On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:22 PM, wes wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Denis Heidtmann
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:07 PM, wes wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Note that third-party ink cartridges do exist and can make this scheme
> a
> > > lot
> > > less costly in the long term. I go
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Denis Heidtmann
wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:07 PM, wes wrote:
>
> >
> > Note that third-party ink cartridges do exist and can make this scheme a
> > lot
> > less costly in the long term. I go to Cartridge World in Tualatin for all
> > my
> > printer supply
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:07 PM, wes wrote:
>
> Note that third-party ink cartridges do exist and can make this scheme a
> lot
> less costly in the long term. I go to Cartridge World in Tualatin for all
> my
> printer supply needs. Their prices are usually about half the retail OEM
> prices.
>
>
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Russell Senior
wrote:
> ...
> But, yeah, try the ink cartridges first. The silly thing is that
> buying new ink cartridges at retail prices would probably exceed the
> value of the device.
> --
> Russell Senior, President
That is no accident. That is why the ma
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:07:29 -0700
wes dijo:
>Note that third-party ink cartridges do exist and can make this scheme
>a lot less costly in the long term. I go to Cartridge World in
>Tualatin for all my printer supply needs. Their prices are usually
>about half the retail OEM prices.
There's also
>
>
> On the one hand, its 'give away the razor and sell the blades' strategy
> works - awesome inkjet printers have never been so cheap, while the ink
> cartridge prices make your eyes water - but there are corner cases, etc.
>
>
Note that third-party ink cartridges do exist and can make this sch
> "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann writes:
Keith> I am insane, so I took it apart down to the hundreds of pieces
Keith> level ( color laser printers are complicated ), cleaned
Keith> everything, and got it working again.
Denis> Interesting. The Free Geek idea is worth a try. Taking this
Denis> t
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote:
> BTW a 970 is
> a great work horse, and comes apart so one can clean the 'drip pan'. I have
> two
> of them.
>
Whoops! I mis-typed. Mine is a 930C. Do you know if it comes apart? I
looked years ago and saw no way to get inside.
> Bef
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:18:32 -0500 Fred James wrote:
> My 7310 seems to want to have something like the alignment page and
> clean print heads run every few days no matter what other activity
> has occurred.
There is good reason why The INQUIRER sta
>
>
>
> My 7310 seems to want to have something like the alignment page and
> clean print heads run every few days no matter what other activity has
> occurred.
> Regards
> Fred James
>
>
that sounds like a problem.
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wes wrote:
> seems reasonable, except that would print the keepalive page even if you had
> just printed something 5 minutes ago. I suppose it's still worth it if the
> printer sees such infrequent use that this is worthwhile. though if that's
> the case, you could just pull the cartridges out and
seems reasonable, except that would print the keepalive page even if you had
just printed something 5 minutes ago. I suppose it's still worth it if the
printer sees such infrequent use that this is worthwhile. though if that's
the case, you could just pull the cartridges out and seal them up. I thi
dont have system with printer where Im at but something like this
in cron run script once a day
check the timestamp on a file, if older then 7 days lpr the squirt
file to the printer
touch the file
the test file is a zero length file in /var, the squirt file is HP
code to print four rectangles
h
Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>
>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:40:01AM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>>
>> (omissions for brevity)
>> Most importantly, a grain got into an optical calibration path,
>> a pair of millimeter-diameter holes r
you could always put the activity-page back in the feed tray whenever you
see it in the output tray.
I really like this idea. any chance you would be willing to share your
script?
-wes
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote:
> Any inkjet is not going to like going for a long tim
Any inkjet is not going to like going for a long time without
printing. BTW a 970 is
a great work horse, and comes apart so one can clean the 'drip pan'. I have two
of them.
I have a little init job that checks to see if the printer has done
anything i a week and
if not prints a little test line o
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:40:01AM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > Thanks for all the replies. The printer is sitting not connected to
> any
> > computer. It goes through the alignment test, where the carriage moves
> > across the p
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:40:01AM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > Thanks for all the replies. The printer is sitting not connected to any
> computer. It goes through the alignment test, where the carriage moves
> across the paper and a light shines down. I assume that this is locating
> the
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Russell Johnson wrote:
> On Jul 19, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>
> > This endless
> > loop gives me no opportunity to try anything other than power-off. This
> > leads me to discount computer drivers, etc. as the issue.
> >
> > I lightly pressed eac
On Jul 19, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> Still of an open mind...
Also, for general inkjet printer edification:
http://www.kadansky.com/files/newsletters/2011/2011_01_26.html
Russell Johnson
r...@dimstar.net
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On Jul 19, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> This endless
> loop gives me no opportunity to try anything other than power-off. This
> leads me to discount computer drivers, etc. as the issue.
>
> I lightly pressed each cartridge onto a wet cloth, indicating three
> colors/black. This l
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Fred James wrote:
> nathan w wrote:
> > the hplip site says that this printer is supported in versions 0.95 or
> > newer, and the current version of hplip is 3.11.5. ubuntu already has
> > the 3.11 branch... it'd be a very outdated distro indeed that did not
> > su
nathan w wrote:
> the hplip site says that this printer is supported in versions 0.95 or
> newer, and the current version of hplip is 3.11.5. ubuntu already has
> the 3.11 branch... it'd be a very outdated distro indeed that did not
> support this printer with the hplip package already in the re
the hplip site says that this printer is supported in versions 0.95 or
newer, and the current version of hplip is 3.11.5. ubuntu already has
the 3.11 branch... it'd be a very outdated distro indeed that did not
support this printer with the hplip package already in the repo.
i vote for hardware
Robert Munro wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 at 11:47:47 -700 PM, wes wrote:
>
>> If it's worth a couple hundred dollars to fix (probably less, but be
>> prepared), there are companies out there specifically to fix your
>> old printer. The one I use is called Laser Services. worth a phone
>> call?
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:01:12AM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> I have been through the various resets: #3, #6, #9, and the Full NVM. After
> each of these I get to a point of a loop of alignment, self test, paper
> eject. No ink on the paper. Only a power off interrupts the loop. The
> cart
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 at 11:47:47 -700 PM, wes wrote:
> If it's worth a couple hundred dollars to fix (probably less, but be
> prepared), there are companies out there specifically to fix your
> old printer. The one I use is called Laser Services. worth
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Aaron Burt wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 06:59:50PM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > Any attempt to get the thing to print--test page, copy, etc. results in
> > > flashing lights saying hw-inter
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Aaron Burt wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 06:59:50PM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > Any attempt to get the thing to print--test page, copy, etc. results in
> > flashing lights saying hw-interrupt: 0xb 9000112165. The scanner
> > works--saves the result to a
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 06:59:50PM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> Any attempt to get the thing to print--test page, copy, etc. results in
> flashing lights saying hw-interrupt: 0xb 9000112165. The scanner
> works--saves the result to a file on the computer.
According to the Mighty Oracle, it nee
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Fred James wrote:
> Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > I just picked up an HP OfficeJet 6210 XI from a neighbor who said it
> worked
> > fine. I checked and it is listed as fully supported in hplip. I am
> running
> > Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS. I installed the hplip package, w
Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> I just picked up an HP OfficeJet 6210 XI from a neighbor who said it worked
> fine. I checked and it is listed as fully supported in hplip. I am running
> Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS. I installed the hplip package, went through the
> recommended procedure to install the printer.
I just picked up an HP OfficeJet 6210 XI from a neighbor who said it worked
fine. I checked and it is listed as fully supported in hplip. I am running
Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS. I installed the hplip package, went through the
recommended procedure to install the printer. The fax was disabled due to a
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