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From: coffey@ucselx.sdsu.edu (pat coffey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: REFILLING HP DeskJet INK CARTRIDGES -- a warning...
Message-ID: <4067@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Date: 4 Oct 89 19:50:45 GMT
References: <890922.08325265.044109@SFA.CP6> <4056@ucselx.sdsu.edu> <8077@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: coffey@ucselx.sdsu.edu (pat coffey)
Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services
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In article <8077@cbmvax.UUCP> mitchell@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Mitchell - QA) writes:
>In article <4056@ucselx.sdsu.edu> coffey@ucselx.UUCP (pat coffey) writes:
>>
>>   ...          Ususally when the cart. is running out of ink, it
>>starts skipping and printing lightly.  This time, it just stopped 
>>printing all together.  I cleaned it as well as I could, but, alas,
>>nothing.  I am trying to get it repaired now.
>
>Try cleaning the electrical contacts on the print head & DJ. I think the
>DJ manual mentions something about this.
>
BTW I tried cleaning the contacts and it did nothing.  When HP repaired it,
they replaced the entire carriage mechanism.  Everything from the platen
on down!  It looks like over half the machine.  It was done under
warranty, so I didn't have to pay for it.  The point is that HP doesn't
just replace the priming mechanism  --they replace a huge part of the
machine.  I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it and don't want to in the
future.  The cost of a new cartridge is less than the cost of
dinner for 2 at a fairly nice restaraunt so I'm not taking any chances.

For you who are mechanically minded, you may want to try to un-clog the
priming tube your self.  The problem is that it feeds in and out of the priming
cam cover and I have no idea of how to   
    1. pull it out .
    2. put it back .
i.e. it goes into a black box and comes out the other end.

I have no idea of what was broken; neither does the dealer.  It had something
to do with the priming mechanism.



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