Printers will always be a part of any office setup. Be it a small online business or a large conglomerate, printers will always be required wherever documentation is needed. With the help of printers, we can print in high quality, scan, and make copies of important documents and files.

Your office setup is disrupted when your printer has issues. The most common printer problems can be fixed and repaired using various troubleshooting apps or by visiting the official printer website. There could be a number of minor glitches and bugs causing your printer to malfunction or there could also be major repairs and replacements needed.

In any case, one check you can perform on your own is to reset the printer to its default settings or factory settings.

Since every printer has different ways to reset to factory settings, we have covered them all for you in this article.

Well, let’s start learning!

What is the Right Time to Reset & Restart:

In case your printer is not working properly then the first step is to reset the factory settings. It is one of the easiest methods to fix your printer. For some printer brands, resetting factory settings is quite easy and in some printers it is complex.

It is also possible that printers from the same brand but of a different model are hard to reset. To get rid of such things, you always need to ensure your printer is always proper maintained, and ink and toner cartridges are periodically checked and refilled.

Here are a few tricks to reset printers of various manufacturers.

Let’s start

Reset Factory Default Setting for HP Printer

According to HP’s support team, you need to resort to factory defaults in order to reset the page count, tray size, language, etc.  To restore your printer, perform the following steps:

• Switch off your printer.
• Disconnect all the power cables.
• After 2-3 seconds, plug in all cables.
• Turn on the printer and hold the resume button for about 30 seconds.
• Notice whether the attention light turns on.
• You have to release the resume button. When the attention and ready light cycles are on, your printer is resetting to factory defaults.

Reset Factory Default Settings for Brother Printer

• You have to navigate the initial setup and press ok.
• Do a printer reset and click OK.
• Choose the type of printer reset you want.
• Now press the ok button.
• Click two times repeatedly on the down button.
• And go for yes option.

Reset factory default settings for Samsung printers

You can reset Samsung printers in two different ways:

Basic Resetting of your printer:

• Quickly press the keys – MENU # 1 9 3 4.
• An option will appear on your desktop.
• Click on the menu key and press the Enter button.
• The tech mode option will appear on screen again.
• Press the < key twice.
• An operator panel will show the option for New Cartridge.
• Select the Enter option.
• The panel will show a yes option.
• You have to again press enter.
• Exit the tech mode option by pressing MENU #1 9 3 4 again.

Steps to Manually Reset the Process:

• Long press the power button till your printer’s LED switches off.
• Unplug the printer by removing its power cables.
• Wait for a few minutes and plug the cables back into your printer.
• Long press the power button for at least 2 to 3 seconds.
• You can try printing your test documents to check whether the issue is resolved or not.

If you have any other queries, you can contact the Printer Repair in Pittsburgh if you are in that area, or call us on our toll-free number.