[OT] HP Officejet Pro 8620

[Rick Stevens]

On 06/23/2015 08:24 AM, g wrote:
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>
> On 06/23/2015 07:46 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> On 06/23/2015 01:40 PM, g wrote:
>>>
>>> Robert and Ralf,
>>
>>> On 06/22/2015 10:31 AM, 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).
>> AFAICT, the factory-default is "admin" and no/empty password.
>>
>> Its users manual is here:
>> http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04204791
>>
>>>>   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.
>>
>> BTW: AFAICT, sw-wise all HP 86xxs (8610, 8620, 8630, ...) are very
>> similar, so his question should also apply to these.
>>
>>>> (Yes, I've already tried various versions of "admin", an empty
>>>> password, and others, but just not anything which has worked.)
>>>
>>> as he states, he has gone thru various 'incantations' to get into
>>> printer, but all are failing and no user on centos list has same
>>> printer to be able to help.
>>
>> #1 item to try would be to try on the printer's touch-display. Most
>> settings are available there, too. I never tried this on my printer for
>> hopefully understandable reasons, but if desperate, I'd try a factory
>> reset (cf. the manual).
>
> he did, and that is when "the fit really hit the shan". ;-)
>
> personally, if i had such a printer on my system and i changed a
> factory password, it would be to my user password or root user
> password. neither of which i have/will/would forget.
>
> plus, something like this is an ideal reason to use the desktop's
> password wallet, it it has one. write it to a file somewhere.

I use KeePassX and carry its db file around on a USB thumb drive on
my keychain. I also have it on my Android phone, just in case and
there's versions of it around for danged near any OS/phone/tablet
around.
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