Hey folks .... the printer head from ebay (China) showed and .... well, I'll let you guess what the outcome was ... I know that this is a PRINTER "KNOWLEDGE" forum ... and most of y'all've had WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more 'sperience than a plug-n-player FOOL like moi.
Any takers?
As far as the original problem: 5-rapid-flash code. I'm going to assume that means the printer circuitry has detected something faulty with the PH, correct?
When I open the ink-access cover (what makes the ink carriage position itself for ink cart removal), that 5-rapid-flash code stop (the that...
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I have EXACTLY the same issue as the OP ... same printer, same Error Message, same 5-pulse flash on front LED/button.
Don't know when I bought the iP4200 (2011 ???), but it went thru some extensive use (2013-2016) when I was eBaying --- maybe 500 shipping labels, BK...