what is the composition of inkjet printer head cleaners?
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Mostly they use Isoproyle butane... not harmful to plastic.
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This must be problem with print head. Nothing wrong in the computer or printer driver. Clean the print head with distilled water and lint free clean cloth. Instead of water some solvent like Diluted Iso propile alcohol or Ammonia solution may work better. Try it. Hope your problem will resolve.\n\nBy the way "How frequently you use your printer?" The problem with all kind of inkjet printers are if not in regular use, the head gets dried up and all its nozzles are getting clogged up with dry ink.
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The printhead contained in an inkjet cartridge is designed to last the life of the cartridge, so refills aren't a good idea. There is nothing wrong with using compatible brands, though, most HP cartridges are made by Canon anyway.
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The printhead is an integrated part of the replacement ink cartridges for this printer.\n\nYou can buy the cartridges (including new printhead) here:\n\nhttp://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/supplies_model.do?landing=printing_supplies&family_name=Color+Copier&model_name=Color+Copier+290&catLevel=1
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online.. thru your comp.. start the "Status Monitor" ..\n.. it sits someplace in "Start" (if on Windows)\n\nOr simply go to the printer name in "Printers" folder & right click-> go to properties- then all thse tabs come up for "Head cleaning" "Nozzle Check" etc...\n\nThere.. a tab has status monitor...\n\nHowever, thru experience using my old Epson Stylus 1200\nI have come to know that its a bit waste as the Nozzle Check & Head Cleaning both deplete the bloody ink resorviors..\n\nI now, manually take them out \n[HIGHLY AVIODABLE AND WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THOU]\nto get a feeling as to how much is there which I can get since so many years..\nGive it a good shake & I put 'em back...\n\nThough unlike HP, Epson cartridge head doesn't get replaced each time, so its a big headache to try remove cartridge\n(one risks damaging internals as ink might pour out of gaping hole in cartridge- there is a certain trick jerky movement to get it out)\n\nPlus, lastly, the damn things sort of dry out even if printer left unused for under a month & so software may still detect a semi full thing as, one needing replacement
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thereis dry ink in print heads of your printer, i guarantee thats the problem (that is assuming your printer is ok, and you have installed cartridge correctly).\n\nclick Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Printers (and Faxes). right click on the icon with your printer name. click properties. look for a tab that say "tools" or "utilities" or "service" or something similar. there usially in a "clean print heads" (or something with the same meaning) button in it. insert paper into your printer and click that button. you might have to try in a couple of times.\n\nthe only other problems i can think of that would produce this result would be (1) cartridge is not instaled correctly (2) there's something wrong with the printer (3) bad cartridge. in this order of probabilty.\n\ngood luck
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I have answered this question twice, to 2 different variations of the problem. The discussion of the problem is listed below, along with various other aspects of the current "epson" printers...\n\nhope this helps.\n\nAlso, a note to the text below.... The vaccuum system used to \n"clean" the Epson printer heads is connected to the ENTIRE\nprint head... this means that, for example, if Yellow and \nRED print head holes are clogged, the vaccuum does not\nchange its location or pressure, so that the "clean" process\nsucks twice as much ink out of the BLACK and BLUE ( Since\nthe yellow and red are clogged ) and has little effect on the\ndesired purpose of actually "cleaning" the clogged print holes. This explains why some cartridges can be almost empty\nand others almost full, while the "estimated" ink levels \nshow all colours are equal. The vaccuum process on the new machines\nonly works when there is no problem in the first place, and\nwastes huge amounts of ink...\n\n\nI have a couple of new epson printers.\nThe new cx printers are extremely hard to fill. How did you fill them in the first place?\nIf you drill or melt a hole in the top, in the EXACT\ncorrect position, and slowly fill them, letting the air\nand ink bubbles exhaust, then, they are "full".\nI weigh the cartridges when new, and when empty, and\nwhen re-filled, so that I know if indeed, they are\nre-filled. You can now buy gram or ounce weight digital scales\neverywhere, including kitchen stores, and retail outlets,\nand they are 20 bucks or so, and very accurate.\nCheck the carts to see if on the front, bottom or back\nedge there is a tiny green circuitboard attached to\nink cart with two melted dots of case plastic posts.\nIf so, then you have otherwise, a piece of plastic,\ncontaning 35 cents worth of ink, with a self-destruct\nprogrammable chip on it. Every time you use ink, the\nchip is programmed by 7 gold contact points, and the\nprinter "guesses" how much ink you have, and subtracts it.\nAt about 25 per cent to 33 percent full, the chip is\ntold that you are out of ink. This rather full piece\nof plastic, is then DEAD, and cannot be used again.\nI have used a new, FULL cart, and simply run the CLEAN HEAD\nEpson utility a few times, and been told that the carts are now\n50 percent Full ( HALF EMPTY !!! -- and I hadn't printed\nanything yet!!! )\nThe extra caution in telling a cart with ink in, that it\nis empty, is done to prevent the cart from ever really\nemptying, which would suck air into the carriage fill\npost nozzel, and into an inch or two of piping inside\nthe print carriage / head assembly, and in 20 minutes the\nink inside these tubes would dry, and almost permanently\ndestroy the tiny print holes ability to re-wet with any\nnew ink.\nIf you take out a cart, you must either put in a new one\nimmediately, or re-fill immediately. I have seen many\nEpsons in the garbage - all with badly dried print head /\ncarriage assemblies - if you have a SCANNER/ PRINTER,\nsuch as my CX printers, the second the print head is\n"told" by estimation software, that it is "empty" the\nentire machine, including the scanner is DEAD, since,\nwhen you turn it on, you cannot get past the ERROR\nink out message !!!!.\nThe Espon printers with the "new and improved" print ink\nheads and ink carts, are EXTREMELY fragile, and will\nself-destruct at the tiniest problem. If the power goes\noff, and the head is not parked, it dries out. If you\ntake out a cart and go to the store with the cart to\nmake certain you have the correct one, the print head\ndries out. You cannot take out the print head to soak\nit in water without completely tearing the printer apart,\nand removing the delicate microfilm plastic position\nstrip, and the drive belt, and many fragile parts...\nIf you do manage to get the print head out, the print head\nis extremely delicate, and ordinary tap water will
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Try this link. Helps try googling for more\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet_printer
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2 parts water and 1 part vinegar. thats the best solution you could use to clean your monitor.
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The print head?  \nIf numerous print head cleaning haven't yielded a decent print.  Or worse if you are getting an error message that it isn't recognizing the cartridge/print head. Then you don't repair it, you replace it.
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http://www.eacochem.com/lc_aluminumcleaning.shtml
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baby oil\nrubbing alcohol\nsoap\nlaundry detergent...
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Ultrasonic cleaners might be the best solution.\n\nHere is an excerpt from the source listed below: \n\nAlthough a range of possible alternative products is available today, experience has shown that substitution of TRI is not easy and even not feasible for a number of specific cases, either for technical or economical reasons. For all cases, substitution of TRI needs a thorough evaluation of all process aspects. For this reason we intend to work with the authorities in order to prevent a blanket implementation of forced substitution, and allow sustainable and continued safe use of TRI. \n\nThe alternatives you will probably consider first are the chlorinated solvents perchloroethylene (PER) and methylene chloride (MC). They match closest the technical features of TRI, such as non-flammability, high solvency power, a wide range of material compatibility and excellent drying and recycling properties.\n\nBeside PER and MC, you have probably also heard about other alternatives such as aqueous (water-based) alkaline systems, flammable solvents (e.g. hydrocarbons or modified alcohol based formulations), supercritical CO2 or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), etc.\n\nIt is impossible to say definitively which technology is best. That depends on your specific application, on what you are cleaning, which materials you want to remove, the cleanliness required, the variability of the parts cleaned, the throughput to be achieved, the cycle times, etc. \n\nFor example, for the cleaning of parts between two water-based manufacturing steps (e.g. galvanising), aqueous systems may be better, since parts are put into water phase again later and no energy-intensive drying step to remove the water is required. \n\nIf you need to have very clean and dry surfaces (for coating or surface hardening, for example) and if you have a variety of different metals or blind holes, narrow distances and very fine orifices or a lot of residual oil to clean, hydrocarbons or aqueous systems may not clean and dry well enough. In these cases, chlorinated solvents will offer most often the best solution as they are compatible with most materials, have a high cleaning power, are easy to dry, don't leave residual films and are easy to recycle with high quality by distillation. In addition, chlorinated solvents are today best suited to be used in modern closed systems with minimal losses. Their ecological performance has very much increased and, when used in well-operated metal cleaning systems, they outperform aqueous cleaning as long as drying is required. This has been shown by a Life Cycle Analysis carried out by Ecobilan. \n\nPER comes closest to TRI in technical performance and is often the first choice candidate as an alternative to TRI. However, it shows clear inherent technical differences, which need to be taken into consideration. On one side, PER offers a lower volatility and therefore is advantageous to minimise emissions in closed equipment. On the other side, PER has a lower solvency power and is therefore normally used at a higher cleaning temperature to achieve similar performance. This may raise concerns regarding the compatibility with specific metal working fluids and temperature-sensitive parts. \n\nMethylene chloride (MC) shows excellent cleaning properties already at low temperatures, favouring the cleaning of temperature sensitive parts. However, its high volatility makes emission control more difficult and requires special equipment.\n\nHydrofluorocarbons (HFC) and hydrofluorocarbon ethers (HFCE) are very expensive and show very limited solvency power. A thorough evaluation of the global warming potential is also required to choose the adequate product.
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HP Deskjet printers printheads are part of the ink cartridges and the placement area.  I would suggest first to replace your ink cartridges and clean the print heads.  If this does not fix the problem, then the less expensive fix is to get a new printer.
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First make sure there is any ink coming out of the cartridge.  Dab it on a moist paper towel to see if you get the three colors.  If you do, then try completely resetting your printer.  Turn off your printer, unplug it and then leave it that way for at least a minute.  This clears the memory so that it shouldn't think you are still using the same empty cartridge.  \n\nIf these don't work, there is a chance that you just have to get another cartridge.  If the print head (the shiny copper portion) is scratched or damaged in any way, then your printer won't be able to read the cartridge.
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It really depends on your printer, the operating system you are running, etc.  You can run through the printer support help system at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportIndex.jsp.  This system will guide you through the wizard by asking questions about your product, and then give you help with what you need.\n\nHope this helps.
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I think that is an ink jet, so it may just need new cartridges, or replacing the ink in the old ones. If the printer has been sitting a long time, you may be able to use the extreme clean section of the head cleaning program. Another possibility is that the FORM FEED button is being held down. Of course, it could need a new control board, which would have the same effect. If you have the original disk, there should be a diagnostic program on it, or you can download it from the HP website, and that may be able to help you resolve this issue.