HP 940c

joey · Post by **joey** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:24 am

the 3rd. light - ink - is blinking , when i open the cover the head moves to the pont it show the -black sad face - does it mean that the black cartride is bad?
it is new hp 51645a cartridge (bought it 6 months ago keept in it's original package)
it is expansive and dont want to buy spend the money for printer that doesnt work. thank you for your help

shadrach · Post by **shadrach** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:46 am

Bad or empty. Check HP.com for and troubleshooting assistance, it's a pretty good resource for their printers.

Daves World · Post by **Daves World** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:50 pm

sounds like a bad cartridge, I would 1st clean the contacts on both cartridges and the little metal contacts pins on the carriage unit, then try a known good cartridge... Good luck........

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:11 pm

Ugh, I hate that model printer. The software is WAY to sensitive, the one I use for documents at the office is always screaming about an ink issue. Hell, I've had it print over 800 pages with the monitor saying it was outta ink.

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:03 pm

Just FYI, HP overfills their ink cartridges so that the stated volume is the usuable volume. Not sure if you guys knew that.

I doubt that the ink has evaproated, could just be a bad cartridge.

HP makes good printers.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:06 pm

It really has a sad face?