The Process of Resetting Printers to Factory Default Settings (Guide)

Welcome everyone! I hope you're doing well. This will be my first post at Dev.to and it will be an article which explains how you can reset your printer to its default settings. So, sit back and enjoy the article.

What is a printer?

A printer is an external hardware output device that takes any kind of data stored on a computer or other device and generates a hard copy of it (prints a documents, image, etc). So far, this is the most simple explanation about this device.

Most popular Printer Brands

There is not doubt that there are only top 3 brands which are most popular in the world. You must have already heard about them and they are:

1. Epson
2. Canon
3. HP

Below, in the next few paragraphs, I will try to explain how you can reset your Epson, Canon or HP printer to the default settings.

How to factory reset Epson?

As most of you already know, Seiko Epson Corporation, or widely known as Epson is a Japanese electronics company which is mostly popular as one of those which sell computer printers. More often, after some usage, these printers needs to be repaired or they need to be reset to the default settings in order to work. Well, how you can do that?

There are 4 simple steps you need to follow in order to reset your Epson printer successfully. They are:

1. Turn off the Epson printer using the button.
2. Hold the reset button which is located on the back of the printer (in most cases to the right of the ethernet port).
3. Turn on the printer while still holding the reset button.
4. Wait until a message shows that the printer is resetting.

In most cases, these are the super-simple steps of resetting your Epson Printer. However, if this is not working you can try any epson adjustment programs and select the desired printer model. However, I always prefer trying the first default method before proceeding with testing any kind of reset tools for your printer model.

How to factory reset Canon Printer

Canon is another Japanese company which provides such a great affordable and high quality printers. These printers, also need to be reset after sometime so they can continue working perfectly.
Therefore, below are posted few steps you need to follow in order to reset your Canon printer.

Follow these steps:

1. At first, you need to press Setup on your Canon device, then navigate to the device settings and press the OK button.
2. After that, go to the reset setting option, press OK, and after that head over to the reset all option.
3. In the end, press OK, select yes, and with that, your device will be reset successfully.

Reset HP Printer

On the other side, Canon is an American company which sells digial products such as cameras and printers. The printers from this company have also simple steps when is talking about the resetting process. They are:

1. Turn your HP printer off. Disable the power with disconnecting the cable from the printer for at least 30 seconds. After that put it again.
2. Turn the printer on at the same time you are holding the resume button for at least 20 seconds. After that the red light should turn on.
3. In the end, release the resume button and your HP printer will be reset.

That's all I can say about the processes of resetting printers.

Thank you for reading my article!