Color Cartridge... life with drops of water...

[Camilo Plata]

Hello. I've a HP 710c printer. On this days the color cartridge got
empty... it was 1am and I needed to print something at the moment. So,
I thought on a solution... putting some drops of water on the ink
exit...so, this drops, mixed with the dry ink, will allow me to print
what I needed.

The next day, i bought a new color cartridge, but I had a problem .
When i try to print a photo it starts fine, but progressively the
quality goes down. The image looks moved, stained.

Have you ever seen something like this? Is it a due to a defect on the
new cartridge? Or, I hope not, is ther any possibility I've messed up
my printer with this trick with the drops of water??

I thank you any advice... I've spent a lot of money on the new
cartridge, but worst is to destroy your machine... :-(

Camilo.

[chuckie®]

A moist paper towel would have been a better choice for removing the
dried ink, followed by a dry
one. Truth be known, a Kimberly-Clark 'Kimwipe' is even better, no
lint.
Back to your problem, check the cartridge seating area, if there is
any type of moisture there, dry
it off as well as you can. Also, check the cartridge 'park' area,
usually on the right side. A
short circuit is a possibility, due to excessive moisture, hopefully,
drying the areas will clear
the problem, if not, mayhap you will have to have service done on
it...luck...

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[Mark Bilger]

""chuckieŽ"" <chuc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I think it's more likely you got a bad cartridge. Since the print starts out
fine, then gets worse, I doubt your printer is damaged. Try this: print
until the quality is poor, stop for 30 minutes, then try again. If the
quality is good when you restart, then degrades again, you're cartridge is
the culprit, you need to return it and have them give you a good one.

E-vil