not what to do
Posted on Jan 18, 2013
1. turn off printer 2. disconnect USB plug 3. turn on printer 4. test page will print 5. scan it 6. turn off printer 7. connect the USB plug 8. turn on printer
Posted on Oct 02, 2007
After the alignment sheet is printer, scan the printer page and then shut off the computer. These directions will be printed on the alignment sheet. Roger Kirk
Posted on May 17, 2007
Have an HP PSC 1510 printer which printed a test page every time I turned it on. Replaced the color cartridge, printed the test page, did the scan, turned it off, waited 10 sec, turned it back on... problem resolved.
Posted on Sep 15, 2010
SOURCE: My printer keeps printing the test page every time it's switched on
Unplug the printer and leave it for three minutes and then plug it back in. This will reboot it and it may cure the problem.
Posted on Feb 05, 2009
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I'm having the same problem. I've already aligned the ink cartridge. I did it once just using the document automatically printed. (Bobby12345 - I did read the instructions) I did it again using the alignment utility in the Printing Preferences: Services tab.
Also, the ink cartridges are printing just fine. There doesn't seem to be an alignment problem. I'm just wasting ink if I don't cancel it in time. It is really annoying.
Is there a software soloution that anyone knows of?
I was having the same problem, and when I called HP, they wanted me to PAY $34 for technical support!!!! I could not believe it. Anyway, the solutions here fixed the prob. Gotta love the WWW. Thanks so much
Every time I try to print a document, the printer prints a test page first, then goes ahead and prints my document. I bought new ink cartridges to see if mine were defective, but that did not solve the problem. This problem started when I inserted a new black ink cartridge several months ago. My printer is an HP Photosmart C3180.
My printer does the same exact thing. I had it under warranty too and contacted HP about this problem and was assisted by an online tech. They never fixed my problem and when it finally went out of warranty, they said basically," Oh well!" This company sucks. My printer will continue to print out an alignment sheet everytime I turn the printer on, everytime I restart my computer, and even does it on it's own, like it's possesed or something. They offer no solution and I would recommend, never buying this printer or this brand!
Alan
From
Cape Coral, FL
I tried to follow all of these solutions and after I had the alignment paper in the scanner and pressed scan. It, scanned the paper and an error ton with a window popped up and said was unable to align due, to an incorrect paper in scanner. I have the correct paper in the scanner though. It's the average size paper. Please help
printer prints alignment sheet every time I turn it on
YES, I am damn fedup with this stupid test page printing everytime. I want to get rid of the printer I am so frustrated
same problem here
same thing for me,it prints out the alignment sheet everytime i turn on the printer.this started after i replaced the black catridge
i have the same problem with the test alignment page printing everytime I turn on the printer. How do I turn it off? I am using xp and for now I just leave the printer on.
Yep, had the problem.
Used the SCAN solution and it worked.
Like the man said, "read your instructions that came with the printer!!!!
keep printing
every time i put new ink cartriges in, the printer prints a test page every time i print something out. Please help.
have this same problem .i didnt even change cartridge. it just started printing test page every time its turned on and everytime its been given aprint command.to top it all while it does print the test page it doesnt print hte document after it.
i have followed all the steps as mentioned :turn off printer
print test page ,disconnect usb,scan it,and turn on printerand connect the usb.i also did the static removal for the printer.but nothing worksi'm just wasting ink,paper and my energy am frustrated abt this issue .my HPSC1315 xi is 6yrs old it worked beautifully before thisand had >2 cartridges changed in6yrs.please help.
nshingrani
I have the same problem. we changed the cartridge and now evrytime we turn it on, the printer prints the test page. the onli way to stop it is by pressing cancel, but by that time, the page is already halfway through. this is very frustrating.
my HP series F4185 print the test page everytime i turn on my printer.. and everytime i print the test page will the one it comes out... please HELP.. thanks!!
printer prints test page when it starts hp 1315 all in one
I have had my printer for 2 years and now every time I want to print something, I have the scan sheet print. That amounts to about 40 pages of nothing but wasted print and paper. None of the solutions have worked.
i got a hp psc 1315 about 2 yrs back now since last couple of days everytime i switch ON the printer it prints the test page......what is the solution for this...plz let me know
this sucks
my printer C 3180-all in one prints test paper every single time I turn it on after changing ink cartridge.
My HP PSC 1315 prints the test page every time I switch it on. The only way to stop it is to press Cancel every time right after switching on the printer. It used to be fine and only print the test page on demand, but after the ink was changed it does it every time.
I just got a printer and im so mad because it keeps printing the test so now everytime i try to print something it prints the test.
My printer keeps printing the test page every time it's switched on.
same problem
Same Thing But No Help. -Or Cancel Button-
Mine is doing the exact same...it is very irratating.
It worked! thank you!
Same problem - scanning the calibration sheet works!
I have the same problem with my HP1510 printer. ZAK
Well I have the same problem as indicated and started to happen when
I bouth a new ink cartridge and installed. I need instructions as to fix
this problem Adriano.
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