On 8/25/06, Kin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Inkjet printers are also known as spit printers, where the liquid ink is > heated up by an electric current causing it to boil and explode through > a tiny nozzle. Thus if the problem is persistent anytime you are > printing colour text, they it could be the contacts for controlling the > top nozzles are dirty and you don't have adequate connection or the > drivers for those contacts have failed. > > If it is a dirty contact, you can try some 100% isopropanol to clean > it. If it is corroded, use a pink eraser from a pencil to clean up the > contacts a bit and repeat the some 100% isopropanol.
If cleaning it doesn't work, the print head may have dried up (this can easily happen if the printer is not used for >1month.) Unless your printer has sentimental value, it is probably just easier and cheaper to get a new one (maybe try to get one that uses the same ink cartridges if you want to use the old ones you have still.) -Mark _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
