HP DeskJet 1220 paper feed

[Matti Partonen]

Just tried on this printer "Advanced HP Photo Paper". The printer feeds the
paper, but after a couple of centimeters the paper stops like it is running
against a wall. Printing, however, starts as if the paper were positioned
correctly; none of the ink hits the paper, of course.

The situation is the same with almost all photo papers. In fact, the only
photo paper I can use on this printer is "Everyday HP Photo Paper". Would
like to use heavier and better paper occasionally, but no chance.

HP does not service this model in my country. A third party service shop did
what it could, but as HP does not sell spare parts to such shops, that was
not much.


Is there, in the current offering of HP, an inkjet printer which has by and
large the same capabilities as the 1220 (excellent text, A3 format and
booklet printing are mandatory) *and* handles reliably *at least* HP's own
photo papers?

Matti P.

 

[medico]

Hi,
I too have a 1220 and suffer what you describe, however there are a couple
of workarounds but awkward to use.
If your using heavier paper or card you have to use the rear feed slot and
that the paper straight in, warning, it's nearly impossible to keep the
paper straight and each piece has to be hand fed. It also means that you
have to have access to the back of the machine and still leave enough space
for the front tray to receive the paper.
The second doesn't always work, there is a setting in the drivers for
heavyweight card which takes the paper slower but that also need hand
feeding from the bottom tray with the top tray folded up, this has to be put
down after the paper takes.
In reality HP should have designed a rear paper feed tray to resolve this,
but as per usual the customer is the last person to be considered by
HP/Compaq.
My next purchase of an A3 printer certainly will not be an HP

David.

 

[Warren Weber]

Just tried on this printer "Advanced HP Photo Paper". The printer feeds
the paper, but after a couple of centimeters the paper stops like it is
running against a wall. Printing, however, starts as if the paper were
positioned correctly; none of the ink hits the paper, of course.

The situation is the same with almost all photo papers. In fact, the only
photo paper I can use on this printer is "Everyday HP Photo Paper". Would
like to use heavier and better paper occasionally, but no chance.

HP does not service this model in my country. A third party service shop
did what it could, but as HP does not sell spare parts to such shops, that
was not much.


Is there, in the current offering of HP, an inkjet printer which has by
and large the same capabilities as the 1220 (excellent text, A3 format and
booklet printing are mandatory) *and* handles reliably *at least* HP's own
photo papers?

Matti P.

I had a 1120 model and when I wore it out I replaced
with a 1220. I do hundreds of 8.5 x 11 inch photos. This is a fabulous
printer for quality prints. The rollers either get loaded with surface
coating of photo paper or dirty some how. I take a sheet of photo paper and
wet it with household ammonia or a general kitchen cleaner and feed it
through all 3 ports. It comes out very dirty . Do this 2 or 3 times. Then I
run clean paper through all 3 ports to dry rollers, repeating until paper
comes out clean. This works for me.W W

 

[Matti Partonen]

Hi,
I too have a 1220 and suffer what you describe, however there are a couple
of workarounds but awkward to use.
If your using heavier paper or card you have to use the rear feed slot and
that the paper straight in, warning, it's nearly impossible to keep the
paper straight and each piece has to be hand fed. It also means that you
have to have access to the back of the machine and still leave enough
space for the front tray to receive the paper.

Yes, the rear feed slot. That worked precisely and was foolproof to use in
the 1120, 1220's predecessor. Then somebody came up with an idea that it
must be developed further, and the end result is completely useless. No
thanks.

The second doesn't always work, there is a setting in the drivers for
heavyweight card which takes the paper slower but that also need hand
feeding from the bottom tray with the top tray folded up, this has to be
put down after the paper takes.

As I described, the paper takes, no problem with that. But after having
moved a couple centimeters, it stops like is it meeting a wall; there is no
way to persuade it to move on.

In reality HP should have designed a rear paper feed tray to resolve this,
but as per usual the customer is the last person to be considered by
HP/Compaq.
My next purchase of an A3 printer certainly will not be an HP

What, if any, brand do you have in mind? I might join you.

Matti P.

 

[Bob Smither]

When printing I have started to get the following message on the
display:

79 ERROR (88FF)

Does anyone know what my CLJ5 is trying to tell me?

Thanks!

 

[Tony]

When printing I have started to get the following message on the
display:

79 ERROR (88FF)

Does anyone know what my CLJ5 is trying to tell me?

Thanks!

If this error is associated with a specific job, there could be a defect
in the software code that created the job

Run a self-test to check that the error is not generated by the
printer. If the error is isolated to the user’s print job, suspect the software.

An unrecoverable error occurred in the formatter PCA firmware.

Run the extended diagnostic tests to get more information about
this message. Then, power cycle the printer to clear this error.
Replace the formatter if the error persists.
Note
It is extremely rare that a formatter causes a 79 Service error.


Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[Bob Smither]

On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 12:45 -0600, Tony wrote:

If this error is associated with a specific job, there could be a defect
in the software code that created the job

Run a self-test to check that the error is not generated by the
printer. If the error is isolated to the users print job, suspect the software.

I ran the extended diagnostics and the only error was an out of memory
error on a test page.

An unrecoverable error occurred in the formatter PCA firmware.

<snip>

Thanks Tony! This has been an adventure. The errors started when I
tried to use a longer than normal parallel cable to connect the printer.
It has taken a while to sort through all the variations, as this printer
is _very_ slow. Going back to a short cable solved the problem
(although printing is still slow). I get the same error (79 ERROR
(88FF)) when trying to use the ethernet interface.

For now I am convinced that this is some sort of printer interface
problem, and I can live with the short cable. I printed several dozen
pages overnight and had no problems.

Regards,

 

[Tony]

On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 12:45 -0600, Tony wrote:



I ran the extended diagnostics and the only error was an out of memory
error on a test page.


<snip>

Thanks Tony! This has been an adventure. The errors started when I
tried to use a longer than normal parallel cable to connect the printer.
It has taken a while to sort through all the variations, as this printer
is _very_ slow. Going back to a short cable solved the problem
(although printing is still slow). I get the same error (79 ERROR
(88FF)) when trying to use the ethernet interface.

For now I am convinced that this is some sort of printer interface
problem, and I can live with the short cable. I printed several dozen
pages overnight and had no problems.

Regards,

I think you are right, if the Ethernet interface gives the same failure then it
is likely to be the formatter in the printer that is at fault, probably a
timing issue since it works OK with a short cable.
Great that you have it working.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging