color cartridge on HP 7550 not working

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I am having a problem getting the color cart on my 7550 to work. I have
refilled it with the proper ink and it worked for a while but then stopped.
Now it won't send out any ink at all. If I take the cart out and leave it in
water for a short while, it leaves three proper streaks of the correct
colors when paper is wiped across the head. But it wont work in the printer

I have reset the cart indicator and it now shows full but the cart just wont
work. is there any solution for this besides 'buy a new cart'? No amount of
cleaning or priming will work to get anything out of this cartridge through
the nozzles in any color.

 

[measekite]

I am having a problem getting the color cart on my 7550 to work.
GOOD

I have
refilled it

THATS THE PROBLEM. CALL HP - TELL THEM YOU ARE USING GENERIC INK AND
HAVE A PROBLEM


ASK THEM HOW MUCH TO FIX THE PRINTER. ADD THAT TO THE INK COST AND WOWEE

with the proper ink and it worked for a while but then stopped.

OF COURSE

Now it won't send out any ink at all.

I HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THIS -- TAKE OUT YOUR WALLET

If I take the cart out and leave it in
water for a short while, it leaves three proper streaks of the correct
colors when paper is wiped across the head. But it wont work in the printer

I LUV IT

I have reset the cart indicator and it now shows full but the cart just wont
work.
DUH

is there any solution for this besides 'buy a new cart'?

NOPE AND MAKE IT AN HP CART. YOU ARE LUCKY YOU HAVE AN INTEGRATED PRINTHEAD

No amount of
cleaning or priming will work to get anything out of this cartridge through
the nozzles in any color.

I AM HAPPY FOR YOU

 

[George E. Cawthon]

I am having a problem getting the color cart on my 7550 to work. I have
refilled it with the proper ink and it worked for a while but then stopped.
Now it won't send out any ink at all. If I take the cart out and leave it in
water for a short while, it leaves three proper streaks of the correct
colors when paper is wiped across the head. But it wont work in the printer

I have reset the cart indicator and it now shows full but the cart just wont
work. is there any solution for this besides 'buy a new cart'? No amount of
cleaning or priming will work to get anything out of this cartridge through
the nozzles in any color.

If you have tried cleaning and priming many times
without results, you may have already burned up
the cartridge and if you have, it is time for a
new cartridge. Failure to flow ink may be due to
a bubble just before the print head. Check any of
the ink refilling sites for instructions.

One possible solution is to use centrifugal force.
Attach a rope to a container for the cartridge,
with the top of the cartridge at the rope end and
the head at the other end. The container can be
anything suchas a small bag or mesh cloth, Even a
plastic bag. Then hold the rope about 5 feet from
the cartridge and swing in around as fast as you
can to force the ink toward the head. Good luck.

 

[Made Man]

I am having a problem getting the color cart on my 7550 to work. I have
refilled it with the proper ink and it worked for a while but then stopped.
Now it won't send out any ink at all. If I take the cart out and leave it in
water for a short while, it leaves three proper streaks of the correct
colors when paper is wiped across the head. But it wont work in the printer

I have reset the cart indicator and it now shows full but the cart just wont
work. is there any solution for this besides 'buy a new cart'? No amount of
cleaning or priming will work to get anything out of this cartridge through
the nozzles in any color.

For one reason or another, the printer's electrical terminals for the
color cartridge may have burned out. In that event, anything you do
including replacing the cartridge will do no good. Try a new color
cartridge ... if the problem persists, it's an indication the problem
is probably in the printer and not the cartridge.

 

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For one reason or another, the printer's electrical terminals for the

color cartridge may have burned out. In that event, anything you do
including replacing the cartridge will do no good. Try a new color
cartridge ... if the problem persists, it's an indication the problem
is probably in the printer and not the cartridge.

That was precisely what worried me and made me a bit wary of adopting hp's
self-serving (and measkite's) suggestion of throwing money at the problem to
see IF it would go away.

But I have noticed one other point; if I try to CALIBRATE, all the inks
seem to at least do some flowing. There are very minor lines missing (less
than a half of 1%) on the ordinary black with the photo black seemingly
working but all colors print. It is just that the red coming out of the
color cart only prints the lower two out of the twenty or so lines. I
wonder if this alone is conclusively indicative of the printer itself being
bust?

As I have mentioned, continuous priming doesn't seem to fix this, which is
why I haven't as yet tried to adopt the centrifugal method for which I have
substituted blowing through the top hole. But with all three inks flowing
when dunked in water, I wonder about the efficacy of this approach?

 

[measekite]

SEE. A REFILLER

That was precisely what worried me and made me a bit wary of adopting hp's
self-serving (and measkite's) suggestion of throwing money at the problem to
see IF it would go away.

But I have noticed one other point; if I try to CALIBRATE, all the inks
seem to at least do some flowing. There are very minor lines missing (less
than a half of 1%) on the ordinary black with the photo black seemingly
working but all colors print. It is just that the red coming out of the
color cart only prints the lower two out of the twenty or so lines. I
wonder if this alone is conclusively indicative of the printer itself being
bust?

As I have mentioned, continuous priming doesn't seem to fix this, which is
why I haven't as yet tried to adopt the centrifugal method for which I have
substituted blowing through the top hole. But with all three inks flowing
when dunked in water, I wonder about the efficacy of this approach?

 

[measekite]

If you have tried cleaning and priming many times without results, you
may have already burned up the cartridge and if you have, it is time
for a new cartridge. Failure to flow ink may be due to a bubble just
before the print head. Check any of the ink refilling sites for
instructions.

One possible solution is to use centrifugal force. Attach a rope to a
container for the cartridge, with the top of the cartridge at the rope
end and the head at the other end. The container can be anything
suchas a small bag or mesh cloth, Even a plastic bag. Then hold the
rope about 5 feet from the cartridge and swing in around as fast as
you can to force the ink toward the head. Good luck.

HA HA HA

 

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Sorry, I hadn't realised that you were the guy who thinks that all the
people who refill cartridges are lying and that in practice it isn't
actually possible and that they must be stoooooooooopid for trying. I
should have noticed earlier. My fault. It was obvious from the seemingly
Nigerian 419 nature of your posts. (I was trying to get assistance on this
problem, not have hp propaganda spread at me)

What exactly does the "@oem.com" in your address mean? Please address this
point before you get into my killfile.

The caps lock key is the one just above the shift key and below the one
marked tab with what probably looks to you like some funny arrows? It is
usually marked caps lock. (If you look carefully you will notice that
pressing it CHANGES the appearance of the characters you type and tends to
make readers take what you say less seriously). I suppose you deserve
congratulations on your grammar but I am reluctant to give it until I see
you using multisyllabic sentences consistently.

 

[measekite]

Sorry, I hadn't realised that you were the guy who thinks that all the
people who refill cartridges are lying and that in practice it isn't
actually possible and that they must be stoooooooooopid for trying. I
should have noticed earlier. My fault. It was obvious from the seemingly
Nigerian 419 nature of your posts. (I was trying to get assistance on this
problem, not have hp propaganda spread at me)

What exactly does the "@oem.com" in your address mean? Please address this
point before you get into my killfile.

AS IF I CARE. DON;T YOU GET IT BUT I WILL TELL YOU

DA OH IS FOR ORIGINAL

DA EEEEH IS FOR EQUIPMENT

DA M IS FOR MEASEKITE

The caps lock key is the one just above the shift key and below the one
marked tab with what probably looks to you like some funny arrows? It is
usually marked caps lock.

I FOUND IT

(If you look carefully you will notice that
pressing it CHANGES the appearance of the characters you type and tends to
make readers take what you say less seriously).

I LIKE IT

I suppose you deserve
congratulations on your grammar but I am reluctant to give it until I see
you using multisyllabic sentences consistently.

WHAT IS A SEND TENSE

 

[Frank]

Sorry, I hadn't realised that you were the guy who thinks that all the
people who refill cartridges are lying and that in practice it isn't
actually possible and that they must be stoooooooooopid for trying. I
should have noticed earlier. My fault. It was obvious from the seemingly
Nigerian 419 nature of your posts. (I was trying to get assistance on this
problem, not have hp propaganda spread at me)

What exactly does the "@oem.com" in your address mean? Please address this
point before you get into my killfile.

The caps lock key is the one just above the shift key and below the one
marked tab with what probably looks to you like some funny arrows? It is
usually marked caps lock. (If you look carefully you will notice that
pressing it CHANGES the appearance of the characters you type and tends to
make readers take what you say less seriously). I suppose you deserve
congratulations on your grammar but I am reluctant to give it until I see
you using multisyllabic sentences consistently.

You're dealing with a mentally deranged moron of a jerk.
Pay no attention to anything he says.
He knows NOTHING!
Frank

 

[Bob Headrick]

But I have noticed one other point; if I try to CALIBRATE, all the
inks seem to at least do some flowing. There are very minor lines
missing (less than a half of 1%) on the ordinary black with the photo
black seemingly working but all colors print. It is just that the red
coming out of the color cart only prints the lower two out of the
twenty or so lines. I wonder if this alone is conclusively indicative
of the printer itself being bust?

It sounds clear that you have a defective cartridge.

- Bob Headrick

 

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Well Bob, I came to that conclusion and agree with you. I did actually buy
another one a few days ago and will give it a try.

Going a stage further, I noticed on one cart refiller's site that he
recommends that the shelf life of some inks is no more than three months.
That made me think that what I have is probably congealed ink (whatever
SEEMS to be coming out of the cartridge when I make it a bit wet). I never
thought that there could be any justification for HP selling cartridges with
such a tiny amount of ink in them but I have noticed over the years that hp
carts simply do not last if unused (whereas Epson printers do not last
unclogged even if they ARE used). HP do not seem to want to accept this?

You are right to notice that the calibrate test confirms this.

 

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It sounds clear that you have a defective cartridge.

The problem I have is that whatever I do, the yellow wont print much
I have now tried a new cartridge and it still wont print much. The old
refilled cartridge and the brand new cartridge are both exhibiting the same
fault which is that the more I print, the less yellow comes out. calibrate
showed 80-90% of the yellow which it should have shown. Cleaning that brand
new cartridge results in at first, only minor streaking on the yellow.
Intermediate clean makes these streaks grow in breadth and prime makes
yellow virtually non-existent.

All other colours respond well to the clean or prime or whatever