


Using a power strip, surge protector, or a wall-mounted switch to turn the printer on and off might cause printer failure.

The printer is designed with an auto-off feature that, when set, automatically places the printer into a low power mode when it has been idle for 30 minutes. The lights on the front of the HP product can be on, off, or blinking (flashing), depending on the status of the product. In this mode, the printer continues to consume a maximum 3.0 watts of power with the radio off (maximumĥ.5 watts with the radio on) and turns back on automatically when print jobs are sent to the printer. The lights indicate product status and are useful for diagnosing printingproblems. #Blinking lights on the hp deskjet 6980 printer series software#ĩ2View and change the status of a print job (Mac OS X 10.3 and later) The lights on the front of the HP product can be on, off, or blinking (flashing), depending on the status of the product.91Manage the printer (Mac OS X 10.3 and later).Print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper.You can manually turn the printer off by pressing and holding the Power button Figure : Lights and buttons on the product control panel.Refer to the owner's manual to learn about other troubleshooting that concerns proper cartridge installation and borderless printing. If the light continues to flash, obtain a new cartridge. Clean the problematic printer cartridge copper contacts with a cotton swab and distilled water avoid wiping the ink nozzles on the cartridge. If the light flashes, open the cover and reinsert the cartridge that was removed from the right side, then remove the cartridge on the left side. If the light is off, the problem is with the cartridge that was removed. Look at the cartridge status lights on the control panel. Begin troubleshooting by raising the printer cover and removing the cartridge on the right.

On the control panel the left status light flashes for the the tri-color cartridge and the right status light flashes for the black/photo cartridge. Deskjet D4260 owners have to perform a test to deduce which of the printer cartridges needs troubleshooting.
