Ticco
Apr 12th, 2009, 11:19 PM
I finally ran into a problem with my HP F4280 Deskjet :(
I was printing off some exam review notes and I just learned about "draft" mode - so I decided to print them off using this mode (apparently this is the mode on which the reported print speeds are based - in normal mode this printer is only 9ppm black vs the reported 26ppm).
Anyway, does printing in draft mode really screw up the nozzles or printer in some way - b/c the thing was really loud and FAST, the pages were being sucked into the feeder and pumped out really hard, lol...anyway, before the document was finished the pages started coming out with patches of missing ink - so I figure it was finally time to intall a new black cartridge. So I go ahead and do so.
The printer then prompts me to do an "alignment" but when I printed off the alignment page - it doesn't come out right, it prints off some circles but is missing all the boxes, etc - basically I can't do the alignment. It skips like 80% of the page - it's as if the nozzles or whatever you call them, is going through the motions of printer (you can hear them moving and making sounds like they normally do when printing) but no ink is coming out.
Could it be b/c my color cartridge is XL and the black cartridge I just installed is regular size?
I should also add that the black cartridge has been in "need to replace" mode for a while and I decided to keep printing until it was "fully-used" up, and so I figured I'd be able to tell once the pages started to come out with smears, or missing ink, etc - could this practice have messed up my ink nozzles?
I'm a bit peeved about this - I had this same problem with the first HP 4280 that I purchased and from the very get-go, it couldn't be set up properly b/c the test pages and alignments weren't coming out right - so I had to exchange it for another one and that one worked...now, 4 months later I've encountered the same problem.
I was printing off some exam review notes and I just learned about "draft" mode - so I decided to print them off using this mode (apparently this is the mode on which the reported print speeds are based - in normal mode this printer is only 9ppm black vs the reported 26ppm).
Anyway, does printing in draft mode really screw up the nozzles or printer in some way - b/c the thing was really loud and FAST, the pages were being sucked into the feeder and pumped out really hard, lol...anyway, before the document was finished the pages started coming out with patches of missing ink - so I figure it was finally time to intall a new black cartridge. So I go ahead and do so.
The printer then prompts me to do an "alignment" but when I printed off the alignment page - it doesn't come out right, it prints off some circles but is missing all the boxes, etc - basically I can't do the alignment. It skips like 80% of the page - it's as if the nozzles or whatever you call them, is going through the motions of printer (you can hear them moving and making sounds like they normally do when printing) but no ink is coming out.
Could it be b/c my color cartridge is XL and the black cartridge I just installed is regular size?
I should also add that the black cartridge has been in "need to replace" mode for a while and I decided to keep printing until it was "fully-used" up, and so I figured I'd be able to tell once the pages started to come out with smears, or missing ink, etc - could this practice have messed up my ink nozzles?
I'm a bit peeved about this - I had this same problem with the first HP 4280 that I purchased and from the very get-go, it couldn't be set up properly b/c the test pages and alignments weren't coming out right - so I had to exchange it for another one and that one worked...now, 4 months later I've encountered the same problem.