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HP Printer Error Codes List: Every Code Explained HP Error Code 49 (49.4C02 / 49 Service Error): Meaning, Causes & Fix HP Error Code 59.F0: Meaning, Causes & Fix HP DeskJet / ENVY E0–E9 Error Codes: Every Code Explained HP LaserJet Classic Error Codes (10, 13, 20, 21, 40, 41, 50, 51, 52, 79): Fixes HP Ink System & Printhead Errors (0xC19A, 0xC4EB827F, Printhead Missing): Fixes HP Blue Screen Error Codes (B30C…, B87C…, 0x83C0000A): Fixes

Most searched HP printer codes

Code	Meaning
49	Critical firmware error — LaserJet (HP's service-manual wording for 49.XXXX: 'A critical firmware error has occurred that caused the processor on the formatter to abort operation'). The printer's formatter has crashed; the display typically reads '49 Error — Turn off then on' or a suffixed form such as 49.4C02.
59.F0	Transfer alienation failure — Color LaserJet (HP's 59.F0 document: 'primarily caused by a transfer alienation failure in which the ITB is stuck and unable to rotate'; the service-manual 59.XX list defines the family as an error with one of the internal motors, and 59.F0 within it as 'Transfer alienation failure'). The intermediate transfer belt (ITB) cannot engage, disengage or rotate as the printer expects.

Code

Meaning

Critical firmware error — LaserJet (HP's service-manual wording for 49.XXXX: 'A critical firmware error has occurred that caused the processor on the formatter to abort operation'). The printer's formatter has crashed; the display typically reads '49 Error — Turn off then on' or a suffixed form such as 49.4C02.

59.F0

Transfer alienation failure — Color LaserJet (HP's 59.F0 document: 'primarily caused by a transfer alienation failure in which the ITB is stuck and unable to rotate'; the service-manual 59.XX list defines the family as an error with one of the internal motors, and 59.F0 within it as 'Transfer alienation failure'). The intermediate transfer belt (ITB) cannot engage, disengage or rotate as the printer expects.