HP cp1700 Color Inkjet Printer - Page 2 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Please check the cartridge, the ink is there or not. If the ink is there please check the printer properties and check the color settings.

Hi there maximum time we found it is a the head problem. The print head is what the cartridges sit in inside of the printer. For resolve the problem please follow these.


Open the printer and wait for the carriage to slide over. Some how if its not come then Unplug the printer & Manually slide the carriage.
Now Remove the ink cartridges from the print head & Use wet warm cotton swab or use alcohol to thoroughly clean the print head.
Repeat this until there is no ink residue coming off on the cotton swab. After finished it make the head dry then fix it back. Now Try to print something now

If that does not work then follow the next step.


Remove the printer data cable & restart the PC & printer. Then fit back the data cable & turn on the printer. Hope that's start working , if no luck then Uninstall the printer driver & restart the PC & Printer both again. Now install the driver of the printer and connect it with PC ,Turn on printer & go for a test print from the printer preference. Thanks & waiting for your reply.

check the wiring

Unplug the printer and then plug it back in, did you take off the plastic on the new printer cartridge before you installed it.?

I would bet you have it setup to print a seperator page between jobs. On your printer properties click on the advanced tab and then the seperator button, make sure it is cleared or not selected. Also make sure the program you are printing from doesn't insert a seperator page.

There are a few other things that can cause this. Such as a word processor having a page break or new page command before the text. These are hidden so you don;t see them but you get a blank then the text.

And once in a while it may be the driver isn't quite the correct one. Make sure it is current and the one for your model. On one printer the driver that behaved was the old original one but none of the newer ones downloaded from the company.

Anyway that has been what I have run across that will cause this.

remove and reinstall your printer driver.

go to this web page select your printer and it will run a diagonostic test they also have on line manuels.
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_lang=en&h_cc=us&cc=us&h_page=hpcom&lang=en&h_client=S-A-R163-1&h_pagetype=s-001&h_query=hp+cp1700&submit=Go+%BB

Throw this peace of **** and buy a epson had the same problem over and over tried 1000 things new Ink, service station and and and I put an extra 500 bucks to try to fix it and still i dosent work what a waste. My 5 year Old Epson plug it in Ink replaced and here we go no Problems what so ever.
I LOVE EPSON

So your printing to a network IP port? I don't this the setup is the problem if the computers see this printer as a network printer. I believe this to be a driver problem. I would try either a 5e or genric driver of some type. I'm not sure what type of printer this is so...

Make sure that printer ask for ink cartridges.It can ask for yellow and magenta print heads!!!Check this again and if need replace the print heads.

Printing Preferences B/W

Be careful about where you put it, but I like to use a regular ordinary 3 in 1 machine oil. The rack itself is lubed with a form of grease, its composition is not known. I have used the oil everywhere else.

I don't put much into the printer when they start having issues, as it is cheaper (usually) to replace them. Interesting society that we live in now.

Maybe if you go to the control panel, then click on printers. It will show your printer,highlight it and then right click, there will be some more choices for printing. That might help.
Also on their HP website there used to be an option for it to analyze your printer for the correct drivers.
Hope this helps, they can be frustrating.

the scanner cannot find"home". Need to clean scanner mirror box.

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try cleaning the copper contacts on the print cartridges and then thry printing....see if it helps....

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try cleaning the copper contacts on the print cartridges and then thry printing....see if it helps....

your LCD's flat cable is damaged if you know how to change it change it if not replace your LCD panle

your printer heads is built-in in your cartridge.... if that printer prints wrong colors your using refill ink....

There is a patch available to print A3/B size in Vista. Click here for details.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/imaging

Try taking a look at your printheads. Have they been installed for some time. You may need to change them. Start with the Cyan first.

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