HP printer not working right. in Computer Hardware Help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20462562 en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:28:14 EDT Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:28:14 EDT Re: HP printer not working right. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20628983 Sweet Witch :
said by cissado See Profile :
Now i got these bottles of ink that are sitting here.


Large canvas, squirt bottles, some cold beer.....
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"Are you my Mummy?"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20628983 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:54:32 EDT Re: HP printer not working right. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20625939 cissado : Walgreens, yep. thanks

Now i got these bottles of ink that are sitting here. lol Ehh, I'll use them. They seem to be working for the other colors. I'll fiddle with it some more. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20625939 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:03:47 EDT Re: HP printer not working right. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20625334 DiscardedVet :
said by cissado See Profile :

I was using refilled cartridges and apparently they were not up to par.
It's been my experience that it's HP that is not up to par. I can't get an HP to run on a refill, but I can any other printer that I've dealt with.

Does Jersey have Walgreens stores? We get the (newer product) $20 store-brand / HP compatable B&W carterige, seems to do just fine.

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Couldn't really figure out how to clean the printer heads or whatever, but i didn't need to. I was using refilled cartridges and apparently they were not up to par. I used a couple of different ones and they still didn't work. I purchased a new cartridge and it worked. Printer prints great again. All is well. thanks all.

The refilled ink cartridges showed 70% 80% full, yet still didn't work. Not sure what that's about. Oh well, at least I know that was the problem. Hate buying new cartridges all the time. Maybe I'll have to refill them better. I have tons of refill ink on hand. Highway robbery.

Anyway, thanks again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20624200 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:29:15 EDT Re: HP printer not working right. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20488640 cissado :
said by Dogg See Profile :

Unless I'm mistaken, the 9550 uses the same print cartridges as the 9350 which I've got (numbers HP 56 & 57). In which case the likely culprit is the print cartridges themselves (the print heads are part of the cartridge). Have you tried switching out your "refilled" cartridges for original HP cartridges? Aside from that, all there is to do is remove the print cartridge and clean the contact pins (located behind the cartridges) with a Q-Tip and some alcohol.

On a side note, my 9350 recently died after several years of service and I have the two cartridges which were in use at the time and several new cartridges I'd be willing to part with very cheap.
OK looks like I could clean behind the cartridges with a q-tip. I haven't even looked in there yet. thanks.

I'm sorry, the model number is '7'550, I just checked. Hey it was 'new' when I bought it! lol It does have the 56 and 57 cartridges as well as the 58 photo cartridge. I do seem to need all three for an optimal quality print. Now it's printing in Reserve mode while the photo cartridge is missing. I did swap the cartridge and it still does that. I print all my photos with it.... until now. I'll try and clean behind the cartridge and see what happens.

Dogg, send me a message for those cartridges. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20488640 Thu, 15 May 2008 17:17:20 EDT Re: HP printer not working right. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20488079 DiscardedVet : If color is not neccessary, in a lot of HP printer apps there is a setting to use just the one black carteridge.

I had this scenario with a 7450, the "one carteridge" setting allowed the printing still, just no color.

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On a side note, my 9350 recently died after several years of service and I have the two cartridges which were in use at the time and several new cartridges I'd be willing to part with very cheap.
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The main places you want to look are where the ink travels and where the sensors are.
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"While you can teach an old dog new tricks, you simply can't teach him to be a cat."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20463074 Sat, 10 May 2008 21:00:21 EDT HP printer not working right. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20462562 cissado : 9550? Photosmart printer. It's a a bit old but was working perfectly until one of the cartridges ran out and ran on reserve mode for a while. I think the problem is ink got into the printer and messed up the sensors or something because everything seems fine until it prints, then I lose color from the 'photo' cartridge. The prints are total crap. I just switched to reserve mode with only two cartridges and it's OK, but certainly not 100%.

I used a self filling ink when I refilled the cartridges and I think it was too messy, thus getting the insides of the printer either damaged or compromised, I don't know, just a guess.

I run diagnostics and cleaning, but after 20 cleanings, it still seems to be off.

Can I clean the printer manually? How do I do that? Any other advise except "buy a new printer"? lol I really like this one. $400 ouch!

thanks for reading.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20462562 Sat, 10 May 2008 18:19:11 EDT