Re: Problem printing with a HP2225B Message #10 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 18 Oct 2005, 5:47 a.m., in response to message #1 by Ronald
If you want to get it working for fun, then excellent, its a fun
printer to play with, but if you think you can actually use it, I have bad news for you.
This printer is really bad, probably because it was the first inkjet that HP produced, the ink slowly leaks and can cause a real mess in the print head compartment, the inkjet head nozzles clog up etc.
The interface to the (disposable) printhead is also very fussy and you have to be really careful when you clean this up (esp. when cleaning after a leaky printhead) not to damage the little bumps that make contact with the printhead. If this happens, you have to live with the missing dots. I do not think you can repair the flex cable with the contact bumps.
The trick is to use the printer regularly (at least once a week, preferably more frequently), to keep the ink in the printhead and the nozzles clear. Then your ThinkJet will work nicely.
If you plan to store it, make sure the printhead is removed to prevent the inevitable leak from ruining the printer. I usually place the printhead in plastic wrap (used to wrap food) to keep the ink from drying up, some times even this does not work.
Quality is what you'd expect from a 9 pin matrix printer from the 80s, only worse. I get much better printouts from my Epson MX-80 and FX-80 printers (and their HP-IB versions).
I have a stack of ThinkJet printers (mainly HP-IB units) I bought for their HP-IB to HP-IL bridge circuit and they been nothing but a disappointment. The only ThinkJet I try to maintain in some sort of working order is the one that is part of my Integral PC. I wish HP has used a thermal printer for that machine.
Best Regards
**vp
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