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. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6