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Printer printing blank pages :(
Romero Zombie
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Hey all - I'm not sure what exactly the issue is. My ten year old printer finally bit the dust and rather than going out on buying a new one, my brother gave me his HP F4480 which he never really uses. I got it home and installed it and everything was working pretty well and the cartridges were bone dry. So I order new cartridges online and the printer says I have ink and all is well but when I go to print now the printer will go through the motions but all I get is a blank white page. Thinking I might have gotten some dud print cartridges I try the steam trick and get a good amount of ink trickling out of the cartridge...so I know there is some in there.
Any idea what could be causing this? I'd rather not go out and buy a new printer but if it comes to it I suppose I could....
Any idea what could be causing this? I'd rather not go out and buy a new printer but if it comes to it I suppose I could....
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The printer software should have an option to clean them, it uses a lot of ink (compared to regular printing) but it might help.
If it doesn't work, you might be able to go in and try to manually clean them.
http://www.justanswer.com/printers/42b1g-hp-deskjet-f4480-just-put-new-cartridge.html
If that doesn't work I think I'd just go to walmart and drop 40-50 bucks on a cheap printer that'll do the job.
You'd have to check with the manufacturer to see if there's any way to tell or even repair it. Often, though, you're only able to buy a new head.