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Originally Posted by Ron61
Steve,
Since the ink was puddled and fresh I have a feeling that the cartridge was bad, but when I took it out it showed no ink anywhere on it and the other two were ok. And I have used that one before as I had three cartridges and you changed the 56 for a 59 when you were printing photos. Anyway I had expected to find at least one of the plastic gears with teeth worn or broken off but they all looked great. I have had other printers do much the same but could always find a reason. This was just strange and sounded as if you were grinding gears in a transmission and the paper would come out as if it had been pulled through sideways instead of straight. And I had already printed about 6 pictures before this happened, so something just gave up. As I said, it was an older printer and has had a ton of printing done with it. I really like the new all in one and the colors are better with the newer type ink.
Ron  |
I had one that the motor froze up and that caused the gears to grind as it stopped turning as the ink cartridges were sliding, but when it was off, you could slide it manually. It may be something similar. The motor locks up when voltage is applied, but turns freely when voltage is removed.