Hi all,
This is my first time posting here so please go easy on me, couldn't find answers to these specific problems so...
I have an hp officejet 4255 all-in-one and after refilling my hp 57 cartridge, color printouts were very grainy, tried a number of things that didn't work then just left the printhead on a wet tissue paper for a few minutes. That took care of the graininess but caused the magenta to become diluted or something, red comes out looking like a dull orange (even though all other colors come out right). After printing red images 5 times with no change tried sucking out the red ink and injecting new (even tried a new ink bottle in case the first was diluted) and still no change. So my questions are:
1. What caused the graininess in the first place, can it be fixed without wetting the printhead?
2. How can I fix the diluteness (or whatever it is) and get true red back?
3. After refilling, I also taped over the injection holes, is that the right thing to do?
Any suggestions welcome,
Thanx in advance
-shadowere
This is my first time posting here so please go easy on me, couldn't find answers to these specific problems so...
I have an hp officejet 4255 all-in-one and after refilling my hp 57 cartridge, color printouts were very grainy, tried a number of things that didn't work then just left the printhead on a wet tissue paper for a few minutes. That took care of the graininess but caused the magenta to become diluted or something, red comes out looking like a dull orange (even though all other colors come out right). After printing red images 5 times with no change tried sucking out the red ink and injecting new (even tried a new ink bottle in case the first was diluted) and still no change. So my questions are:
1. What caused the graininess in the first place, can it be fixed without wetting the printhead?
2. How can I fix the diluteness (or whatever it is) and get true red back?
3. After refilling, I also taped over the injection holes, is that the right thing to do?
Any suggestions welcome,
Thanx in advance
-shadowere