BOIL THE INK WITH SOME EGGS
Susan Sharm wrote:
>Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
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>>Pretty much all HP cartridges respond really well when the heads are placed
>>in about 3/4" of boiling water for 5-minute. I have restored countless HP
>>plotter and printer cartridges that have been open and sitting for several
>>years with this method. Solvents don't reach deep in the capillaries and
>>other areas farther back like heated water.
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>This sounds like an interesting idea. Am I guessing correctly that the
>main evil is that the printhead is "clogged" internally and the boiling
>water dissolves the clog?
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>What is inside the printhead? I found a description of the printhead at
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>http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en...637-34076.html
>But the HP article didn't describe how a printhead works. If I knew how
>it works (and what is inside that little tank) then I could better
>figure out how to repair it.
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>Once we pull the printhead out of the boiling water, should I soak it
>with ink from the top screen or leave it filled with the hot water
>before putting the printhead back into the HP d145 officejet? Or do we
>empty it out and put the printhead back into the all-in-one
>printer/fax/scanner filled with air?
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>Thank you, in advance, for your kind help,
>Susan
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