I have an a hp 1220c, When I plug it in and press the power button, the green light comes on for a second and then it turns off. the printer will not start up.

Solution 1:

• Unplug the printer.
• Remove the faulty Cartridge
• Plug in the printer and press and hold power button
• Keep it held down. Press Resume twice, and this should reset the fault.

Solution 2:

• The last cartridge installed may be faulty.
• Install a new cartridge

Solution 3:

• When error is indicated, turn power switch off so green light is extinguished.
• Hold down resume button and hold down power button so both are held down at same time
• When green light comes on, continue holding down power button and let resume button go, then press resume button twice.
• Let power button go.
• Press resume button four times, power button should be released before doing this.
• Wait until printer settles down, if power is off, turn on. If power will not come on, remove power cord from back of printer, then wait 15 seconds before plugging back in again and turn power on.

its the back cover,if its not at lock position,your printer wont com on

Sounds like your power supply is toast.

I have found HP printers that errors and won't react to button presses, simply have to be unplugged, wait 10 seconds, then re-plugged into the wall. Once it completes it's start-up routine, it should be ready to try again.

My 1220C printer jammed I got the paper out by pulling and now it won't turn on for printing

Hi andypay,
you problem is in the Key lock of the back that you have removed ,
try fix it properly and switch the lock key clockwise untill reatched the end mark arrow,
for your knowledge there is a sensor for this back door, the symptom of this is when plug in the printer the LED fashes green and asif the printer turn off and no more until remove it from power intake and replug it.

hope this helpfull.

thanks,

Hamedo

TRY LUBRICATING THE SILVER SLIDE BAR WITH SOME SEWING MACHINE OIL,DONT GET OIL ON ANY OTHER PARTS

Had the same problem, some where there is a fix on the web, changing out a 1/2 watt resistor fixes it!

This maybe down to a faulty cartridge replace cartridges and then retry. You can try the following to obtain a test sheet.

• Turn on printer
• Hold power button down (While printer is on)
• Press the paper feed button once
• Release both buttons

This will printout a test sheet but I really do think that it is a faulty cartridge problem.

Hope I could help
Thanks J

Maybe you didn't LOCK the back door on the roller cleaning panel.