How to Reset Your Printer? Troubleshooting for Resetting Your HP, Dell, Lexmark, Brother or Samsung

Ever faced problems with resetting your printer? Well, here we provide you invaluable tips to help you troubleshoot your HP, Dell, Lexmark, Brother or Samsung Printers in easy steps.

Resetting an HP laser printer

There is a technique known as cold resetting. It basically will set all your HP printer settings to the factory default levels. It is important to note that any settings made at the control panel of your printer are going to be reset. Hence, in case you happen to have a JetDirect card then even the IP address will be reset to the factory defaults. You can try to reset NVRAM. To do this, switch off your HP printer and then hold down the 'Go' key for around 20 seconds while switching the printer back on again.

- HP 1200 and 1100 models resetting: To do this, simply change the data by going into the service mode. This is applicable if your HP printer has a display panel. Otherwise you need to hold down the 'Go' button for around 5 seconds while the printer is switched on.

- HP 2100 printer resetting: You need to press the 'job cancel' key after switching off the printer. Then switch the printer on and only then release the key called 'job cancel.'

- HP 2200 printer resetting: Switch off your printer and then hold down the 'Go' key. Switch back the printer on while holding the 'Go' button till the light comes on. Then release the button.

- HP 6P and 5P models resetting: Switch off your printer and then press the 'reset' button and within 20 seconds switch on the printer back again.

Resetting a Dell printer

You can reset your Dell printer fairly easily by simply double-clicking on the 'Reset Dell Printer' icon. You can reach this icon by clicking on the folder 'UAN', then clicking on 'System Utilities' and you should find the icon. However, one word of caution - this method will function only if the USB cable has been directly connected from the PC to the printer.

Resetting a Lexmark printer

You will firstly need to switch off your printer. Then simultaneously press the RETURN and READY keys while switching the printer on. This will take you to the Diagnostics Mode. The display unit will show the message 'Performing self test'. Choose 'Maintenance count'. Reset the count to make it zero. Then select the RETURN key and go back Diagnostics Mode. Then you can reset the printer to go back to the normal mode.

Resetting Brother Printer

You need to keep pressing the DOWN or UP keys a couple of times till you see 'Maintenance 99' displayed on the display. Then hold down the 'Set' button to go to standby mode. Please note that if you press the exit key only after typing in a single digit then the machine goes to maintenance mode in initial stages.

Resetting Samsung printer

You need to press the following keys in quick succession - MENU # 1 9 3 4. Then you should see a message on your display saying 'TECH.' Then again select the MENU key followed by ENTER. The display will now show 'TECH MODE.' Then select the '

This Article is written by James Kara Murat from PrintCountry.com, the contributor of PrintCountry FAQ. More information on the subject is at How to Reset Your Printer?, and related resources can be found at HP Ink Cartridges.

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Creating Multiple Copies For Your Samsung Printer And Printers

Your printer is rendering a smooth service and everything is doing well. One fine day, however, you feel that you are tired of changing the property settings of your printer. Your job, though, needs you to print different types of documents quite often. How would you circumvent the problem so that you don't need to customize your printer each time you print a document. For this, you would require to create multiple copies of the same printer and printers. Making multiple copies of the same printer means creating more than one installations of the same hardware printer device on your computer.

How to Create Multiple Copies of the Same Printer?

The process is simple. Visit Control Panel and double-click Printers And Faxes icon to open the window. When the window appears, click File on the menu bar and select Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard appears, and it will guide you to installing a connected printer device on your computer, so that you can start using it. You can create another copy of the same printer through this wizard, much in the same way you installed the first copy of the printer. As you end up with the process, you have two copies of the same printer and you can see both of them in your Printers And Faxes window.

You can set different properties for both the printer and printers copies. Let us consider that the printing jobs you need to do daily, want you to switch most commonly between colored printing and black & white printing. You can rename the two copies of the printer in your Printers And Faxes windows accordingly, say as Black & White Printer and Color Printer. Now change the properties of the two printers accordingly. You may also change other properties of the printers, such as Print Quality, Copy Number, Print Order, and so on.

When you open a document and give the print command, the Print prompt box opens. There is a list menu 'Name', which allows you to select the printer from the available list. Suppose you want color printing, just select "Printers For Color Printing" from this list menu and print okay. The single selection will include everything you have customized for the copy of the printer - print quality, copy number, print order. You can create any number of copies of a printer in the same way. However, if you create multiple copies, make sure to name them according to their tasks, so that you don't confuse with them later.

You can find a lot of information about presently available printer and printers from Superwarehouse.com. This site is an online store that stocks many models of Samsung Printer and Printers accessories. You can also find many other hardware and software products here. Consider having a look at the product list.

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