[pchelpers] Re: black printer ink not showing up

Maybe the printer is wrong. Whatever the case, any cartridge left for a 
long time might give a false sense of its condition, especially if the 
printer uses a visual sensor to gauge ink levels, or if the device 
inside the cartridge intended for that is clogged with dry ink. Maybe 
you have a service available to check it for you. Otherwise, it may be 
prudent to put a good one in.

G.R. Hanson wrote:

>HP Deskjet 990cse.
>Printer has been working fine.  I ran out of black ink this week.
>
>I inserted a printer cartridge in black that was here buried under a stack of 
>stuff.  I didn't know if it was a new one or an old one.  It had the plastic 
>pulled off the print head so I am assuming it was one I had used before, but 
>strangely, when I did a check to see how much ink it has in it-  it is showing 
>a full ink.
>
>But when I run the 'test' page it does when you close the door after inserting 
>a cartridge, one spot on the first line shows some black, and there is no 
>black anywhere on the rest of the page.
>Printing a text test page in notepad - well nothing showed up.
>
>I did a print clean.
>
>I put some alcohol on the print head on the cartridge and cleaned it with 
>cotton.
>
>Anyway... any more suggestions?
>
>Could the think showing that it is a full black be wrong?  I don't know how to 
>check that if it is the case.
>
>Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA
>

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