My Deskjet 840C printer has been great, until now I've never had a problem with it. Black ink ran out, started fading then only a few streaks of black. I popped in a new cartridge and now it just sits there blinking the orange (bottom) LED and makes a soft clunk every 10 seconds or so. I've tried power cycles, unplugging it, putting the old cartridge in, etc. Anyone seen this before? I know it's cheap to just go buy a new printer but it bugs me to just toss it out when it's been working fine and I have a few spare cartridges.
Deskjet 840C - replaced black cartridge, now the orange LED is blinking and won't print
May 15, 2007
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I had this same problem with my 930c; turned out the replacement cart wasn't an exact match. try another.
-B
when you put the old one back in does the orange light go out and the printer act normail. I have the 842C and went through the exact same thing and the new cart. was bad. Put another in and all was fine.
Well dang, it does! I had initially thought the old cart did the same thing but when I put it back in the light keeps blinking because it's empty but the printer otherwise works.
Now the dilemma, do I buy a new black cartridge for half what a whole new printer costs or do I just buy a new printer? I hate to junk one that works but the cartridges are stupid expensive and I've had bad luck with refills.
buy the cart. off of ebay. You can get a black one for as little as $2 plus $3 for shipping. You can even buy then in matched sets of black and color for $15 shipped.
If you decide to junk it send it my way.
- Mike
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