HP Printers and others have a lot of little basic bugs, but if you know how to deal with some of the more habitual problems you will make the printer your friendly companion to your tasks and projects.
Possible Causes and Solutions:
All Printers (except 5L/6L)
The PostScript ROM's have bent or broken pins inspect the pins and reseat if necessary
Check to see that the ROM SIMM's are in the proper location and oriented properly
This can also be a temporary error, try power cycling the printer
The PostScript ROM's/SIMM are defective
8X.YYYY
EIO ERROR The EIO accessory card has encountered a critical error.
X represents the error location and can equal one of the following:
1 = Slot number 1
2 = Slot number 2
3 = Slot number 3
6 = Card in slot number 1
7 = Card in slot number 2
8 = Card in slot number 3
YYYY represents the error code.
1. Turn the printer power off, and then turn the printer power on.
2. Turn the printer power off, reseat the EIO accessory in slot [X], and then turn the printer power on.
3. Turn the printer power off, remove the EIO accessory from slot [X], install it in a different EIO slot, and then turn the printer power on.
4. Replace the EIO accessory in slot [X].
