HP3520 starts to move the printhead itself.

I have a Deskjet HP3520 printer that I bought recently and I DO NOT have the ePrint feature turned on.  Yet twice, in the middle of the night, the printer started to move the print head as if it were in the cycle of 'clearing '.  I love the printer, but it is an annoying 'feature'.  I would like feedback as to what might be the cause.  I use the Wi - Fi connection to talk to the printer, but this connection is secured by WPA2 password, so I doubt a 'signal' is inbound on the Wi - Fi connection.  All thoughts

Hey tommyj192,

The printer, when left, will periodically perform cleaning/control on printer ink system procedures.  The transport will be moved and cleaned from time to time to ensure that the ink does not dry in the ports of ruin the printer.  The only way around this is to put off the printer, however it will go through a procedure of verification on the next power.

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