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.)
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
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=officejet+8620+manual I concur - I don't believe there is a password on the EWS. You should be able to print out the network settings from the LCD control panel, which will be 2 or 3 pages and includes info you need like MAC address[es], default and user-set passwords, IP address[es], et cetera.
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.)
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.) > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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.) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
hello Ken, am i correct to presume that you are getting the "Bcc:" of my post to the fedora list? -- peace out. -+- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g .
On 06/23/2015 11:49 AM, g wrote:> > hello Ken, > > am i correct to presume that you are getting the "Bcc:" of my post > to the fedora list?g, I'm already subscribed to that list, so you needn't bcc me. I've read your post there. Thanks for that. Very considerate of you. The main issue, getting back into the EWS has been resolved. See my long post there about it. Thanks again. k