HP DeskJet 1120C repaired

A dead 1120C brought back to life after being dumped with a load of new cartridges.

I took this beast apart and the cartridge cleaner and sealer were completely bunged up with ink and the positioning strip was black with overspray.

After all the stuff I've smashed, I thought it would be nice to redress the balance, albeit, slightly.

A free A3 colour printer and cartridges can't be all bad ;)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• hp
• deskjet
• 1120c
• printer
• ink
• jet
• inkjet
• printing
• hewlett
• packard

[protesialbanese]

i have 2 of them not working, about to disassemble them ad check the faults... do u have any tips for me?

Thanks

[cpmisalive]

If the head moves and no ink comes out, check the cartridges, cradle, contacts. With moist tissue paper pinch and run along the sense strip at the back.

If it's dead, use a multimeter, work from the PSU to the logic board etc. If you do get it working, empty out the ink chambers on the right hand side, its full of congealed ink, clean the wipers as this is what screws up cartridges and gets them bunged up with dry ink.

If all else fails, blow 'em up and post the video ;)

Good luck

[chuck6502peddle]

youre better of smashing that fucker

[cpmisalive]

Yep, you're probably right. But whilst its working and costing me nothing, I'll hang on to it ;)

[cyromartinsbicudo]

I got a printer like this in the same way you did. But I'm having a problem trying to open it to clean those huge ink pads that are saturated and leaking. I'm seeing that the only solution is to break parts of the shell in order to open it. Do you have any tips for me, on how to open it without lots of destruction? Thanks

[Teraforce88]

Agreed. Technically, though, you're still paying for the ink for that old beast, (but not NEARLY as much as you would on a newer deskjet!)

[Teraforce88]

This is pretty much how I fixed my old HP Deskjet 990CSe. The ink cleaning/service station assy was so full, it was leaking! I cleaned it, but when I put it back in the printer, one of the axles that holds one of the gears in place on that assy broke. I temporarily fixed it with superglue (and dealt with drying-out carts when the superglue failed) until I found a replacement service station assy from an HP Fax 1120 (same printer mech.)

36000+ pages and counting!

[woodss82]

well usually the mechanics are usually a problem, the electronics rarely fail.