HP 8250 repair

[RagerToo]

Re-posting only to make it pop on search engines.

http://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/some-hp-02-ink-cartriges-work-some-dont.5151/

I only found it accidentally, eh I think, because the machine uses the 02 carts.

 

[RagerToo]

Several of you folks have been most helpful and I thoroughly appreciate it. But I'm ripping on my hair once again.

I performed all of the "fixing" for my 8250 on my XP Pro pentium M 1.8Ghz, 1Gb ram laptop. Everything was nominal. 1.1 flavor USB

I've since swapped the 8250 to my desktop. 2.8Ghz P4 HT, 3Gb ram. 2.0 flavor USB. Both have corp versions of Pro.

How in the heck to I see what drivers of HP I installed on the first machine, the laptop? I thought I had the same version on both machines. I've also run the firmware hack on both, (not available from HP anymore.)

On both machines HP's 'solutions' s/w is installed as well. Will XP (windows) printing handling override HP's or is it the other way around? I'm just frazzled right now.

I'm close to learning how to set up a printer server with another low-power using laptop I have.

 

[RagerToo]

Aha! To get a list of driver(s)s and additional files, use Windows' Printers and Faxes folder. Right click the printer and select 'properties'. Then print a (XP) test page.

The Printer Profile page got my brain in gear: http://www.printerknowledge.com/thr...asics-of-using-profiles-for-your-printer.111/

 

[RagerToo]

I have removed/ uninstalled the 'latest' HP drivers and re-installed the original drivers off of the installation cd. Much better. At least as far as printing a HP sample page from the computer.

Learning printers is just like learning a flippin' OS.

 

[RagerToo]

Ran some evaluation pages, plain paper, from http://www.printerknowledge.com/thr...ling-on-your-computer.8570/page-15#post-69824

If nothing else, the printhead cleaning routine needs done fairly often I suppose. Magenta is the problematic cart on my (this) printer. Such is life. Great test pages!