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Flashing Light on HP 2410 Printer

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by mmped

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HP psc 2410 photosmart. problem developed after a short outage. Had this problem before after a power outage, but found a fix for it then.

Un-plugged it for 60 seconds - re-plugged sounded like it was booting up with the normal sounds then it started a banging type sound once every second then stops after about a minute then the "ON" light just flashes,the screen is lit with th hp invent sig.

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by gary56789

Here is a link for your printer http://tinyurl.com/ywjcoz.

However, I suspect that the printer driver became corrupted and needs to be completely uninstalled and reinstalled. Sometimes, however, the HP uninstall program doesn't remove everything and the reinstall fails. If this is your case, repost and I will send you the more involved uninstall instructions.

by mjd420nova

THe "klunks" are the carriage attempting to reset to the home position and something is preventing it from getting there. Be sure all the ink cartridges are fully seated and the carriage slide is clean. There is also a sensor located there that will sense when the carriage hits home, it could be dirty, dislodged, faulty or the cable unplugged or not plugged in the right place.

by mmped

I can lift the top while it is klunking and watch the cartriges they are in the home position and not moving the sound seems to be behind the cartrige mechanism. All cables have not been changed it worked until a power outage a couple of days ago. It had don this once before and I fooled it back into running.

by armanig

I developed the same problem with my psc2410 when i had a power outage and after playing with it for half an hour it started working. Now, when i had another power outage, its not coming back to life and the kluncking goes on for a fe mins and the printer never comes to life, the power light flashes. I know the sound is not from the cartridge mechanism or carriage. its coming from the motor of the scanning light. somehow its trying to park in its normal positon but it cant and the motor keeps going on.I am still trying to figure out how to fix this problem. My guess is the motherboard. Any suggestions?

by mdcnet1

Open the back and roll the wheels forward then back. That part did the trick for my machine. I noticed that the scanner lightbar was tucked under the right side, and now it's set to normal.

Mike

by jfiffick

I tried your method and it worked. Scanner was stuck. Thanks!

by ashily24dee

Hi,

If the Attention light is blinking, then the HP printer requires attention.

If HP printer is connected to the camera, then you have to check the image display for instructions.

If the printer is connected to a computer, then you have to check the computer screen for instructions.

If you have not installed the HP Photosmart Internal Battery in the printer, then you have to unplug the power cord and wait for 30 seconds.

Then plug the power cord back in and then you can turn HP printer on.

http://printers.iyogi.com/hp/hp-printer-blinking-light.html

Hope this information helps you.

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