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| Thread ID: 42638 | 2004-02-17 10:21:00 | HP Ink cartridge. | Mzee (158) | Press F1 |
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| 216258 | 2004-02-17 10:21:00 | I have refilled a Black 20 HP Cartridge. The printer accepts it but no ink comes from it. Has anybody any ideas on cleaning the cartridge? I have gone through the cleaning process with no luck. have also sat the cartridge in hot water, no change. HP cartridges are a pain, I have one full of ink which the printer will not accept, another full of ink which won't line up, and this one which ran out of ink, & the computer thinks its fine but no ink. :( |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 216259 | 2004-02-17 10:26:00 | Nozzles are probably blocked. Try cleaning the head gently with alcohol/meths to loosen it up. Another good trick is to get a drinking straw, place a piece of tissue over the head and suck through the straw to suck out any clots that are blocking it. Make sure to use the tissue so you don't get a mouthful of ink. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 216260 | 2004-02-17 22:40:00 | If the alcohol/meth does'nt work try leaving the head soaked in a 50/50 mixture of hot water and ammonia (Janola) for at least 5 minutes. The one the printer will not accept gently breathe on the contacts and dab them dry with a clean fluffless hankerchief. Just had this problem with a 78, it took 3 tries before the cartridge was accepted, assume there was some crap on one of the contacts. Another 78 was accepted no problem What do you mean by "won't line up"? I find with spare refills stored in a holder or taped you need to run them at least once every couple of months with the printer set to Best, ie max ink flow. |
FrankS (257) | ||
| 216261 | 2004-02-18 11:01:00 | Lining up the cartridges is part of the process. Lines the Black up with the colour. The vertical blacklines are not in line with the red ones. Horizontal lines are fine. | Mzee (158) | ||
| 216262 | 2004-02-21 06:24:00 | Sorry for delay in replying, some cartridges when you load them won't line up in the holder, hence my query. Re your problem presume you have dotted the B, C and D sets of verticals and repeated the process, suggest gently clean contacts a couple of times, presume the cartridge is feeding the wrong info to the servicing programme. Alternative is to experiement with the dotting of the B, C and D verticals. | FrankS (257) | ||
| 216263 | 2004-02-21 09:41:00 | Frank, when you say "soak the head in hot water & ammonia (Janola)" I wonder which you mean. As far as I know Janola is a chlorine bleach solution. Ammonia on the other hand is very alkaline, usually in solution with concentrations from weak to extremely strong. Just asking as I've also had problems with the HP carts, and unsure whether your recommendation was to use chlorine or ammonia. |
Bazza (407) | ||
| 216264 | 2004-02-21 18:26:00 | Why dont you guys save all the shagging around and just go buy new carts? Have a mate in the printer/photocopier repair trade, he reckons that refills are more troble than they are worth, he constantly sees people spending big dollars on clean ups in printers after refills have leaked onto rollers etc. |
miknz (3731) | ||
| 216265 | 2004-02-21 19:33:00 | Because $70+ is extortionate, perhaps | Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 216266 | 2004-02-21 20:43:00 | and so is paying $120 for a ps2 or xbox game when it only cost $3 or $4 to manufacture but millions of people do that. | miknz (3731) | ||
| 216267 | 2004-02-22 03:15:00 | The advice I got was ammonia but I have used Janola and it worked presumably softening up the hardened ink. | FrankS (257) | ||
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