Dadgum All in one

[MikDee]

Re: Dadgum All in one

If you uninstalled and re-installed the driver and it's not fixed then the problem is most likely the print head. When you don't use your ink carts for a while, when you get new ink carts that have been stored in warehouses for a number of months, or when you have refilled a slightly too dry ink cart, the print head nozzles on the bottom of the ink carts get clogged inside with dried ink. The printer head cleaner menu will NOT dissolve the dried ink inside of the nozzles. Water will. Try this. Soak the bottom of the clogged ink cart in 1/2 inch of hot water for 15 minutes. Blot dry with clean paper towel. Also wipe the electrical contacts on the back of the ink cart. Retry.

Good point GF, My printer sits for weeks at a time, sometimes without being used, I'm sure that must have something to do with print issues I get,,, this maybe spinners issue too.

You know the old saying, it pretty much applies to a lot of things,,,lol

"If you don't use it, you lose it!"

 

[MikDee]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Wait Spinner, I think I found your problem, click here quick:
http://www.sonnyradio.com/printerproblem.htm

Got this in the e-mail the other day, I think it's apropos, so I had to share.

 

[arboldt]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Good advice so far.

Big thing is how the test page prints (or not) when you first turn on the printer. If it doesn't print or prints poorly, then the issue is the printer, not the PC or cable.

My printer at home is network-attached, not USB. But every so often it seems that whatever I print goes to never-never land. The only way out is to reboot my PC, and sometimes even the network router. It doesn't make sense, but it works. I don't know if that's any help, but it's worth a try.

The only reason I can think of is that Micro$loth Windoze is still a not-quite-ready- for Prime Time thing. Too many inherent bugs. And no, I'm not a linux junkie. My work is on midrange computers where reliability *has* to be rock-solid, and PCs just aren't designed for it.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Wait Spinner, I think I found your problem, click here quick:
http://www.sonnyradio.com/printerproblem.htm

Got this in the e-mail the other day, I think it's apropos, so I had to share.

Yep, that would do it MikDee

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Have you tried the printer on a different computer to see if the problem is the printer or the computer?

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Have you tried the printer on a different computer to see if the problem is the printer or the computer?

The printer worked on my daughter's machine.
That is why she brought it over.

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Then the problem is not the cable or printer, it's your computer.
So you've gone to the manufactures website and downloaded the latest drivers? Not all the scanning software, just the drivers.

Is this XP home or Pro?

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Then the problem is not the cable or printer, it's your computer.
So you've gone to the manufactures website and downloaded the latest drivers? Not all the scanning software, just the drivers.

Is this XP home or Pro?

Got the drivers and start up disk for it.
Went through all that crap, even had the tech on the phone and still no good.
I'm really starting to think it has something to do with the print head.
I mean, it won't even make a copy on it's own, comes out blank.
That is un-hooked from the computer.

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Can you take it back to your daughter's and see if it works there? If it does, you have your answer.

I can't see a print head going bad from house to house unless dropped

 

[wildmaninal]

Re: Dadgum All in one

* Have you tried to copy anything to see what it does then?

When I copy something, same thing.

Plainsman (long time no see), we sorta got the computer ruled out as being the problem.

I did forget to add, but once again as mentioned sense the computer is ruled out, if your old printer driver is still loaded in the computer, the computer maybe recognizing the old printer as the default printer still. If the old printer driver is still loaded on the computer you may want to remove it regardless of the current problem at hand because this can also cause confusion and problems while printing. If nothing else make sure your new printer, (meaning the one you have problems with) or if you swap it for another printer, make sure it is set as the default printer if this is the only printer you have hooked up to your computer.

And I'm going to qoute myself here, I take it that you have checked all of this......

* Did you remove the plastic strip on the bottom of the new cartridge?
* cartridge is misplaced, not sitting in the right cradle (Example Color is in the Black cartridge cradle)
* (loose cartridge, (cartridge isn't seated in the cradle or snapped into place)

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Can you take it back to your daughter's and see if it works there? If it does, you have your answer.

I can't see a print head going bad from house to house unless dropped

Yea, she will take it back to see.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Plainsman, we sorta got the computer ruled out as being the problem.

I did forget to add, but once again as mentioned sense the computer is ruled out, if your old printer driver is still loaded in the computer, the computer maybe recognizing the old printer as the default printer still. If the old printer driver is still loaded on the computer you may want to remove it regardless of the current problem at hand because this can also cause confusion and problems while printing. If nothing else make sure your new printer, (meaning the one you have problems with) or if you swap it for another, make sure it is set as the default printer if this is the only printer you have hooked up to your computer.

And I'm going to qoute myself here, I take it that you have checked all of this......

Have done all that.
No other printer is in the computer.

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Dadgum All in one

And I a firm believer in the KISS method Animal. If it worked a few miles away, take it back and try it again to rule that out. All I have seen here is pot shots at a problem. Keep it simple and PROVE that what you say is the problem

Plainsman, we sorta got the computer ruled out as being the problem.

I did forget to add, but once again as mentioned sense the computer is ruled out, if your old printer driver is still loaded in the computer, the computer maybe recognizing the old printer as the default printer still.

When you re-install a device, you will be prompted if you want to keep the old driver or use the new one.

If nothing else make sure your new printer, (meaning the one you have problems with) or if you swap it for another, make sure it is set as the default printer if this is the only printer you have hooked up to your computer.

And I'm going to qoute myself here, I take it that you have checked all of this......

 

[waterinthefuel]

Re: Dadgum All in one

I'll put in a free plug here, my HP AIO has really never given me any issues in over a year. I've had lexmarks which I can't speak the same for, and they were just printers.

 

[ThumbPkr]

Re: Dadgum All in one

My head is spinning from everything that has been tried here.I am leaning towards there being a software issue on the computer that cannot run it but if it will not print anything in the diagnostic mode,that is not connected to the computer then that eliminates the software/driver arguement.
If it works on another computer but cannot print a test page standalone then the goblins have taken over.That does not make sense.
I will say that it sometimes happens after uninstalling a Lexmark printer to install something else you need to modify the registry for the new printer to be recognized.It has happened to me and I can only tell you that I am aware because I do not remember what the solution was but if you google the error message you can find a site with the solution.
It appears that Lexmark installs itself with the presumption that it will be the only printer that will ever be used again on that computer and because of poor software design it locks out the possibility of any other printer ever being installed.
The printer that I had trouble with was current about 3 or 4 years ago,it was a photo model with card reader slots in it.
I wish I had your printer to troubleshoot it.It will be interesting to find out what the problems are.Ron G

 

[dolluper]

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Hi Spinner Did you try when hooked up to the computer Start/settings/double click on printer and check the Queue

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Hi Spinner Did you try when hooked up to the computer Start/settings/double click on printer and check the Queue

Yea buddy, it's empty and printer is ready.
It's on it's way back to my daughter's now to hook back up to her machine.

 

[dolluper]

Re: Dadgum All in one

You said you used it to print some tax forms...is it possible you used it from a tax program if so it's quite possible the printer memory got messed up,theres a formula with the buttoms to fix that

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Daughter hooked it up and same thing, no print.
I think the print head is bad.
Printer is 3 or 4 years old.
She said it had been a while since she printed anything with it also.
She even changed the cartridges.

 

[i386]

Re: Dadgum All in one

Daughter hooked it up and same thing, no print.
I think the print head is bad.
Printer is 3 or 4 years old.
She said it had been a while since she printed anything with it also.
She even changed the cartridges.

No big surprise there since it wouldn't make a copy. Here's another "pot shot"

There's 2 kinds of print heads that I know of....

HP cartridges for example have the little nozzles that the ink squirts out of built into the cartridge. Your new cartridge is also a new print head. This type of cartridge has electrical contacts.

Other brands, like my old Canon Bubble Jet were different. The print head containing the little nozzles remained in the carriage that slides back and forth. The cartridges were merely tanks that hold ink.


I'm not familiar with your printer so...

If your cartridges are like my first example, replacing them with new ones eliminates being dried out as the cause.

If your cartridges are like my second example, replacing the cartridges will not cure a dried out print head. You can sometimes fix this by dropping a few drops of 70% isopropyl alcohol down the path where the ink flows into the cartridge. You might need to let it sit over night. If your printer has a cleaning utility that would also be helpful though you might still need the alcohol if it's dried up bad. The cleaning utility may be started from the buttons on the printer, from the printer utility software or both.


If it begins to print but looks like crap, print a few copies of something that'll lay down a lot of ink such as a color photo.