The Ultimate Guide to Resetting Printers (by Reset Type and Printer Brand)

The Ins-and-Outs Of Resetting Your Printer To Factory Default Settings.

Your printer is awesome...except when it loses its mind and forgets who and what it is. Can’t find network connection… Internet unavailable… Paper feed error…. Can’t do anything right…

What’s wrong with you? Are you suffering from some form of machine dementia?

Printer Reset & Restart

It’s time for a factory reset.

Resetting your printer to its factory default settings is usually a last resort when it comes to troubleshooting, but it’s often the answer to your problems.

Sometimes it’s as easy as clicking a button or a drop-down menu giving you the option to Restore Network Settings. Other printer models make you work a bit harder.

Either way, treat your newly reborn printer to fresh, brand name ink and toner from Toner Buzz!

How To Reset HP Printer?

➜ How To Reset HP Printer to Factory Settings

According to HP, restoring the factory-set defaults on your printer will not reset the page count, tray size, or language.

To restore your HP printer to factory-default settings, follow these steps.

1. Turn the printer off. Disconnect the power cable from the printer for 30 seconds and then reconnect.
2. Turn the printer on while you press and hold the Resume button for 10-20 seconds. The Attention light turns on.
3. Release the Resume button. The Attention and Ready lights cycle while the printer restores factory defaults.

➜ HP Printer “Out Of Paper” Reset

We love our HP printer except when there’s an erroneous message about the paper being empty.

There are plenty of sheets in the paper tray...why doesn’t the computer see that?

One solution to this problem is to reset your HP printer by unplugging it.

It’s a pretty simple process:

• With the printer turned on, pull out the power cable from the back of the printer
• Unplug the power cable from the wall outlet
• Wait 15 seconds
• Plug the power cable into the back of the printer
• Plug the printer back into the wall outlet
• Turn the printer back on
• Run a test print

Following these steps will reset your HP printer’s “out of paper” message.

➜ How To Reset The Password On Your HP Printer

There are a few different ways to reset the password on your HP printer. It’s a good idea to periodically change the password on your printer, especially if it is used by groups of people, like in an office or classroom setting.

✔HP Printer Password Reset: Method 1

• With your printer on, press and hold the Wi-Fi button and the cancel button simultaneously. This will put your HP printer into setup mode.
• Download the HP Smart app onto your Android device or iPhone to complete the password change procedure.
• Within the HP Smart app, choose “Printer Setup. ”
• Scroll to the bottom and choose “Advance Settings.”
• Select “Settings and Security.”
• Choose “Password Settings” from the drop-down menu.
• You will be prompted to choose a new password for your HP printer.

✔HP Printer Password Reset: Method 2

You can use this method without downloading the HP Smart app.

• Press the Home button on your HP Printer
• Select “Settings”
• Select “Setup”
• Select “Reset Password”

✔HP Printer Password Reset: Method 3

You can also reset the password on your HP printer from your Windows operating system.

• Open the Control Panel
• Select “Devices and Printers”
• Right-click on the wireless HP icon
• Click “Properties”
• Click “Reset Password”
• Enter a new password and save changes

How To Reset Canon Printer

➜ How To Reset Your Canon To Factory Settings

You may want to reset your Canon to its factory default settings. This is a good idea if your printer is acting buggy — set everything back to factory settings.

Here's how to reset a Canon printer to its factory settings:

• Press the “Menu Button” on the front of the printer.
• Use the arrow buttons to locate the “Setup Menu” and select “OK”
• Use the arrow buttons to select “Device Settings” and select “OK”
• Select “Reset Settings” and select “OK”

This will begin the process to reset your Canon to its factory settings.

Resetting a Canon to factory default settings is a sound solution to the dreaded B200 error message that plagues some Canon owners. This method works to reset Canon Pixma MX922 printer as well as other Canon printer models.

➜ Hard Reset Canon Printer

Canon printers sometimes give you a strange error message. The easiest way to get rid of it is performing a hard reset.

How do I hard reset a Canon printer?

• Power the printer down.
• Press and hold the stop button while pressing the on button.
• Release the start button.
• Press the start button five times in a row.
• Release the on button

Give your Canon a few seconds to reset itself.

➜ How To Reset Your Canon Printer After An Ink Cartridge Change

You may need to reset your Canon printer after refilling your Canon ink cartridges.

To reset your Canon printer after replacing the ink cartridges:

• Shut down your Canon printer.
• Press and hold the “Stop” button.
• Press the “Power” button while continuing to hold the “Stop” button.
• Hold the “Stop” button for 10 seconds.
• Release the “Stop” button.
• Press and hold the “Power” button while pressing the “Stop” button twice
• After 30 seconds, the printer will display an “O.”
• Press the “Stop” button four times.
• Press the “Power” two times.
• Press “Power” once more to shut down the printer.
• Unplug the power cable from the back of the printer.
• Open the ink cartridge cover.
• Press and hold the Power button.
• Plug the power cable back into the back of the printer.
• Shut the ink cartridge cover.
• Release the “Power” button.

This will reset the Canon printer ink cartridges.