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Re: [Digital BW] lines on prints

2004-09-19 by Bob Michaels

Wogster: It's not supposed to be printing any color but the black ink,
when all of a sudden a yellow nozzle turns on and stays on. That's an
electronic malfunction, not a dirty head. 
Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "The Wogster"
<wogsterca@y...> wrote:
> It's probably a dirty head, check your printer where the heads park
when not in use, 
> see if there is a pad or wiper that cleans off the head, when it
parks.  If there is, then 
> see if it has a build up of ink on the pad or wiper, if there is,
then either see if you 
> can clean or replace the pad or wiper.  Otherwise try a cleaning
cycle, and see if 
> that helps.  If it's a HP or Lexmark printer, then try a new cartridge.
> 
> W

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