hp deskjet 880c won't print w/new cartridge

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It's probably time to add the 880c to a landfill. Inkjet printers are becoming
throwaway items. The manufacturers all make their money from the ink
cartridges, so why make a sturdy printer?

You might make one last ditch effort to get the printer working again. The HP
web site has a procedure for physically cleaning the area around the cartridge
and print head, both of which are fairly delicate... Ben Myers

On 12 Jan 2005 18:00:11 -0800, "webmaker" <lisarupe@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I ran out of ink and put in a new HP black ink cartridge (yes I removed
>the tape). It got the top half of each line faintly printed, now
>nothing. Aligning and cleaning cartridges prints nothing and neither
>does the test page. The color has not worked in years. I would like to
>get that working again too someday.
>Thanks,
>Lisa
>