HP's instruction for resetting a Photosmart printer include the
following

Remove power cord from printer

Then remove power cord from wall socket

and then reconnect to wall socket and finally reconnect to printer.

I am wondering why the power cord needs to be removed from the wall
socket after it has been removed from the printer. Is it just a matter
of safety, or does it actually reset something?

This is for a friend, who is not particularly mobile, and it would be a
lot easier if she does not have to get to the socket, which is
underneath a desk.

I'm the kind of person who tends to follow instructions, but I can't see
the point of this one.

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On 07 Sep 2018, Daniel Cohen wrote
(in article<1nur4nn.175l2cysoznrhN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net>):

HP's instruction for resetting a Photosmart printer include the
following

Remove power cord from printer

Then remove power cord from wall socket

and then reconnect to wall socket and finally reconnect to printer.

I am wondering why the power cord needs to be removed from the wall
socket after it has been removed from the printer. Is it just a matter
of safety, or does it actually reset something?

This is for a friend, who is not particularly mobile, and it would be a
lot easier if she does not have to get to the socket, which is
underneath a desk.

I'm the kind of person who tends to follow instructions, but I can't see
the point of this one.

You can _probably_ get away with just unplugging at the printer. The printer has ’soft power’, which means that there’s always power on inside even when you hit the ‘off’ button, unless you unplug it. Unplugging from both ends is something the paranoid do, so that when the power cable is plugged
back in again they _know_ that it’s plugged in firmly, properly, and in the correct sockets. (You would not _believe_ the number of printer and computer problems I’ve seen which were caused by wrong cable/port, or not properly inserted cable, or combination)

If the printer is plugged into a surge protector or a power strip, hitting
the ‘off’ switch there will probably work, too, as long as the cable was properly inserted in the first place.

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