Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Mon Mar 29 06:02:07 CST 2004
Hi Rocky, There's something I recall about ink cartridges and HP printers (Canon, too, probably others) - the newer ones have some kind of "is this a new cartridge?" electronic recognition. That's why refilling them doesn't work well anymore. (Yes, some of us really did do that - cartridges are expensive.) So, the cartridge that came from the printer that is working has already given up its "new" status when it went into that working printer. The printer not working may really need a new cartridge, and it just is not being fooled by the cartridge you borrowed from the working printer. Try a really new cartridge and see if that works. Otherwise, yup, you may have come to a moment of failure of some little component on the printed circuit board - and to repair it will take two or three bench hours of a skilled technician (if you can find anyone even willing to try), which will cost a bunch more than a new printer. (I, too, will withhold my rant on the "disposable" attitude of our society - but someday, let's have a go at that one!) Sorry. HTH Tina Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: >Here's a question that's pretty far off the beaten path even for this list. > >I have two HP3820 printers. One works, one doesn't. The one that doesn't has a blinking light which indicates that a new ink cartridge is required. So I took the cartridges out of the one that works and put them into the one that doesn't, but the light still blinks. I believe that it is not 'seeing' one (or more) of the cartridges. > >The printer is too cheap to repair. But I hate to just toss it. It IS an elegant piece of hardware. (The rant against our disposable society I will withhold, here.) Maybe someone knows (or can speculate) on which component might be at fault. Maybe some ink got on a sensor? Who knows? (That's why I'm writing, of course. To find out who knows.) > >Best to all, > >Rocky Smolin >Beach Access Software >http://www.e-z-mrp.com > > > > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >