Top 20 HP Inkjet 1200dn Printer Questions & Answers

Inkjet printers need to be used frequently to prevent ink drying out and blocking the print head nozzles. If the print head cleaning maintenance routine does not clear the blockages, then print head needs replacing, but it may be expensive. It may be more cost effective to buy a later model and better printer than replace the print head.

Important thing: HP inkjet printers having self align technology & its aligns automatically after replacing the ink cartridge/s.In the process of align it will prints align page &it will read it on the model.Suppose if you replaced yellow cartridge, as usually it will print align page, but if one or more cartridges not printing properly align will not completes. Results every time it will prints the align page when its switching on. Align will completes only when all cartridges/print heads are in healthy condition.. Check the alignpage find out which colors are not printing properly, replace it to over come from this issue. Now you decide what to do?..

Try running the alignment program. It should fix the problem.

first try to on device without cartridgeif not on then your device not boot so u go to service station there are some hardware problem

Unfortunately, you are correct. HP has not developed the drivers you need in order to get your printer to work with anything above 10.5. Your options are to downgrade to 10.5, get a different printer (check for compatibility with 10.5 before buying), or wait for HP to offer this driver at some point in the future. I wish I had a different answer. Sorry. :(

All you have to do is register and create your own user id and password, there's no cost involved, and then you should have access to what your looking for

Try Using the HP Scan Diagnostic Utility in Windows - HP Customer Care (United States - English).

Ink cartridge lights: Black, Blue, Magenta, Yellow

When light is on - ink is low (below 25%)
When light is flashing - out of ink - printer stops - replace cartridge

To get a printer status / configuration report press the info button (to the left of the on button)

The Print Diagnostic Utility diagnoses and resolves common printing problems and communication problems, including:

If you prefer, you can skip this information and go directly to downloading the tool .

• Connectivity :
  • USB: Ensures that the USB connection from your computer to the HP product is working correctly.
  • Network: Ensures that the network connection between your computer and your network is working correctly. If the tool detects a network connectivity problem, you will be prompted to run the HP Network Diagnostic Utility for better results.
• Spooler : Automatically restarts the print spooler, which sends print jobs from the computer to the product, if it has been stopped.
• Online status : Checks if the product has been paused or set to offline, and then sets the status back to online if necessary.
• Device manager : Checks for problems in Device Manager that would prevent printing.
• Print queue : Checks for and clears pending print jobs in the print queue (a log of print jobs waiting to print).
• Port : Checks the port settings for the HP product.
• Driver : Checks for alternate-driver settings.
• Conflicts : Checks for conflicts with other drivers, such as other printer brands.
• Default printer : Checks the default printer setting and prompts to select the HP product as default (optional).

Pulled all the toner and printheads out, then put it back in and try to print.

Otherwise a good cleaning and realignment is required.

try this link http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=125&prodSeriesId=411179&prodTypeId=18972&objectID=c00170880#A2

Press the info button (to the left of the on button) and you will get a status report about the ink cartridges and printheads.

The printheads are inside the main body of the printer and can be ordered using the part number on the status report.

Also see this page from the HP web site.

You didn't say "which" light, and your printer has many.

Here is a manual...if you go to page 18, there is a section called "interpreting control panel lights" ..this should tell you what kind of error it has. http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00429674/c00429674.pdf

I would think it would either be (1) out of paper, (2) out of ink, (3) a door is open...well, those are the 3 most common. If it's something else, come on back huh? If you need help with a particular error after you determine what it is, you can either make a new post, or add it in the comments.

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Your print heads are probably bad. Best solution is to buy a new printer. The cost on the print heads is more than the machine is worth.

it is alignment test page just put the printed alignment test page paper on scanner glass and press the scan button to complete the process. It is alignment process which is printer is doing for self testing after installing new cartridge. Just finish the process.

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Hi Yes you can try clean.

Ok it got to be the heads blockage
There is fluid cleaner for this but I can never find any in the shops the only ones I seen is when they sell them in Tesco but they come in with the ink refill bottles so I just use worm water by it self on a cloth and dabbing on the heads to clean them, it will not harm the heads but not to much water.

Some heads are on the inks them self but some have them inside the printer so I not know your printer so if the heads are inside you need to get them out you may find that some heads will just clip out put some need to be unscrewed so you got to know how they come out so be careful and not push to hard on them, if the heads are on the ink then it is a easy job to clean them,
It worth a try it worked for me more than ones.

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Some of print heads may be failed.First clean very well the contacts on the print heads and printer using piece of cotton and some alcohol.If not help look which color don't print and replace that print head.

the error's you were getting on the CIS could have been from the chip. Try setting the date back on the computer or on the printer back 1 year. See if that makes a difference (if you still have the CIS and the printer). Best advice, get an updated chip.

You will need a usb cable to connect it if it didnt come with one, then install the drivers before connecting the printer once installed connect the printer and restart the computer.

Hello,
Choose your operating system from the link below and download the software provided.
This is from HP support website so it is free.

Driver

Thanks,
Lolita