Each time the printer is turned on, it prints the test page

SOURCE: My printer keeps printing the test page every time it's switched on

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.)

SOURCE: Printer prints test page each time printer is turned on

I had this same problem. I think sandrew's solution is nonsense. tomj23 suggested something which worked: If you look at the printed test page, it actually has instructions for what to do. Align it on the right side of the scanner window, and hit the Scan button. (I actually had to turn off my printer, turn it on again which printed another sheet, and then do this. I don't know why.) You won't have to do this every time you turn on printer, but I think you will have to do this every time you install new print cartridges.

mukhtar21 shaikh

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• Posted on Nov 30, 2007

SOURCE: Test Page Prints Everytime Printer Cuts On

this is happen when you install an new catridge or refill one printer is automatically adjust the catridge by alingment so you do one thing when you switch on printer and it will print something just read the instrction and follow them bcoz you need to setup the alingment thing . when the print is come out just place it in to the scanner and just press the scan button the printer will store the setting and next time not print the extra page bcoz the setup is completed.

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SOURCE: printer prints a test page every time it is turned on.

Hi Sarat,
I suspect the alignment was never finished and it is trying to do the alignment. Alignment is done when one or more print cartridges are replaced. Try taking out the cartridges and re-nsert them. Wait for the alignment page to be printed (automatically). Then switch off and on again to see if the problem has gone away.

Rgds
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SOURCE: hp C3180 printer prints test page every time i turn it on

None of the solutions I read here helped until I found this solution and it worked:
I suspect the page is a calibration page. If so you need to allow it to print and then place it face down on the scanner bed and press the scan button, the printer will then complete the calibration and you should not have to do this again until the next time you replace a cartridge.
Note that if either cartridge is not printing correctly the calibration may fail so you need to have good working cartridges for the process to complete.