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940C HP printer Pen failure?

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georgex5

Technical User
Apr 19, 2005
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US
My 940C HP pinter has been working fine until I got a message that I was out of ink. I replaced the black cartridge. The color cartridge was replaced not long ago. This did not solve the problem and I still get Pen Failure.

I did a techtools test of my G4 Mac; all OK. Did not solve the problem.

I then reinstalled the HP software. As I remember, this did not solve the problem, but the next time I started the computer the Printer worked OK for 4 copies of draft black printing.

When I came back the next day and tried to use the printer, I got "Pen Failure" again. This appears to be a software problem.

Would appreciate any help or comments.

 
Note: The next time I turned on the Mac the printer worked ok and it seems to be normal now.
 
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