The drive belt for the printer head carriage broke so the printer can no longer move the printer head carriage (the part that holds the 4 printer cartridges). Can the belt be repaired or replaced? If it can be repaired, what are the materials and directions. If it can be replaced, where do I get the part and the replacement instructions?
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I would check Ebay for the belt. As for the instructions, I would first recommend trying to find a repair manual, seeing as how information on self servicing seems to be limited. I found a couple videos that help a little bit on YouTube. I have changed the clutch drive and the mother board on mine. I have had to just "feel" my way through it because I can't find information for either and I can't find a manual.HP is no help at all with these models because they have been discontinued. When I asked them for where to find the clutch drive, they told me to buy a new printer! I finally found a clutch in China. I looked for a couple weeks here in America, to no avail. The clutch was $18. I found the mother board on Ebay. The original mother board was fine, I broke a piece off and couldn't repair it, so I had to buy one. I wish you the very best of luck.
Melody
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Melody: Thank you for your reply. It confirms what I found. I'm not really all that interested in becoming a multi-function device / printer repair person so I don't want to put forth the time to go looking for things I'm uncertain even exist. I have replaced my HP printer with an Epson ET-4550 which doesn't use a belt to drive the print-head carriage so won't have the same problem and has the added benefit of not making the terrible racket when scanning the flat glass.
Bob
You are very welcome Bob. Hopefully I help others as well. Information has been hard to come by. They most certainly do not want you to service them yourself. They want you to buy a new printer. If it breaks down again, I really don't know if I will be willing to put any more effort into it. Have a great day Bob.
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I have also same type of Printer in My Printer. Repair my Hp Printer and i am living in Las Vegas
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Buy this office-jet Printer Repair in 2019, but Print head is broken. Help me Please. Because i am living in Portland and i have HP Printer
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I have also same type of Printer in My Printer. Repair my Hp Printer and i am living in New York
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Buy this office-jet Printer Repair in 2019, but Print head is broken. Help me Please. Because i am living in Miami and i have HP Printer
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