My HP Deskjet 1220c no longer prints yellow

[Allen]

My HP Deskjet 1220c no longer prints yellow.

I have a hard time believing I ran out of yellow - I use the other two color
much more. I told the printer to clean but did not prime.

Also, although I've had the printer for a while I've used it seldom.

Do cartridge jets get blocked or something that can be fixed?



Thanks

 

[philo]

My HP Deskjet 1220c no longer prints yellow.

I have a hard time believing I ran out of yellow - I use the other two
color much more. I told the printer to clean but did not prime.

Also, although I've had the printer for a while I've used it seldom.

Do cartridge jets get blocked or something that can be fixed?

Try priming...
also you may have to clean off the heads manually

 

[Allen]

Try priming...

The form said to only prime new cartriges

also you may have to clean off the heads manually

Nothing special, just take a paper towel and wipe it?

Thanks

 

[philo]

The form said to only prime new cartriges

Nothing special, just take a paper towel and wipe it?

Thanks

I'd still try priming them...

as far as cleaning...a damp q tip might do the trick...
but be careful

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today Allen commented courteously on the subject at hand

My HP Deskjet 1220c no longer prints yellow.

I have a hard time believing I ran out of yellow - I use
the other two color much more. I told the printer to clean
but did not prime.

Also, although I've had the printer for a while I've used
it seldom.

Do cartridge jets get blocked or something that can be
fixed?

Mine has been running flawlessly since Day One. But, yes, one
color can and does run out first.

Are you buying genuine HP cartidges, no-brand, refilling your
own, or what? When I see anything out of the ordinary, I try
printing a couple of copies of a 16-color image to see which
color(s) might be going south. I try cleaning the heads first
but if that doesn't fix it right away, it's time for a new one.

Good luck.

 

[Allen]

Thanks

I'd still try priming them...

as far as cleaning...a damp q tip might do the trick...
but be careful

 

[Allen]

Using HP cartridge. But for future, is that the way to go.
Never filled, is doing that a problem?
What about non-HP?

Thanks

Today Allen commented courteously on the subject at hand

sure did

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today Allen commented courteously on the subject at hand

Using HP cartridge. But for future, is that the way to go.
Never filled, is doing that a problem?
What about non-HP?

Thanks

There's two parts to the print heads - one is on each new
cartridge and the rest is buried in the traversing print
mechanism. The former can maybe be fixed by cleaning or
replacing but the latter - if messed up in any way - is a
repair bill larger than the replacement value of the printer.

Some people save a lot of money refilling one way or another
and I cannot dispute that. But, if the printer is OK except
for a yellow or other ink issue, why temp Murphy to visit you?

Just my opinion, YMMV.

 

[John Jay Smith]

A tip for people who want economy.

There is a PROGRAM to reduce the consumption
of the ink with increadible results!

http://www.inksaver.com/

Its not freeware but it will pay for itself fast.
You can thank me for saving you some bucks

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today John Jay Smith commented courteously on the subject at
hand

http://www.inksaver.com/

After reading this, I have to ask, is it like a thermos bottle
that somehow knows what to keep hot and what to keep cold?
Besides the obvious of people overusing the highest quality
setting on their inkjet, how can software driving software and
hardware in a printer possibly save the claimed amount of ink
and not be visible in the prints?

 

[John Jay Smith]

Let me ask you another question instread of an answer.
How can JPG show nice images when they are in fact 1/10th of the size of the
original bitmap image?
How can MP3's be 1/20 of the wave sound?

Answer: they use algorithms to remove the "non - essential". So does this
program.

If you want to print a photo on photopaper you disable it.

If you want to print a PDF you do!

If you dont believe me download and do the trial!

I have set it to 50% and it works great!

--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com
Take a look at my site!
A World Full of Wonders...
If you can imagine it, it is possible.

--

 

[Allen]

thanks

Today Allen commented courteously on the subject at hand


There's two parts to the print heads - one is on each new
cartridge and the rest is buried in the traversing print
mechanism. The former can maybe be fixed by cleaning or
replacing but the latter - if messed up in any way - is a
repair bill larger than the replacement value of the printer.

Some people save a lot of money refilling one way or another
and I cannot dispute that. But, if the printer is OK except
for a yellow or other ink issue, why temp Murphy to visit you?

Just my opinion, YMMV.




--
ATM, aka Jerry

"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." - Henry
Ford

 

[John Jay Smith]

In the case of HP 1220
the cartrige has the printing head on it.

in otherwords each time you change the ink, you change the printing head.

This solves a lot of problems that occure in other printers with clogging up
ink heads.

--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com
Take a look at my site!
A World Full of Wonders...
If you can imagine it, it is possible.

--

 

[Allen]

thanks

In the case of HP 1220
the cartrige has the printing head on it.

in otherwords each time you change the ink, you change the printing head.

This solves a lot of problems that occure in other printers with clogging
up ink heads.

--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com
Take a look at my site!
A World Full of Wonders...
If you can imagine it, it is possible.

 

[V Green]

HP yellow inks SEEM to be excessively corrosive.

I have had a DesignJet 450C for quite a few years now, and
the yellow carts have alwys been the most problematic.

I posted a question to the printer guru at fixyourownprinter.com
and he and a couple others confirmed the problems with yellow
ink...here, it manifests itself most commonly as a cart that refused
to print AT ALL. Carts usually plug up some, causing streaking,
but these were completely dead.

Checking the carts via the PC pads that make contact with it
showed that somewhere the copper traces had opened up, likely
due to the yellow ink.

So, I've just learned to live with it.

As far as maunal cleaning goes, if the damn thing's not working,
I figger you've got nothing to lose.

I can USUALLY revive a dead cart (unless it's an electrical problem
as above) by wiping the printhead FIRMLY several times with a piece
of toilet paper (yeah, I know, that's supposed to be a BAD THING, but
it works).

If that doesn't work, take the cart OUTSIDE, somewhere that flying ink
will not get on anything critical, and pretend to "throw" it with the
printhead
facing away from you several times while NOT actually letting go. The G
forces will often get things flowing again. A large arc with the bottom of
the arc
toward the ground works well, and the ink doesn't get on anything vaulable
this way.

Then follow up with the TP as above.

I've revived MANY $35 HP 5164X carts this way.

 

[Allen]

Thanks for sharing

HP yellow inks SEEM to be excessively corrosive.

I have had a DesignJet 450C for quite a few years now, and
the yellow carts have alwys been the most problematic.

I posted a question to the printer guru at fixyourownprinter.com
and he and a couple others confirmed the problems with yellow
ink...here, it manifests itself most commonly as a cart that refused
to print AT ALL. Carts usually plug up some, causing streaking,
but these were completely dead.

Checking the carts via the PC pads that make contact with it
showed that somewhere the copper traces had opened up, likely
due to the yellow ink.

So, I've just learned to live with it.

As far as maunal cleaning goes, if the damn thing's not working,
I figger you've got nothing to lose.

I can USUALLY revive a dead cart (unless it's an electrical problem
as above) by wiping the printhead FIRMLY several times with a piece
of toilet paper (yeah, I know, that's supposed to be a BAD THING, but
it works).

If that doesn't work, take the cart OUTSIDE, somewhere that flying ink
will not get on anything critical, and pretend to "throw" it with the
printhead
facing away from you several times while NOT actually letting go. The G
forces will often get things flowing again. A large arc with the bottom
of
the arc
toward the ground works well, and the ink doesn't get on anything vaulable
this way.

Then follow up with the TP as above.

I've revived MANY $35 HP 5164X carts this way.