One of the worst things that can happen to an inkjet printer is intermittent use. If they are used on a regular basis, the print heads usually stay fairly clean. However, when they sit around too long, the print heads can clog up. Sometimes the manufacturers come up with a good design that minimizes the problem, but then you won't use up the ink cartridges as fast and they really hate that--they make their money on ink, not printers.
You might try using the printer at least once every couple of weeks to help the situation. Try printing a very short line of multicolored text that would cause each cartridge/printhead to squirt a tiny amount--just enough to keep the heads "damp" with ink. Dale --- In [email protected], "catrina_satc2000" <catrinaleego...@...> wrote: > > Thanks! MOST annoying this printer! its my 2nd printer-hardly used-1 year old > and I have more trouble with this than my 10 year old desk932c printer! > > I cleaned the stupid printheads on new printer and now it works again! hardly > ever used and I need to clean printheads all the time?? > I have never cleaned anything on my 10 year old printer! > They dont make them like they used to!! > > Catrina > > > --- In [email protected], Christopher Range <lcms0516@> wrote: > > > > On 1/2/2011 3:27 PM, catrina_satc2000 wrote: > > > Its the wierdest thing-it prints out every other color except black! It > > > was working fine until midprint-it just stopped printing black and pics > > > came out terrible! > > > so i checked the black cartridge and find the paper thing that you were > > > supposed to remove I had forgotten to take off so I removed it > > > and it STILL doesnt work > > > so I replaced it with another black cartridge and still no dice! > > > > > > Could it possibly that I damaged the printer by not tearing off that > > > stupid piece of paper?? > > > but its done all the time at our office! and we just remove the paper and > > > then its fine! > > > What gives?? > > > > > > Did anyone have this experience with the new inkjet printers?? > > > > > > Catrina > > > > Check the black ink cartridge. I have the HP PSC 1210v which uses the > > same kind of ink cartridges as the InkJet printers. Take the black ink > > cartridge out and give it a little shake to see if that helps loosen the > > ink. If that doesn't solve the problem, you may need to take the > > printer in to be serviced. > > > > Christopher > > > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
