DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE FULL POWER AT NOZZLE. NOT CLEANING AS WELL AS LAST YEAR

not a new gun but the nozzle removed and cleaned out. Pressure units work through a regulator that is controlled by the flow through the nozzle. If there is insufficient flow the regulator unloads the pump. It the flow is too low the regulator opens and closes as the pressure fluctuates. removing the blockage allows full flow and full operation of the regulator.

You can use Sainsbury Bathroom cleaner which is very good.

Process to clean your printer which is the main reason for wastage of ink :

• Turn on printer - head moves across
• Pull power cord so the head is left 'unparked'
• Spray cleaner onto the parking pads
• Carefully soak up spray with kitchen roll
• Repeat if there was a lot of dried up ink on the pads
• Spray again - leave the pad soaked with the cleaner
• Turn printer on, let head return.
• Switch printer off with it's own power button
• Wait overnight :-)

You can get cartridges full of cleaning solution but I prefer to get an old empty cartridge and add a few cc of isopropanol to it through the vent tube (this is a fiddly operation and needs a syringe). This cartridge now has very dilute ink/solvent in it. Run some test prints and see if the clogs go away. The very dilute ink and solvent is much easier to see on paper than pure cleaning fluid.

Use old cartridge and put isopropyl alcohol with a mixtue of 3 parts alcohol to 1 part water into cartritge with a syringe . Go thrugh cleaning cycle 4-5 times and let sit with newspaper under printer for any leaks. Run cleaning cycle several times until you get printer to run clear on sheet of paper. Reinstall cartridge with new ink. Lot of work but have done this and it will work. Make sure you clean out old cartridge with alcohol first over sink and fill each color chamber up with mixture before installing cleaning cartridge. Also eBay offers some of these cleaning cartridges.

Well,inkjet printer;no matter what brand is will suffer ink clogging if you never use it for long time. Ink clogging may occur in print head (cartridge nozzle) or pump nozzle. So,ink cannot flows properly. You can try perform printhead cleaning when you use it again but if it doesn't help you should replace those parts. For inkjet printer it's strongly recommended that you turn on your printer at least once a week to clear all ink nozzle.

Source: Inkjet Forum

GO TOO WAL MART AND SEE IF THEY HAVE A COMPARABLE TRIGGER AND NOZZLE ASSY. REPLACE THE THING WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WHAT YOU HAVE IS JUNK AND WON'T NEVER WORK FOR LONG.

I'm having the exact same issue as of Nov 2010 with my Charmglow Patio Heater. Only used it a few times and once I get the pilot light lite, It will not migrate over to the burn section of the themostat. Any suggestions?

If your cartridges have been sitting in the printer for a year, it seems likely they have dried out. Replace them with new cartridges, but make sure you use the proper cartridge replacement procedure so that a ink charging cycle takes place. Then do a nozzle check. Is there any sign of ink on the paper?. Try up to three cleaning cycles. If ink is now flowing, but not yet perfectly, don't carry out any more cleaning cycles. Just leave the printer for 24 hours (to allow any air in the print head to disperse). Then repeat the cleaning cycle/wait process. It may take a while to restore a perfect nozzle check print.

If you have done lots of head cleans with no result, and you're sure you have good ink cartridges properly installed, then you can try soaking the print heads for 24 hours (or more), as follows. Turn the printer on, and as soon as the print head moves pull the power cord out of the back, or turn the printer off at the mains. You may
now carefully move the print head by hand over to the left hand side out of the way. Look inside the print head parking area on the right and you will see a small rubber cup that comes up to cover the print nozzles when the head is parked (to stop it drying out). Use a syringe or dropper to fill this cup with head cleaning fluid or distilled water. DO NOT USE TAP WATER. Carefully push the print head fully into its parking position so that the cup full of fluid comes up over the print head. Leave this for at least 24 hours, then try a head clean/nozzle check again. Try this process twice if necessary. If still nothing, post a new comment detailing what you have done and the results.

Try the following below if it continues to print in red half way through then either your ink carts have expired or something is wrong with them if you are using coral draw to print images there is know problems with that I have listed the solution to that as well. please tell the results of the test page as well please. and also I have included a few other tests please run through these. The sample page can be used as a quick check of the image quality from the black and color print cartridges. Unlike most printing, this page prints from the bottom of the page to the top for user viewing during printing.

1. Turn the printer off and then turn it on again by pressing the POWER button.
2. Press and hold down the RESUME button and release it when the Power light starts to blink.

The sample page can also be printed from the Toolbox (provided the Toolbox is installed) to verify that the printer is connected to the computer properly and that the printer and printer software are working properly.

1. Double-click the Toolbox icon on the Desktop or run it from the HP Deskjet 1220C Printer program group.
2. Select the Printer Services tab and click Print a Test Page

--------------------------------------------------------------
Printing the diagnostic page The information displayed on the diagnostic page includes the printer model, serial number, service ID (born-on date), firmware revision, total page count and last error code (see Figure 2). If an error code (hex) number is displayed, it represents the last error that occurred regardless of whether the problem that caused the error has been fixed and the printer is presently operational. To print a diagnostic page see the following:

1. Turn the power on.
2. Press and hold down the POWER button.
3. While holding down the POWER button, press the RESUME button four times.
4. Release the POWER button.

Running the pen recovery diagnostic test If printouts have incomplete text or graphics that are not corrected by cleaning the print cartridges, use the pen recovery diagnostic test. The pen recovery diagnostic test is a three-level cleaning procedure that attempts to clear blocked print cartridge nozzles. The tests can be run either from the Toolbox under Printer Services or by pressing the button sequences below. The Level 1 print cartridge cleaning is a light cleaning mode. Use this level first to clear blocked nozzles.

1. Turn the power on.
2. Press and hold down the POWER button.
3. While holding down the POWER button, press the CANCEL button twice.
4. Release the POWER button.

After running the Level 1 print cartridge cleaning routine, run the nozzle pattern test explained in the "Printing the nozzle pattern test" section below to verify that the cartridge has recovered. If no irregular gaps are present on the printout of the nozzle pattern test, the print cartridge has recovered. If there are irregular gaps in the printout, run the Level 2 pen recovery. The Level 2 cleaning is an intermediate cleaning mode to be used if the Level 1 mode does not recover the nozzles.

1. Turn the power on.
2. Press and hold down the POWER button.
3. While holding down the POWER button, press the CANCEL button twice and the RESUME button once.
4. Release the POWER button.

After running the Level 2 print cartridge cleaning routine, run the nozzle pattern test explained in the "Printing the nozzle pattern test" section below to verify that the cartridge has recovered. If no irregular gaps are present on the printout of the nozzle pattern test, the print cartridge has recovered. If there are irregular gaps in the printout, run the Level 3 pen recovery. The Level 3 cleaning is the most intensive cleaning mode that takes about two minutes to complete. Use this level as a last resort in recovering clogged nozzles. This routine uses a considerable amount of ink.

1. Turn the power on.
2. Press and hold down the POWER button.
3. While holding down the POWER button, press the CANCEL button twice and the RESUME button twice.
4. Release the POWER button.

After running the Level 3 print cartridge cleaning routine, run the nozzle pattern test explained in the "Printing the nozzle pattern test" section below to verify that the cartridge has recovered. If no irregular gaps are present on the printout of the nozzle pattern test, the print cartridge has recovered. If irregular gaps still appear in the printout, replace the cartridge. NOTE: Do not use the pen recovery tests unnecessarily or the life of the print cartridge will be shortened. Printing the nozzle pattern test This test prints a pattern to determine which nozzles, if any, are clogged or not firing and can be used to verify a successful cleaning routine (see Figure 3). Look for irregular spaces or gaps in the test pattern; these indicate faulty nozzles.

1. Turn the power on.
2. Press and hold down the POWER button.
3. While holding down the POWER button, press the CANCEL button eight times and the RESUME button four times.
4. Release the POWER button.

Printing the calibration page This test provides calibration of the print cartridges. Calibration includes print cartridge alignment and optimizing the turn-on energy for the installed color print cartridge.

1. Turn the power on.
2. Press and hold down the POWER button.
3. While holding down the POWER button, press the RESUME button three times.
4. Release the POWER button.

Eight green checks, one on each line of the printout, signify that the calibration was successful. ----------------------------------------------------- Printing the infinite H test This test prints continuous pages of the letter H and is useful for troubleshooting paper feed problems or other intermittent problems that are difficult to replicate.

1. Turn the printer on.
2. Press and hold down the POWER button.
3. While holding down the POWER button, press the RESUME button eight times.
4. Release the POWER button
5. Press and release the POWER button to terminate the test.

Hard to say without seeing it, is there a function type knob that you would switch from carpet to hose? Did the hose attachment lid close ok? Other then take, if this is new, it has a years warranty on it, just take it to a waranty shop for repair.

Follow the steps below to perform Print Head Cleaning (Windows):

Note: After confirming that the cable is connected and the printer is powered on, perform the following.

1. Open the Printers folder.
   
   
   • For Windows XP select 'Start', 'Control Panel', 'Printers and Other Hardware', and 'Printers and Faxes'.
   • For Windows versions other than Windows XP select 'Start', 'Settings', and 'Printers'.
   
   
2. Right-click the printer icon and select 'Properties'.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Maintenance tab, and then click the 'Cleaning' icon.
   
   
   
   
4. Click 'OK' to continue with the print head cleaning. The power lamp will flash and print head cleaning will start. Do not perform any other operations until print head cleaning completes.
   
   
   
   
5. Print nozzle check pattern by clicking on the 'Print Check Pattern' button to determine if further cleaning is necessary.
   
   
   
   
6. Once the page has printed examine the nozzle check pattern.
   
   
   
   
7. If the pattern does not print correctly, click the 'Exit' button to return to the Maintenance tab.
   
   
8. Click the 'Deep Cleaning' icon.
   
   
   
   
9. Click the 'Execute' button.
   
   
   
   
10. Confirm the message, and then click the 'OK' button to start the Deep cleaning.
    
    
    
    
11. The Power lamp will blink and print head deep cleaning will start. Deep cleaning completes when the Power lamp stops blinking and lights. (It will take about a minute for the Power lamp to stop blinking and light solid.)
    
    
12. Print another nozzle test pattern. If the pattern still does not print correctly, replace any ink tank that may be low, and then perform another deep print head cleaning.
    
    
13. If printing is still not satisfactory, there may be a problem with the print head.