--- In [email protected], "unibonded" > > > > > > OH no, thanks for the information. Looks like I've got a printer > > > that's pretty much done for then, it's certainly not under warrant. > > I > > > just received a set of inks and new heads for it as well, hopefully > > I > > > can return them and get my money back, it's bad enough having spent > > > the money buying the printer without the insult of £300 worth of > > ink! > > > > > Do you know if this unit was ever used with a CISS? > > A cheap chinese Ciss without the pumping bongo under the cartridges > > often gets you air in the tubes. > > > > Check the yellow inkline for air, the line needs to be dark orange, > > if is a bright yellow, you need to prime them again, no need for an > > engineer to do that. > > > When you open the main hatch you can see the black band running in a curve right through the window, IIRC the yellow one is the topmost of the six (or the bottom, can't quite remember, but the colour is fairly distinct. You can carefully remove the clear tubes from the rubber carrier, they are just clipped in. For the PHs to fail there needs to be quite a bit of air in them.
Otherwise its clean contacts & reseat, you might want to print a service print check what the exact issue is the unit has with the PH. Occasionly contacts problems can be solved with a bit of paper left, right or on top of the PH, if the flex contacts are a bit misaligned. ------------------------------------ Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List owner: [email protected] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[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/
