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Thread ID: 137815	2014-08-22 07:45:00	Printer won't print	Greg (193)	Press F1

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1382289	2014-08-22 07:45:00	Printer is an approx 8 month old HP Deskjet 1050 All-In-One, connected to my Win 8.1 lappie. I've barely used this printer, and although I haven't used it for several months, suddenly when I want to print a doc it won't print. The machine feeds the paper and the heads run rapidly from side to side, no no ink whatsoever is printed, ie it spits ot the page completely blank. Tried the help files on the installation disk, and searched HP's help online, but all the queries I searched for returned no result for my searches. Any ideas please?	Greg (193)
1382290	2014-08-22 08:01:00	Dried up print heads?	gary67 (56)
1382291	2014-08-22 08:20:00	Inkjets need to be used, or, if you are not actually printing, then periodic head cleaning is required with a test page. The Brother I bought last year is left on 'standby' and it periodically carries out some automatic self maintenance, so even if I haven't used it in a while it always prints ok.	Terry Porritt (14)
1382292	2014-08-22 08:32:00	Tried new cartridges?	KarameaDave (15222)
1382293	2014-08-22 08:38:00	I'd agree with Gary. You need to print at least 1 page every week to keep the heads from drying up. Even then you might get lines missed when you print.	Krakka (17266)
1382294	2014-08-22 09:15:00	Thanks for the comments. But it ain't dried heads - if it were the cartridges wouldn't cross the page and eject in 5 seconds - a page of print normally took close to a minute.	Greg (193)
1382295	2014-08-22 09:54:00	Try a test page only from the printer Properties, if its still not working, Have a look at the head cleaning options, run the cleaners. A High % of printing faults as described are exactly as its been mentioned before. Sometimes the drivers may also be damaged, so run the head cleaners, and if that doesn't work, you can remove all HP Printer drivers, reinstall new ones, or load the printer onto another Computer. If it prints OK from another PC, then its the laptop, if not its the printer. You NEED to find out which is at fault. Was at a place today, the Epson printer wouldn't print, the lady insisted the black was only 3 days old and done two prints so it has to be OK ( a CartridgeWorld refill heap of crap :yuck: ) -- in the end I found the old cartridge in the rubbish bin, put it back and what-da know the printer worked. ;)	wainuitech (129)
1382296	2014-08-22 10:49:00	Was at a place today, the Epson printer wouldn't print, the lady insisted the black was only 3 days old and done two prints so it has to be OK ( a CartridgeWorld refill heap of crap :yuck: ) -- in the end I found the old cartridge in the rubbish bin, put it back and what-da know the printer worked. ;) The look on their faces when something like this happens is often a classic. Moral: Take nothing at face value when troubleshooting. The ones I looooove are those that have a mate or neighbour who's 'Right up there in IT' So why the hell ring me then? Or you fix the thing in less than a hour and they say 'I could have done that!' So why didn't you then? Luckily there aren't many of those here, not many of anyone. But they were thick on the ground back in Chch.	KarameaDave (15222)
1382297	2014-08-22 11:20:00	Moral: Take nothing at face value when troubleshooting. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah :D To many people also try to look for items /problems being complicated, the basic's often are a good place to start. Don't know how many times I've been heading to jobs thinking ahead thinking it may be a long job, get there and its completely different and fixed quickly.	wainuitech (129)
1382298	2014-08-23 00:29:00	snip Don't know how many times I've been heading to jobs thinking ahead thinking it may be a long job, get there and its completely different and fixed quickly. And, then, there is the opposite!!!!! Too many of those.	linw (53)
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