#HP 6968 PRINTER SLEEP SETTINGS MANUALS#
#HP 6968 PRINTER SLEEP SETTINGS UPDATE#

Worst HP experience I've had in 30 years. Admittedly, that would be a really poor solution for a printer whose main selling point is wireless connectivity for multiple devices!ДЄll I wanted to do 3 weeks ago was replace a dead Canon printer. Heck, it would be better to just totally turn the thing off, as the time to roll from a restart is far less than the time to wake up and get around to a successful print, but the off timer is on the order of hours so that is no help. Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to fully disable the sleep mode. Perhaps the ultimate energy saver? After all this it printed a test fine - however, after a failed wake up, wasted paper and ink, and not to mention 10 minutes. So about 10 minutes in to a wake-up to completely fail - and this with a CABLE not my wireless, so clearly there is a sleep problem in the HP software. displayed for nearly 5 minutes.then 'Cancelling'.fed one blank page, whirred and spun internally for a minute, then fed one page with bands that looked like smeared bar codes.

Tried to print, near success when the printer lit up, then it sat and spun the blue circle of frustration.'Printing'. Waited for the printer screen to go black, indicating sleep mode.

#HP 6968 PRINTER SLEEP SETTINGS MANUALS#

Unbelieveable.ДЄbandoned the wireless for an old fashioned cable (thankfully I had one, since apparently cables, printed instructions and owners manuals are far too outdated technology for HP these days). So apparently this energy save-sleep timer business trumps everything else the printer does.

#HP 6968 PRINTER SLEEP SETTINGS UPDATE#

And the router log shows it disconnected right at the 5 minute mark (or 10 when set for that) nearly to the second!ДЄccessed its settings through its IP address, tried to update the software and guess what.hit the 5 minute mark and it even stopped with the udpate process. Apparently not, as no computers or Ipads or phones can see it.shows as disconnected in the computer devices. It sleeps, screen goes dark, then you hit a button to awake and it reports all is well. So much for set up.ДЄn aggravating part through all this is the Printer display indicates it is connected to the network. About 5 minutes in to the setup routine, when the sales pitch for ink service comes in, the computer reports it lost connectivity with the printer. Apparently the sleep-energy saver does not care if it is actually in use! Same problem trying to load the software on the computer. Restarted printer and it picked up some of the job. The 6968 actually stopped in the middle of an active print job.

Changing the sleep time from 5 to 10 minutes shifted the connectivity problem to 10 minutes. Then, suddenly, nothing connects anymore - not the computer, not an ipad, no access using the devices IP address, etc - all of which worked just fine a mere minute ago! Tried another printer (started with a 6978) and have the same problem so it is either something in the software or some incompatibility with my wireless set up.ДЄfter searching for hours through the forum and seeing other issues with sleep/energy saver, tracked the problem down to the sleep/saver. This has been a very vexing and aggravating problem, as it makes you think everything is connected and going so well. Officejet 6968: easy to initiate set up over wireless, then it utterly fails when sleep mode or energy saver kicks in (what it is called depends on whether you are looking at the machine display or in its settings through a computer).

Hp 6968 printer sleep settings