How to Fix The HP Printer Error Code 20?

HP Printer error 20 is comes out due to properly configuration. This means that you have not configured your printer properly. Mainly this error comes out when you are going to take print a document, images, spreadsheet by using your printer

Main Cause Getting HP Printer Error Code 20 

There are so many reasons that you are getting your printer error during printing any documents

• The printer you are using, which you have not set as your default printer
• Software driver for your printer is missing, so your printer hardware is not able to connect with your printer software
• There is another kind of reason which is conflict in the device manager
• Registry error missing in your system, means particular registry is missing

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To resolve this error, first you need to confirm that your printer should be configured properly and you do not have any kind of fault, damage or corrupt settings on your computer. These setting might be a cause to work your printer properly.

We are Explaining Some Steps, by Following you Can Get rid of your Printer Error 20

Before going to resolve printer error, first you need to make sure that your HP Printer is working actually. To check this, you need to print test page first and once you perform this step, you need to check your USB connectivity from the printer with your computer. Once you check these steps, now you are ready to apply below method to resolve your printer’s printing error

First you Need to Make Sure that the Printer you are Using is Set this Printer as Default Printer

• Firstly, You need to click on start and then choose printer and faxes
• Now you need to watch out the printers folder, where you need to see your desired printer icon, if icon is there then it is good else you need to go on step 2
• If your desired printer is there with check marks then it is confirm that your desired printer is set as the default printer, if check marks is not there at your desired printer, you need to make your printer as default printer first by right clicking on the printer and select option set as default printer
• Once you have done all the steps, now you need to check that your desired printer has been set as default printer or not
• If your printer prints test page successfully, then it ensures that your desired printer is set as default printer, if it is not, then again you need to try to set your printer as default printer
• Now if the printer prints page successfully, then exit it and try to print any document like word page or spreadsheet

You Need to Reinstall your USB Composite Device

Reinstallation the USB device is the process like when you do at the time of fresh printer installation. So reinstalling your USB composite device, we need to follow some steps which we have discussed below.

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• First you need to right click on My Computer and select the properties option
• Now go to hardware tab section, in that section you need to click on device manager
• In the device manager window, you need to double click on universal serial bus controller
• Now you need to click on USB Composite device and select uninstall and press OK
• You need to disconnect your USB cable from your computer and reconnect it with your computer
• For installing the drivers, you need to follow the onscreen instructions in the found new hardware wizard section
• Now you need to click on the start button of your computer and then select printer and faxes to open printer folder
• You need to find your desired printer icon in this section and then click on the print test page which will print your test page
• If test page print successfully, you need to print another word or spreadsheet document

Uninstallation and Reinstallation of your Software 

• If  the above steps does not work for your printer error, you need to uninstall your driver software and restart your computer then install the driver again. You need to perform this operation you need to go in Add remove program utility

Flush out or Clean your Registry 

• To clean out your registry, you need to download registry cleaner program and install it on your computer, then choose clean out registry option by opening your registry cleaner program.