[pchelpers] Re: black printer ink not showing up
- From: Scott McNay <wizard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "G.R. Hanson" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:09:40 -0500
Hi Re-Na,
Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 3:33:53 PM, you wrote:
GRH> HP Deskjet 990cse.
GRH> Printer has been working fine. I ran out of black ink this week.
GRH> I inserted a printer cartridge in black that was here
GRH> buried under a stack of stuff. I didn't know if it was a new one
GRH> or an old one. It had the plastic pulled off the print head so I
GRH> am assuming it was one I had used before, but strangely, when I
GRH> did a check to see how much ink it has in it- it is showing a
GRH> full ink.
If nothing has been sealing the printhead, then the ink has dried up
in the head. If you let it soak for a while it might work again.
I'm not certain, but I think the printer automatically assumes that
when cartridges are replaced, the replacement is new, even if not.
--Scott.
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