Blinking Light Hi There. I have a hp 5550, the light next to the button that has got a down arrow and a paper icon next to it is blinking. There is paper and both inks are there. Any Suggestions? Many Thanks

Anonymous May 11, 2010

got a similar one. In this case it was the waste tank full. I have cleaned it out, but dont know the rest set code/button sequence to fix the fault. can you help me

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Uaually the LED blinnks when there is no ink or when it runs low on ink. But since the LED is kept there to indicate any error happens to the printer.... 1. So I suggest that you should take out the printer cartridges and check all of them....shake well before you put it back. Now open Control panel - printers and fexes - right click HP 5550 - Properties There should an option to see the ink levels. If you can see the ink levels....it means that printer can detect the cartridges. Now the printer LED should be turned off. If the above doesn't work, try this; Check the printer que .. if there are print jobs pending, the LED will blink. Delete the print jobs, and restart the machine. This should solve your problem.

Posted on Oct 02, 2007

Deepu Amalan Oct 02, 2007

You can try re-installing the printer driver.

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