[CentOS] OT: default password for HP printer

[Tim]

The manual doesn't say anything about a user or password.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03026243.pdf

Search for EWS. I don't know this model but it can't be that hard.

Regards
Tim

Am 22.06.2015 um 21:48 schrieb ken:
> Thanks, Tim.  But no, that didn't work.  For the record, that page said:
> 
> 1) password access requirement is turned OFF
> 
> 2) username default is ADMIN
> 
> 3) password is BLANK
> 
> But I distinctly recall the username is "admin" (all lower case), even
> though the manual stated the username was "Admin".
> 
> The password was short, like 5 or 6 characters, but definitely not blank.
> 
> I tried all of the above anyway.  No go.
> 
> 
> On 06/22/2015 03:22 PM, Tim wrote:
>> Hey Ken,
>>
>> give this a try:
>> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-Install-Setup/How-do-we-reset-the-EWS-embedded-web-server-on-our-8500-Pro/td-p/2450071
>>
>>
>> An older model but I could work for you.
>>
>> Regards
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 22.06.2015 um 17:31 schrieb ken:
>>> 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.)
>>>
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