![]() I let it dry overnight, am in the process of a hard reset, and will be plugging it in again and inserting the cartridges during that process. From underneath the print head, that nozzle seems to still have some dried ink there. I cleaned so much ink from the print heat and it seems that the colors side it pretty much clean. I also had to carefully clean it from the white rollers. Even with the print head out, I had to continue to move the carriage and clean "leaked" drops of mainly black ink from the path on the metal part. There was a WHOLE LOT OF INK (mainly black) in several places inside the printer that I did not like. I took the cartridges out last night and also the print head as described. I am trying to get the printer to not give me problems due to the chips being read by the system and knowing that they are previously used. I am using refilled cartridges for the Photo-smart 6520 all in one wireless (mainly). WARNING: IF YOU TAKE AN INTEGRATED HEAD PRINTER APART, YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO GO INTO THE SERVICE MODE AND BYPASS THE SETUP INK REQUIREMENT (trade ink disable) OR BE PREPARED TO THROW IT OUT! NOT ALL UNITS HAVE THIS!.If I have not tested your printer, I cannot guarantee the calibration preservation procedure will work.These may not survive a lost calibration if SETUP cartridges are required. Non-removable printhead models (Ex: Photosmart 6520) require special attention to preserve the calibration.This guide is primarily made for the HP Photosmart Plus B210a and other REMOVABLE PRINTHEAD "564" printers.If you keep having problems the printhead is likely bad. WARNING: THIS PROCEDURE MAY DAMAGE PRINTHEADS WITH EXISTING DEFECTS! Use caution if you suspect an HW issue that could be made worse and finish off the machine, or write it off before trying! I am noticing more and more attempts fail so it is likely many of these are now having a hardware issue with the printhead. ![]() We used the printer's cleaning cartridge function to let the ink flow into the printhead. That's okay because the steamer puts a lot of water into the printhead. Make sure the electronic ribbon is dried completely. It is incredibly effective against stubborn cloggings. You can find them on Amazon for under $30. Because of timing constraint, we moved on to the next method. We could repeat this procedure, giving more time for the cleaning solution to penetrate the clog. Some clogs were softened by the cleaning solution and sucked out by the house vacuum. We used a house vacuum to suck from the bottom. Then, we wrapped around the printhead with a wet paper towel. Pros + Good connectivity + Simple touchscreen menus + Dual input trays + High resolutions + Good build and style Cons - Lacking options in menus - Photo colour could be better - No CD/DVD. We soaked the printhead in the cleaning solution. You can see the dry ink on the photo black nozzles. The printhead is still heavily clogged, but you can see a slight progress. We filled a blank cartridge with cleaning solutions then use a syringe to push the cleaning solution down to the printhead. All other colors were printing fine except the photo black, which prints stripes.įirst, we tried to make a cleaning cartridge. ![]() The printer is an HP PhotoSmart Premium C309g, uses 564 XL cartridges. ![]() In this blog, we will share the experience of cleaning a PhotoSmart printhead with you.
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