Why the hp officejet pro 850 always clean heads printer etc etc on start up?

Hi my printer always seem it self check on every time I start it. It checks the parts themselves, calibration and printer heads. It takes about 1 minute ot more cela and offers in the menu, it might take longer than that. Certainly there is a way to bypass this not only for the inconvienience but also to save the planet and reduce the costs of electricity and the additional movement create.

Can anyone help?

If not can you me say there is no way so I don't know. If there is not a way HP are not helping the environment in my opinion. It is fair to say, it works at lower costs than most but when even why the controls each time to the start?

Thank you!

[I am assuming that you actually have an Officejet Pro 8500 printer.]

This printer uses pigmented inks.  They have more long-lasting light, but they are also more likely to clog.  Maintenance that you hear is the printer prepare to print, clean and wipe the nozzles so they will print good pages.  There is no way to eliminate it, and the result is better for the environment than to print pages tha tneed be thrown out because the first line or so do not print correctly.

page explains here how the ink is used in HP printers.  The Officejet 8500 series is a printer IIC in the nomenclature of this page.

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