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Don't HP cartidges have the print heads in them, i.e. the only thing you'll damage is the "empty" cartidge?
by nikanj 10y ago
Don't HP cartidges have the print heads in them, i.e. the only thing you'll damage is the "empty" cartidge?
- derobert 10y agoNo, at least for the last Officejet I used. The cartridges are just ink tanks, the print heads are separate. I think that's fairly widespread now; e.g., it's also true on my Canon Pixma.
- krupan 10y agoIt used to be that way for all HP printers. I haven't kept up with things too well, but HP makes plenty of printers with "permanent" print heads and replaceable ink tanks now (my guess is that Epson had a patent on separate ink and print-head and that is now expired). This puts more pressure on keeping the print heads in good shape for the life of the printer, but makes the replaceable parts cheaper (at least for HP?).