How to Stop Erroneous GET Requests from Triggering Unwanted Prints on HP Envy Inspire 7258e printer
I am experiencing unwanted print commands from my HP Envy Inspire 7258e, leading to unintended page printing. This is what prints out at any time of the day or night if my printer is on. I am unable to reproduce this as it occurs at any time without any input by me. It will turn on my printer even when it is sleeping or scheduled to be OFF to print this.
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: 76.228.122.188:9100 (I am on AT&T and know this is their site address, I have called, and they are unable to help. I have contacted MS Support, and they are unable to help. I have scanned for web answers and that has been no help)
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; ) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko (it looks like there could be more but doesn't print out as I am using 81/2 x 11-inch paper)
Accept: */ *
Accept - Encoding: gzip
I am using a HP Envy Inspire 7200 All-in-One Plan for my printing. I am a home user not a business. I am using the HP server for printing from the network with a usb hub to print from my computer.
This started about a month ago and has increased my billing for my plan as it will print from 1 to 10 pages with what looks like a zip file that doesn't get translated correctly.
My computer is
Device name DESKTOP-K80UHA7
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics 3.80 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.3 GB usable)
Device ID EDA87C8A-E616-40FA-8AC6-DF8B0EE068EB
Product ID 00342-21900-64056-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 24H2
Installed on 10/12/2024
OS build 26100.2605
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.36.0
Manufacturer HP
I want to find a solution to stop these print commands and reduce unnecessary printing charges. I would like step by step instructions on how to solve this.