01-05-2006, 06:41 AM
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Re: Home repair of Hewlett Packard color printer print heads (HP#14)
Woody wrote:
>Most HP cartridges have the head built in and those are the ones he is
>referring to as running it dry and refilling can leave an air bubble in the
>jets which the printer can't purge. You have to dissolve the dry ink in the
>extremely small jets before anything will work. In your case swinging the
>printer in a plastic bag won't work and could be dangerous. You may need to
>replace the head with a new one or at today's prices replace the printer.
>Your real problem is not using the printer often enough....
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WHAT A WASTE OF TIME
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>"Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1131893033.762202.17440@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
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>>CWatters wrote:
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>>>This cart has the head built in right?
>>>air lock (usually cured by twirling it around in a plastic bag)
>>>just suck the ink out and put it into another cart.
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>>The HP OfficeJet d145 has four separate printheads (black, cyan,
>>majenta, and yellow). It has two ink tanks (black, and a tri-color
>>tank). The tanks sit above the print heads but either can be removed
>>separately. There is a photo of the two at:
>>http://www.vdhsoft.be/img_art/big/15886.jpg
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>>The ink tanks are all full. I'm don't understand at all how a print
>>head works but I see spinning it around and around in a plastic bag
>>whirling over my head as interesting. The print head is pretty large,
>>about an inch and a half long (see photo above) but still much smaller
>>than the ink tanks. Where does the air bubble form? The interior of the
>>printhead appears to be empty (it floats, for example, in a dish of
>>alcohol). Should my printheads have ink inside of them? There is a
>>screen at the top, about the diameter of a blouse button. And there is
>>ink oozing from the bottom metallic strip in two rows.
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>>Where does the printhead print from?
>>Does electricity somehow cause the ink to shoot out the bottom?
>>Is the tiny tank that is part of the printhead supposed to be filled
>>with ink?
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>>So much to learn. Is there a printhead FAQ out there somewhere?
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>>Thank you, in advance, for your help,
>>Susan
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