For future reference, I believe that if you run the detailed diagnostics
it will show
the printhead warranty expiration.
Be careful... there have been tales of vendors selling expired
printheads and then
people having problems with them (and the warranty, too, BTW). Strangely
enough, this expiration date does seem to matter. Perhaps someone on the
list knows
why? Some protective goo gets hard after some time, maybe?
The expiration date is on the packaging. Unlikely this is your issue
since you got them
from different suppliers. After that many heads I'd swap the ink anyway.
-Bob
jackieinhove wrote:
Ok, I will changing the yellow cartridge, thanks. The yellow
printheads are from about 3 diffent suppliers so I dont think its a
bad batch.
I also didnt realise I could claim back on the warranty of the
printheads, oh well I have thrown most of the old ones away, so will
keep that in mind for the future. I am based in the UK and the HP
contact we have seems very hard to get hold of, they all redirect to
the US one.
thank for the advice,
Jackie
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<mailto:HPDesignJet_Printers%40yahoogroups.com>, Bob Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Bad batch of ink, maybe? You could try changing out the yellow ink
> cartridge.
> Aren't those printheads covered under warranty? Not the printer
> warranty, I think
> they have their own.
>
> -bw
>
> jackieinhove wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wonder if anyone could help out there? I have had this recurrent
> > problem with my dj130 where the yellow printhead fails after approx
> > two weeks. When I say fail, I mean banding occurs and the yellow ink
> > stop printing properly. I have updated my firmware etc. I have also
> > used various cleaning solutions to clean the printheads, but to no
> > avail. It seems to last 2 weeks and they thats it!! for some unknown
> > reason. It also occurs with light cyan but only after 2 months, which
> > I can afford. But I cannot afford to keep changing the yellow
> > printhead obviously. I have done this approx 4-5 times now.
> >
> > Jackie
> >
> >
>
