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HP Deskjet D4100 1) The arrow pointing down near the power switch is flashing. Printer will not print. 2) The printer goes "offline" Paper is not jammed, have unplugged/plugged. rebooted numerous times. Unloaded and reloaded drivers. Uninstalled & reinstalled the printer. Nothing helps.

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Ever think to ask HP, fixya is NOT HP.
so ask them?> amazing things happen asking any makers.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/

ask on the forum
they will guide you to doing self diagnostics
on all HP printers.

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First, here is a link for the troubleshooting your printer: https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-deskjet-d4100-printer-series/501868

I always go the the manufacturer website to download drivers. I also just had a similar problem on our printer at church. Two people looked and looked after pulling a jammed paper out of the printer. I looked a few times, opened the 2 back doors, the front door, removed the paper trays and looked, opened the side door, and looked again. Each time the printer said jam. I got a flashlight and looked everywhere again, nothing. Still said jam. I looked one more time in above where the paper trays go, and under a piece of plastic just barely visible at just the right angle was a tiny scrap of paper, not much bigger than a quarter. I managed to get it out and all works fine. Possibly you may have something like this going on?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 16, 2009

SOURCE: HP Deskjet D 4160 Printer quit working after paper jam.

Replace both cartridges, power down and try again. The blinking light stopped and now I'm able to bring. Had gone through powering down four times before doing this.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 19, 2010

SOURCE: the green light on my

i think u should check for peices of paper ,tiny objects etc that might be obstructing the movement of the paper. also check that the print head is not disconnected from the belt you can check this by slidind the print head from side to side and ensure that both of them are moving hope this helps.

Ricky8

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  • Posted on Nov 01, 2010

SOURCE: I have a Hp 1350

Ya, in this case you will have to disconnect the printer from the computer, uninstall the drivers from the computer and restart. Then reinstall the drivers and connect the printer back when it asks you to .
Also make sure before that there is no bits of paper left in the printer.
Thanks. If this was helpful, then kindly rate me.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 20, 2011

SOURCE: The light is constantly blinking on arrow pointing

Give it a piece of paper and hit the blinking arrow. It means it is out of paper and will not function until it completes its task.

saurav777

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  • Posted on Feb 18, 2011

SOURCE: My HP5600 printer had a paper jam which I cleared.

try shutting it off and remove all cables connected with the printer. wait for a few minutes and connect all cables back and then switch on the printer. meanwhile, also shutdown your PC and turn it on again too. now try printing, it should work fine.
hope it helps.

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