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dried/clogged colour inkjet cartridge rejuvenation tips please?
HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not
working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta JimK |
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dried/clogged colour inkjet cartridge rejuvenation tips please?
HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not
working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) Depending on the cartridge, ISTR they started to "force" the "use by" date on the cartridge by reading the date from the electronics in the cart and refusing to print once the date passed... |
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On Feb 8, 9:29 pm, Colin Wilson wrote:
HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) Depending on the cartridge, ISTR they started to "force" the "use by" date on the cartridge by reading the date from the electronics in the cart and refusing to print once the date passed... ah - well it will print in colour but minus any yellow - so cyan and magenta are OK and it's a vintage HP840C so doubt there's anything flash about it... ta JimK |
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ah - well it will print in colour but minus any yellow - so cyan and
magenta are OK and it's a vintage HP840C so doubt there's anything flash about it... I had the 870Cxi - great printers ! One thing you might not know about which might make it useful still is that manufacturers use the yellow ink to secretly "mark" the prints (it can see seen under a blue light) - it gives the date and serial number of the printer used, and is ISN'T a function of the driver used - they do this secret mark-up regardless. If you need to print any legal documents "after the event" perhaps that's the one to use ;-) (i.e. EPOA - enduring power of attorney forms etc. - the system that replaced it is more expensive, complicated, and harder to manage) |
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dried/clogged colour inkjet cartridge rejuvenation tips please?
JimK wrote:
HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta JimK wipe it with water or meths spirit soaked rag. Or bin it |
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"JimK" wrote in message ... HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta JimK The driver software should include management tools (Windoze, of course). The tools should include various severities of cartridge cleaning options to get ink flowing again. Also, the inks are water based so gently wiping the bottom of the cartridge with a damp paper kitchen towel should show streaks of yellow from the built in jets if there is still viable yellow ink in the cartridge. However, having gone down that route with neglected HP cartridges recently you will be lucky to revive it. Probably borked. |
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, JimK writes HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) After trying wiping with alcohol etc, try attempting to print on a sheet of paper lightly sprayed with ammonia. Very last resort is a wipe with an ammonia dampened paper towel. -- fred BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs |
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fred wrote:
After trying wiping with alcohol etc, try attempting to print on a sheet of paper lightly sprayed with ammonia. Very last resort is a wipe with an ammonia dampened paper towel. I've also left the printhead resting in a pool of water for a few hours - softens up dried on stuff blocked in the jets. (This is the HP type where the cartridge /is/ the printhead, so a failure just means binning the cartridge) Theo |
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On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:08:33 GMT, wrote:
On 8 Feb, JimK wrote: HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta Hope to get something for it on Ebay, and buy a colour laser instead. The best thing I did! The recently revived Morgan Computers have some great offers on colour laser printers. There's a Dell 1320cn which comes with two sets of compatible toner cartridges for only £129.99 inc VAT, new. http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/ |
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Bruce wrote:
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:08:33 GMT, wrote: On 8 Feb, JimK wrote: HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta Hope to get something for it on Ebay, and buy a colour laser instead. The best thing I did! The recently revived Morgan Computers have some great offers on colour laser printers. There's a Dell 1320cn which comes with two sets of compatible toner cartridges for only £129.99 inc VAT, new. http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/ The size of the bloody thing though. |
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On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:01:06 GMT, Stuart Noble
wrote: Bruce wrote: On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:08:33 GMT, wrote: On 8 Feb, JimK wrote: HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta Hope to get something for it on Ebay, and buy a colour laser instead. The best thing I did! The recently revived Morgan Computers have some great offers on colour laser printers. There's a Dell 1320cn which comes with two sets of compatible toner cartridges for only £129.99 inc VAT, new. http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/ The size of the bloody thing though. True, but with all those different toners, a colour laser printer will never be small. |
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JimK wrote:
HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta JimK You could take it to Cartridge world and see if they can re-fill it. They have an ink purging machine that they use for their processing. If it is not a genuine HP one, then bin it and buy a copy. Dave |
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fred wrote:
In article , JimK writes HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) After trying wiping with alcohol etc, try attempting to print on a sheet of paper lightly sprayed with ammonia. Very last resort is a wipe with an ammonia dampened paper towel. And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. Dave |
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In article , Dave
writes And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ -- fred BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs |
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Bruce wrote:
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:01:06 GMT, Stuart Noble wrote: Bruce wrote: On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:08:33 GMT, wrote: On 8 Feb, JimK wrote: HP colour cartridge - old stock - blue and cyan OK, yellow not working...any top tips for persuading it to? or surefire ways to knwo its sh@gged and better get another? :) ta Hope to get something for it on Ebay, and buy a colour laser instead. The best thing I did! The recently revived Morgan Computers have some great offers on colour laser printers. There's a Dell 1320cn which comes with two sets of compatible toner cartridges for only £129.99 inc VAT, new. http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/ The size of the bloody thing though. True, but with all those different toners, a colour laser printer will never be small. Mine is huge, 18 by 21 by 12 inches high, but I see the price of them is coming down quite well these days. There are lots of options sub £150-00. That is what I paid for mine over 3 years ago and it had full toner carts in it to boot. I bought one, the store manager bought one and some other lucky devil got the last one. They thought they only had the one on the discount display, but there were another two boxed in the warehouse. I had been in the store looking at what was on offer and asked the manager to box it up for me, leaving him time to get everything back in the box. Before I had got back home he phoned me to say that he had found the others in the warehouse and I could have one of them. I turned the car round and went back for it before it got sold to someone else :-))) The quality of photo it can do is quite good, but you can't print to glossy paper and expect a glossy photo, it will print out matt. That is the only fault with mine. Perhaps they will develop one that can make glossy photos soon. Dave |
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And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it
from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. ISTR it's only the clear ammonia that's restricted (it's a common component in things that go boom), the cloudy stuff can't be used for that I believe ?!? |
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fred wrote:
In article , Dave writes And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ Noted and saved. It was the chemist that said they couldn't supply me with it. Until I read the post below, I wasn't even aware that there were two types. Many thanks to both posters. Dave |
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On 10 Feb, 15:51, Dave wrote:
fred wrote: In article , Dave writes And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ Noted and saved. It was the chemist that said they couldn't supply me with it. Until I read the post below, I wasn't even aware that there were two types. Many thanks to both posters. Dave Yes but at the end of the day, a chemist is just another "bloke said". I wanted some IPA to try and clean a circuit board. Went into boots and was given this massive lecture about how it was now banned etc etc ... went to Maplins and bought 2L of it, no questions. |
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"Jethro" wrote in message ... On 10 Feb, 15:51, Dave wrote: fred wrote: In article , Dave writes And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ Noted and saved. It was the chemist that said they couldn't supply me with it. Until I read the post below, I wasn't even aware that there were two types. Many thanks to both posters. Dave Yes but at the end of the day, a chemist is just another "bloke said". I wanted some IPA to try and clean a circuit board. Went into boots and was given this massive lecture about how it was now banned etc etc ... went to Maplins and bought 2L of it, no questions. A pub or off-licence might be a better source of IPA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Pale_Ale |
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On Feb 10, 6:47 pm, "Harry Stottle" wrote:
"Jethro" wrote in message ... On 10 Feb, 15:51, Dave wrote: fred wrote: In article , Dave writes And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ Noted and saved. It was the chemist that said they couldn't supply me with it. Until I read the post below, I wasn't even aware that there were two types. Many thanks to both posters. Dave Yes but at the end of the day, a chemist is just another "bloke said". I wanted some IPA to try and clean a circuit board. Went into boots and was given this massive lecture about how it was now banned etc etc ... went to Maplins and bought 2L of it, no questions. A pub or off-licence might be a better source of IPA.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Pale_Ale hopefully not for the IPA we're on about ...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol |
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Jethro wrote:
On 10 Feb, 15:51, Dave wrote: fred wrote: In article , Dave writes And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ Noted and saved. It was the chemist that said they couldn't supply me with it. Until I read the post below, I wasn't even aware that there were two types. Many thanks to both posters. Dave Yes but at the end of the day, a chemist is just another "bloke said". I wanted some IPA to try and clean a circuit board. Went into boots and was given this massive lecture about how it was now banned etc etc ... went to Maplins and bought 2L of it, no questions. I honestly can't see why they wouldn't sell you IPA it is one of the most benign chemicals I have ever used. Dave |
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In article
, Jethro writes On 10 Feb, 15:51, Dave wrote: fred wrote: http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ Noted and saved. It was the chemist that said they couldn't supply me with it. Until I read the post below, I wasn't even aware that there were two types. Yes but at the end of the day, a chemist is just another "bloke said". I wanted some IPA to try and clean a circuit board. Went into boots and was given this massive lecture about how it was now banned etc etc ... went to Maplins and bought 2L of it, no questions. I agree on taking reports of 'banning' from non-authoritative sources with a pinch of salt. IME Boots are the most gratuitous bull****ters when it comes to this sort of thing. When they say something is banned it means that they have chosen to no longer supply it to the public for whatever reason, it has little to do with its legal status. As Household Ammonia is available from them I take that to mean that you could get it virtually anywhere. One bottle I have came from a proper ironmonger/general supplier but one came from a really surprising source, something like a supermarket or B&Q so it does seem to be freely available. FWIW, the stuff I have here is '9.5% Ammonia solution' and is marketed as a 'strong cleaner and laundry aid', it's also water clear ie not cloudy. -- fred BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs |
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On 10 Feb, 00:24, Colin Wilson wrote:
And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. ISTR it's only the clear ammonia that's restricted (it's a common component in things that go boom), the cloudy stuff can't be used for that I believe ?!? It's a good idea in the current climate to keep *any* display of knowledge of chemistry/physics to yourself. |
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On 10 Feb, 23:25, Dave wrote:
Jethro wrote: On 10 Feb, 15:51, Dave wrote: fred wrote: In article , Dave writes And when the OP finds some ammonia, let us know where you bought it from. I went down this route some time ago, only to be told that it is now a controlled substance. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Househ...-500ml_923908/ Noted and saved. It was the chemist that said they couldn't supply me with it. Until I read the post below, I wasn't even aware that there were two types. Many thanks to both posters. Dave Yes but at the end of the day, a chemist is just another "bloke said". I wanted some IPA to try and clean a circuit board. Went into boots and was given this massive lecture about how it was now banned etc etc ... went to Maplins and bought 2L of it, no questions. I honestly can't see why they wouldn't sell you IPA *it is one of the most benign chemicals I have ever used. It wasn't they wouldn't sell it to me. They claimed they *could*n''t stock it, as it was "banned". The same story I got from a local chemists too, strangely enough. I was very tempted to take my two tins into them, and offer to supply them myself ! ATEOTD, I think it's a symptom of the changing landscape of society. When I was growing up, and into science, all my books suggested your "local chemist" as a source of various chemicals ... ammonia, various crystals, formaldehyde ... and the chemist was just that. Now they just shift boxes :-( |
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Now they just shift boxes :-( of cosmetics |
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It's a good idea in the current climate to keep *any* display of
knowledge of chemistry/physics to yourself. I have no working knowledge of chemistry, but anyone with a library card can get more access to "dangerous" information than they'd ever need. Perhaps if the government arrested anyone who walked into a public library just on the off-chance they might be trying to make an offensive weapon, rock cakes for example, the world would be a safer place. Next on the agenda: ban science and physics lessons in school, and teach the kids nothing about the most common religion in their own country in case it offends a minority somehow... |
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Jethro wrote:
It wasn't they wouldn't sell it to me. They claimed they *could*n''t stock it, as it was "banned". The same story I got from a local chemists too, strangely enough. I was very tempted to take my two tins into them, and offer to supply them myself ! ATEOTD, I think it's a symptom of the changing landscape of society. When I was growing up, and into science, all my books suggested your "local chemist" as a source of various chemicals ... ammonia, various crystals, formaldehyde ... and the chemist was just that. Now they just shift boxes :-( I forgot to say, IPA is/was used to clean the glass on cockpit instruments when I was working. Dave |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Jethro saying something like: It's a good idea in the current climate to keep *any* display of knowledge of chemistry/physics to yourself. Bull****. The more Talibugger sympathisers that blow their hands off in the preparation of backpacks the better. Ideally they'd find dangerously incomplete articles on making their bum bombs. |
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