On 06/23/2015 07:46 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 06/23/2015 01:40 PM, g wrote: >> >> Robert and Ralf, > >> On 06/22/2015 10:31 AM, ken wrote: >>> For some reason the "tech support" people at Hewlett-Packard don't >>> know what the default password is to access their printer's embedded >>> web server (EWS). > AFAICT, the factory-default is "admin" and no/empty password. > > Its users manual is here: > http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04204791 > >>> I got it myself from the installation manual six >>> months ago and immediately set my own password which I have used >>> since then, so I no longer remember what the default is. (It's >>> really a longer story than that, but....) So I was just hoping >>> that someone here might know what that default password is. Mine >>> is an Officejet Pro 8620, but perhaps some other, recent HP printer >>> default password would work. > > BTW: AFAICT, sw-wise all HP 86xxs (8610, 8620, 8630, ...) are very > similar, so his question should also apply to these. > >>> (Yes, I've already tried various versions of "admin", an empty >>> password, and others, but just not anything which has worked.) >> >> as he states, he has gone thru various 'incantations' to get into >> printer, but all are failing and no user on centos list has same >> printer to be able to help. > > #1 item to try would be to try on the printer's touch-display. Most > settings are available there, too. I never tried this on my printer for > hopefully understandable reasons, but if desperate, I'd try a factory > reset (cf. the manual). he did, and that is when "the fit really hit the shan". ;-) personally, if i had such a printer on my system and i changed a factory password, it would be to my user password or root user password. neither of which i have/will/would forget. plus, something like this is an ideal reason to use the desktop's password wallet, it it has one. write it to a file somewhere. > My wild guess on the cause of "I know my passwd is correct, but can't > log into it anymore" would be "firewalls" (on computer, router and > printer) or problems related to the basic network setup (dhcp, https, etc). > >> thanks again for your response. > Welcome, nevertheless, I doubt my response will be of much help :( . better than no response. :-) again, i thank you for your reply. -- peace out. -+- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
