On 06/22/2015 12:43 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:31:34AM -0400, 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). 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. (Yes, I've already tried various >> versions of "admin", an empty password, and others, but just not >> anything which has worked.) > > Judging from this thread, there may not be one. > > http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-Install-Setup/hp-officejet-8600-pro-admin-password/td-p/4930621 > > It's an 8600 rather than 8620 but it seems as if you may have to do a > reset. Trying to resolve a previous and unrelated problem, I did a reset ("semi-full" reset) per instructions from an hp tech two days ago. That's when the password problem first showed up. I was able to log into the EWS several times with my own password with no problem at all. When I first got this printer six months ago, as part of the setup, I changed the EWS password from the default password (as said, which I no longer remember) to my own password. Since the reset, my own password no longer works. If, as that forum posting claims, there is "no password", they why am I being blocked access to the embedded web server...? being asked for a username and password? (Of course this is a rhetorical question.)