Deskjet Review

I am thinking to buy a printer (hp deskjet ink advantage k209g). When i see the printer specifications, i see that it supports hp tricolour cartridge. It has three colours. How do i print pages which are having colours other than that in the cartridge ? Please help me soon.

HP was known for good printers. Lately they’re know for expensive printers and even more expensive ink. HP is the only company which:
1) puts an expiration date in the chip of the cartridge. You can insert a new sealed cartridge and have the printer reject it because it is expired
2) changes the size of the cartridges to make them smaller but keeps the same model number. You buy a cartridge at the store which is the same model your printer came with only to discover the cartridge wont fit because it is the other version.
I won’t even go into details on their terrible tech support, run by Indians with thick accents who read off a script and can solve nothing.
There are a lot of HP fans who bought their printers years ago when they were still good. It will take a while before people realize how much worse the company has become.

As for having all three colors on one cartridge, this is also a bad idea. Assume the cartridge can hold 20 ml of ink. Now it has to hold 3 colors so you are lucky if you get 6 ml of each. Then if any one of them runs out, the whole cartridge has to be replaced. What a waste. With individual color cartridges you get 20 ml of each color and you only replace the one which is out.

Epson wins for best price/feature comparison, best warranty and lowest cost of ink. You can’t beat their warranty. If anything goes wrong, they will fedex a replacement and pick up the old one at their expense. You can get ink for under 50 cents a cartridge at www.ccs-digital.com. You pay under 2.50 for reusable cartridges and then get $2 back for the empties. Or you can buy refillables (which is what Im using now) and refill yourself for pennies. Take a look at the workforce 3520 and 3540. They have received rave reviews from people who bought them.

I have a new Compaq pc, that came with Vista Basic already installed, and an HP deskjet D1420 printer .

On my older Gateway pc a picture of the 2 cartridges would appear as the page was printing, letting me see how much ink was left in the color & black cartridges.

How can I get this picture of the cartridges to display on my new pc, so I can see the level of ink remaining?

You should be able to change your display options by doing the following:

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On the Windows taskbar, click Start .
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Click Programs or All Programs , click HP , and then click HP Solution Center .
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In HP Solution Center , click Settings , click Print Settings

I have no idea about this photo ink cartridges thing. Can someone please explain like how many cartridges should be used when printing photos? I mean there should be a colour cartridge and a black cartridge too right?

Also, will HP Deskjet 3744 will produce quality pictures?

There is only two cartridges that you can use with this printer. The black cartridge is #27 and the color cartridge is #28. There is no special photo cartridge for this printer, because this printer is not designed for printing high quality photos.
Yes, you can print some photos, but the qualitiy of them won’t be very good. The photos won’t look as sharp as if you were printing them with a printer designed to print photos.
I would suggest looking at a Photosmart printer by HP or a printer of your choice.

Here’s what I found on HP’s website:
One or more optional photo cartridges may be available, depending on your printer model.
Use the photo cartridge with a tri-color cartridge for best-quality color photos and graphics, and sepia or antique photos.
Choose a gray photo cartridge to print black and white photos with truer grays and richer blacks

You also might want to check out this link:
http://astore.amazon.com/hombeebrekit-20

I am fed up. I had already tried to refill three HP deskjet D2560 black ink cartridges but each time was a complete failure.

For the last time, I really did it very carefully and delicately so as not to damage or dirty the structure and printhead (and follow the instruction thoroughly), but it seems like there are still problems occur.

Is it due to my unskillfulness or one really can’t refill cartridge but to buy a new one?

Thanks in advance.

Yes some manufacturers put a chip in their catridge that sense when it’s empty and tell the printer that it’s now useless, even if you refill it with more ink. I understand that a product is available which will reset this chip that can be used after refilling. I don’t have a reference for a source, but you can do an internet search.
P.S. I’m told that if you add ink before the sensor trips then you can refill them multiple times.

I have a HP Deskjet F2180 and recently replaced my ink cartridges (HP Tri-colour 22 and HP Black 21) but now It’s started printing my pictures bright purple. I’ve tried cleaning the cartridges and I’ve done a self-test/diagnostic page but nothing has showed up – the colours were fine. Any help with this would be brilliant.

What exactly are you doing to print your pictures bright purple? You say you’ve "cleaned the cartridges" and done a diagnostic, but the diagnostic actually shows up a normal piece of paper and your colour test is completely normal?

A bit more help on this one would’ve been good which is probably why no one answered it but I’ll give it a shot anyways. The only way you’re getting purple is from red and blue, so here’s what you try.

Make a new page in Photoshop or whatever program you happen to be using at the time. You’re going to do a couple of things to it.

– Make 8 squares on the page. In your colour selector, make one 100% Cyan, one 100% Magenta, one 100% Yellow, one 100% black.

– Make the other 4 squares 50% magenta, 50% cyan, one 25% cyan 25% magenta, one 75% magenta 75% cyan, and one 100% magenta and 50% cyan.

I’m willing to bet your magenta ink is the issue. Print off that page. If you’re saying that your test page prints out fine, what you should see on this page you’ve created should be the problem – Somewhere on the page. Your printer can’t print Cyan as anything other than Cyan, Yellow other than yellow, Black other than black and Magenta as Magenta. Then, since you’re getting a purple, the separations I mentioned should show you where the error is.

Without knowing the problem, I’d be willing to bet it’s your magenta ink. You might have to manually adjust magenta out of your pictures to balance them out, or replace the cartridge entirely.

Hope that helped.

I have a HP Deskjet F2180 and recently replaced my ink cartridges (HP Tri-colour 22 and HP Black 21) but now It’s started printing my pictures bright purple. I’ve tried cleaning the cartridges and I’ve done a self-test/diagnostic page but nothing has showed up – the colours were fine. Any help with this would be brilliant.

Instead of wasting your ink, you can simply use a Q-tip with some water on it and wipe the head clean. That being said, you also have to locate the print head. Different manufacturers place the print head in different locations. Some like Epson put the head inside the printer and others the print head is part of the cartridge itself. There are some who would recommend alcohol, but that could damage your printer in the long run. A third option is to buy a print head cleaning kit, but again, that’s spending money directly.

I have a HP Deskjet F2180 and recently replaced my ink cartridges (HP Tri-colour 22 and HP Black 21) but now It’s started printing my pictures bright purple. I’ve tried cleaning the cartridges and I’ve done a self-test/diagnostic page but nothing has showed up – the colours were fine. Any help with this would be brilliant.

Instead of wasting your ink, you can simply use a Q-tip with some water on it and wipe the head clean. That being said, you also have to locate the print head. Different manufacturers place the print head in different locations. Some like Epson put the head inside the printer and others the print head is part of the cartridge itself. There are some who would recommend alcohol, but that could damage your printer in the long run. A third option is to buy a print head cleaning kit, but again, that’s spending money directly.

If you’re looking to purchase an inkjet or a laser printer, Dell might be one of the manufacturers on your short list option. Below you’ll find an overview of some of the pros and cons to choosing a Dell.

Pros of Buying a Dell Printer

There are a number of advantages to purchasing a Dell inkjet or laser printer.

• Price. Generally, Dell printers are among the most affordable on the market, especially if you purchase them as part of a bundle with your computer and other accessories.
• Variety. Dell printers come in a wide variety of models. There are inkjet models that are also available as all-in-one units if that is something you are interested in. The company also makes color and monochrome laser printers. The advantage here is that you have more options to choose from than you might with some manufacturers.

Cons of Buying a Dell Printer

Although there are some reasons to consider choosing a Dell, there are also reasons to search elsewhere for a quality printer. Here are some of those reasons.

Customer service complaints. In 2006, Dell’s customer service came under fire when it became clear that the number of complaints from customers had increased dramatically. Almost half of their calls required a call back that often never came.

Business practice complaints. In 2008, Dell was found guilty of misleading advertising and other problems related to their products. More than 1,000 Dell owners signed on as part of the case after having their own problems with the company, including warranty problems and other issues.

Higher price supplies. Dell printers are notorious for having smaller ink cartridges and toners than other models (except Lexmark, see below). That means you will end up spending more on ink in the long run, even though the cartridges themselves are fairly priced. Also, new Dell ink and toner can usually only be purchased directly from the company.

Not made by Dell. Dell printers are not made by Dell. Instead, the company uses Lexmark printers and sells them under the Dell brand. If you do not like Lexmark printers, which do tend to receive a fair share of complaints themselves, this could be an issue.

Getting a Dell?

Before you decide whether or not to purchase a Dell, you should continue reading reviews of the printers you are most interested in. Do some comparison shopping before choosing the right brand for your needs.

John C. Arkin
http://www.articlesbase.com/hardware-articles/pros-cons-of-buying-a-dell-inkjet-or-laser-printer-for-your-home-or-office-687408.html

The printer has recently been re-installed with drivers downloaded off the internet, and the ink has just been replaced. However, nothing will print. When we go to print a test page, it shoot outs a blank piece of paper. Every now and then a document will print, but won’t print again on the second attempt. It’s an HP Deskjet 1320 printer plugged into the computer with a USB cable. What do we do?

Was the ink you put in new ink? Or had you had it for awhile? Sometimes older ink you haven’t used will be affected by moisture, so if this is the case, go buy new cartridges. You can also try unplugging anything connecting the computer and printer, and the shutting your computer down, plugging everything back in, and restarting your computer. Try opening the front cover of the printer and making sure the ink cartridges roll out so you can see them in the middle of your printer. Print a page while you have it open and make sure that they are moving. If none of this works, call a specialist.

Did you know that some laser printer cartridges are worth over $20.00 each? Many people are throwing money down the drain. I’ll tell you how you can make money or even start a part or full time business. The cartridge remanufacturing business is growing by leaps and bounds. There are now Franchises setting up businesses across the US By the thousands. Empty ink and toner cartridges are in high demand and the demand is growing rapidly even some of the small ink cartridge empties are selling for $6.00. Some empty toner cartridges are worth over $20.00.

There are companies that specialize in buying empty toner cartridges. You can easily find them by doing a search on Goggle or any Search Engine. Just type in Cartridge recyclers and several will show up. Some of the companies will even give you a business plan and tell you the best methods for collecting the empties. Typically they will buy in small or large quantities. Sign up is free and they will have a price list that you can print out. This is one business that you can start with virtually no money.
Not all cartridges are suitable for recycling. Type one has the print head built into the cartridge this is the one to collect as they are the expensive ones suitable for recycling .You can tell these by the brass colored electronics on the back of the cartridge and the brass colored print head Type two is just a plastic container with a sponge in it. Ink is injected into the sponge these are very inexpensive to produce and several companies make compatible cartridges that is very inexpensive. Hewlett Packard and Lexmark are the main one that you will need to find. Lexmark makes many printers for other companies like Compaq and Xerox for example. So these are the good ones also The ones to ignore are Epsons, Brothers, most Canons and some Xerox cartridges. I have found one company that takes Epson’s.
So far we have been talking mostly about ink cartridges. There’s probably more money to be made in recycling the toner cartridges. These are the cartridges used in laser printers and many businesses use as well as some home printers almost all of these are recyclable. You can get a list from the company you sign up with. You can companioned with a recycling company to stockpile and recycle empty printer inkjet cartridges, and empty toner cartridges from laser printers and copiers. For every empty cartridge that is sent, you will receive you payment and usually All shipping supplies and fees are pre-paid by the recycling company so there is no cost to you.
Nearly a million “empties” are thrown away in the United States every day, so they shouldn’t be hard to find. Don’t hesitate to be creative! Here are a few examples of how some people have gotten involved. A member in Ohio ordered a tabletop baggie aerosol dispenser and printed several of them She made a small display in the waiting room of her dentist’s office promoting awareness and support . A family in New Jersey has been gathering empty toner cartridges and inkjets from the local school district. There are several buildings in the district and they all use printers and copiers. They collect the empties every week or so from the schools and send them in. To date, they have gathered and shipped ended 1,000 empties! Several people have taken collection boxes to their work place. Generally, people are very supportive of the recycling effort and are excited to participate.
Why recycle cartridges? Recycling unceasingly large amounts of plastics outof landfills. Every year over 300 million cartridges are thrown away. This means for year-end cartridge, about 2.5 pounds of plastic is thrown into a landfill. It will never go away! Recycling saves natural resources. To imagine a single new laser cartridge, over 3 quarts of oil are used. In contrast, a recycled cartridge only requires 1 quart of oil to be able to be reused. Recycling saves two quarts of oil per cartridge. This year alone, toner cartridge remanufacturing will save over eleven million (11,000,000) gallons of oil.

Richard Sherland
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-business-articles/did-you-know-you-might-be-throwing-money-away–56086.html