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 HP Deskjet D1420 and I have refilled the cartridges (HP 22 and HP 22). The printer continues to read them as low or empty and will not print properly. Does anyone have a hack to reset the printer or printer cartridges to either read full or not read at all.

If you want to trash your printer, refill your printer cartridges. I have repair printers with refills cartridges, they just leak ink all over the place. Plug up your print head and sometimes you get ink smears because the ink does no dry right. In other words, you do not save any money because you ruin your printer.

Other cheap solution is to purchase out date cartridges, they still work just fine for me. On some printer cartridges have IC which needs reset by special machine when you refill your cartridges.

Why are there Lines on my Copies? (And How to Get Rid of Them!)

Have you ever made a copy and noticed that there are lines running down the length of the page? This article is about identifying image defects or lines that a Key-Operator (Person responsible for the equipment.) can fix on their own and lines that need a repair person to fix. You wouldn’t want to spend $75.00 to $150.00 for a technician to come out to just clean your glass, would you? No, I didn’t think so.

Slit Glass With the age of Multi-Functional Printers, (MFP’s) comes new problems. Fax Machines, Digital Copiers and MFP’s all have one thing in common. They all have an item on them known as the “Slit Glass.” Each machine that uses a slit glass as a way to scan images will eventually get dirty and cause lines on copies along with transmitted faxes. These machines don’t scan the same way that older or analog copiers do. Analog copiers use the entire glass with mirrors to get the image to the Photoconductor. Digital copiers use the slit glass. It passes along this small area and uses mirrors that direct it to the CCD unit. The CCD unit then converts the analog information into digital information. When using the Document Feeder or Processor the original only passes over the slit glass. It does not get copied from glass where you lay down your original.

How to Determine if the Slit Glass is the Problem. On Copiers, MFP’s and Fax Machines you can quickly diagnose if the slit glass is the problem.

Copiers: First make a copy on the glass. If there are no lines showing, then make a copy through the Document Feeder or Processor. If there are lines on the copy then more than likely it is the Slit Glass causing the problem. I say more than likely because there are occasions where this may not be true.

Fax Machines and MFP’s: First print a journal or a function list. To print these refer to your Operators Manual. If you don’t have a line, make a copy through the Document Feeder or Processor. If there are lines then your problem is the slit glass.

Digital Copiers and MFPs This type of slit glass is easy to spot. Just lift the Document Feeder up and look for the small rectangular glass around 1 inch by 12 inches. Look at it carefully. If there is anything stuck on it, this will cause a line. The Image defect will look like a small pin sized line all the way across the page, although I’ve seen larger even 1 inch wide. The most common substance that I have found stuck to the glass is white-out. This happens because they don’t let it dry well before running it through the feeder. When it dries on the glass it doesn’t come off easily. Another issue is blobs of ink, again this is because of not allowing enough time for it to dry. Being impatient actually will cost you more time in the long run.

Cleaning the Slit Glass. Cleaning the slit glass is easy but you need to pay close attention and be sure that you have removed all of it. Take your finger nail and scrape off as much as you can. Get a cotton towel and saturate it with alcohol. I also recommend using an alcohol swab. These come in little sealed pouches and are inexpensive and easy to find. Let the spot soak for a minute and this will loosen up the white out. Glass cleaner does not remove it as good as alcohol. There is something about alcohol that breaks down the white out. Next, go over it with a lint free cotton towel soaked with glass cleaner, and then dry it off to eliminate streaks. Never spray the liquid on to the glass because some of it may find its way inside the machine.

Fax Machines. The slit glass on a fax machine may be a bit harder to get to. The document feeder or processor is normally under the control panel. Lift up the panel and shine a flash light on to the small slit glass. It is about 1 inch by 12 inches in diameter. Use the same technique to clean it.

You Cleaned the Slit- Glass but the Line is Still There. Some times the blob of white out is really stuck on the slit glass. I have a procedure that is fool proof in finding where the spot is, because sometimes it is so small that you can’t see it. First, get the copy that has the line on it. Hold it directly and evenly on the slit glass. Look carefully and see if you can follow the line to the glass. This is where the spot is. One thing about this procedure. You must check it both ways. Turn the original 180 degrees and inspect it again because the image is reversed because of the lens. Now that you have found the spot you may have to use a solvent to get that spot off. These can be stubborn and difficult to remove. You can try WD-40. My technicians use a solvent called D-Ink (Coopers). D-Ink is very expensive but it works well. If you still have the line on your copies then you have another problem.

Calling for Service Call a qualified repair person to come out and take a look. I recommend using a local independent repair company. Look them up in your Yellow Pages. I recommend an Independent because they usually are a smaller company and they will give you more personalized service. I hate those crazy phone systems, being stuck in a loop when trying to call for service. Most of the time they also have more experience and you won’t be paying for over- inflated hourly rates of an authorized dealer or huge corporation.

Other Line Problems If you followed my tests and you have a line both copying from the glass and using the Document Feeder then you have another problem. I believe that it is always a good idea to have a good technician ready to call, but why spend money when it is something so simple anyone could do it. Here is a list of probable causes. Many things could be wrong so I am not going to go in too much in detail.

Possible Causes / Lines

Laser Printers, Laser and LED Fax Machines Toner cartridge, Charge roller, paper or object stuck inside blocking the scanner, transfer roller, optics, and corona wire. Note: You can clean these but if you don’t know what you are doing you can damage something.

Inkjet Printers and Fax machines Print head, Ink cartridge, dirty optics, paper or object stuck up inside machine blocking the print-head or optics.

Copier and MFP’s Toner cartridge, Charge roller, paper or object stuck inside blocking the scanner, transfer roller, corona wire, and dirty optics. Note: You can clean these but if you don’t know what you are doing you may damage something.

I hope this article has helped you save some of your hard earned money. There really is no reason to spend money when you can just clean it yourself!

Bill Tucker
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/why-are-there-lines-on-my-copies-112481.html

I have a HP 845c deskjet printer. The printer takes a 15 black ink cartage and a 17 tri-color cartage. However, this 17 cartage cannot be found in stores. You can find a 15 black 75 tri-color joint package at the local businesses. Would this 75 tri-color cartage be compatible for my 17 ink cartage.

These are the model printers that the no 75 will fit. HP Deskjet D4260, D4360 / HP Photosmart series C4240, C4250, C4280 , C4285, C4345, C4350, C4380, C4385, C4440, C4450, C4480, C4580, C5225, C5240, C5250, C5280, D5345, D5360, C5580 / HP Officejet J5750, J5780, J6480. So no the 75 is not compatible with your printer.

I am using hp deskjet 1000 printer and i have refill the cartridges but it says ink cartridge failure please help me?

Refilling cartridges are simple enough, but at times refilled ink cartridges may work, but mostly not. Most printers will not recognize refilled ink cartridges. Once the ink is exhausted, the chip expires. Refilling them may be a costly gamble on your part. So to save you any grief, it may be advantageous on your part to just replace the ink cartridge..

I have a HP 845c deskjet printer. The printer takes a 15 black ink cartage and a 17 tri-color cartage. However, this 17 cartage cannot be found in stores. You can find a 15 black 78 tri-color joint package at the local businesses. Would this 78 tri-color cartage be compatible for my 17 ink cartage.

The 78 and 17 are not cross compatible.

However the good news is that Number 17 cartridges are very easy to find in a remanufactured brand.
The 17 can also be refilled fairly easily.

It is a great printer to hold onto, as far as I know HP is still making the number 17 cartridges, however they are very old printers and not very common so the cartridge will be difficult to find.

I have a HP deskjet F300 printer for desktop with windows XP. How can I utilize this for Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista?

Control Panel> Printers >Add new

I’ve got an HP Deskjet printer that gets a lot of use. While most of what I print is standard black text, I also like to print photos in colour rather than pay to get them developed. So should I buy the more expensive OEM product or save money with a compatible cartridge?

I always use the printers recommended inks that are genuine no risk of damaging the printer then

I have an HP 2360 deskjet printer. It’s very cheap, only about 2 or 3 times the cost of it’s color cartridge. Its warranty is good for only a year.

How long do you think it’ll last (the printer, NOT the ink), assuming I print about about five pages of assorted pictures everyday?

Thanks!

I had a lexmark printer… fair quality for it’s price, but it died only 4 months after I got it. Would one expect more out of a $38 printer? I never will again. I replaced with a Brother MFC 240 … much better printer, also is an all-in-one. It was only $99, and here almost two years later I still use it.

I have a HP Deskjet printer; here is an image which should show what model printer it is or whatever:

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All it says is that the status of my printer is ‘offline’, I have tried to reinstall drivers but it hasn’t worked and nothing will print out.

What is the cause of this and is there any way to fix it?

Thanks people!

If the other solutions above (or below me) have not worked, and this is was not written by someone else yet, do this:

1. Start–>Control Panel–>View network status and tasks
2. In upper right, click on see full map [of network connections]
3. Look and find your printer. If it is not "mapped", click on it
4. For me, it automatically started installing a driver and it said yay you are good to go (well, it didn’t say that exactly)
5. Check your device and printers. Now, for me, it has a different name now (mine was hp officjet 4500 g510n-z but when I did the above, it turned into H54984516941(HP officjet 4500 g510n-z)
6. Click on it as default printer. Now try a test print.

It should work! If not…sorry…

BTW: That printer offline thing from the first answer did work for me once and it has worked for others in the past (acc. to my extensive research on how to fix my printer that I had been conducting for the past 6 months or so). So try that one first before doing my thing 🙂

As to why printers do this…well, I think it just gets "lost" in the connections or it just doesn’t like us, especially if it is a shared printer.