[PLUG] HP all-in-one printer issue

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Russell Johnson <russ at dimstar.net> wrote:

> On Jul 19, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>
> > This endless
> > loop gives me no opportunity to try anything other than power-off.  This
> > leads me to discount computer drivers, etc. as the issue.
> >
> > I lightly pressed each cartridge onto a wet cloth, indicating three
> > colors/black.  This leads me to think that they are not plugged.
>  (Anybody
> > here have a printer that uses #94 and #95 cartridges willing to try
> these?)
> > The seller told me that the thing sat around unused for a couple of
> years,
> > so bad cartridges is not out of the question.
>
> Well, since I believe the ink is water soluble, I believe all you've proven
> with the wet cloth is that there is ink (dried or otherwise) within reach of
> the water in the cloth.
>
> Since you aren't getting a cartridge error, it sounds to me like the
> cartridges are plugged, or dried out. If they are actual HP cartridges, they
> should have an expiration date built into the electronics that prevent the
> printer from using them after a time. But that might not apply to 94/95s.
> The next logical test would be those carts in a different printer, or known
> working carts in that printer. So you are on the right track.
>
> Russell Johnson


All reasonable arguments.  Testing the cartridges is my goal at present.

-Denis