Very Strange Hp Wireless Printer Printing On Its Own!!!!

[berniecuddles]

me and mrs c sat here watching the tv all of a sudden printer starts printing on its own got a full sized print of the grim reaper (i kid you not) any ideas how that has happened please??

[woofgang]

someone else has hacked into your network.

[jomifl]

Be afraid, be very afraid...
Did anybody leave the image waiting to be printed? I have had images start printing perhaps 10 mins after initiating a print.

[Fitzer]

HP wireless printers have an email address you can send things straight to so you can print from anywhere, either someone has got the wrong address or your printer has just been spammed :-)

[berniecuddles]

thx all, fitzer you maybe right

[berniecuddles]

its an all in one hp3520 printer anything i can do on the security side of things??

[Fitzer]

Pretty sure you can disable the function using the setup utility

[Buenchico]

There are three ways that a hacker can get your printer to print on demand:

1. By emailing it. (Solution: Disable 'Web Services'. See page 15 of the user guide)

2. By using ePrint/AirPrint. (Solution: Turn 'Wireless Direct' off. See page 35 of the user guide)

3. By hacking into your home network. (Solution: Change your router's password. Tell us the make & model of your router if you need instructions).

If you've lost the user guide for your printer, you can download it from here:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03355292.pdf

[Obiter]

Could it not just be that the Grim Reaper is very busy just now and is taking advantage of contacting his clients on-line, rather than in person?