Lexmark 12G3894 refurbished assembly, printhead

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Part Number: 12G3894

Description: refurbished assembly, printhead

Ways To Clean Printheads

Printheads is one of the most important elements of a printer that is responsible in applying those marks or images to the paper. It is important to maintain it as when it gets clogged, the quality of the image you print will definitely suffer. Once you already notice the decrease in output quality of your documents, you may need to consider cleaning the printheads to ensure the quality of your print out.

Cleaning printheads is very simple. We can either try cleaning it using software or cleaning it ourselves. Most inkjet printers have options to clean it by using its software. For instance, some Canon printers can be cleaned using its software by going to Maintenance tab and select the type of cleaning you want to perform on the printer. This might be done several times to ensure you get the printheads clean.

Some opt to clean the printheads manually with the use of water or isoprophyl alcohol. The first thing you have to do is to remove the ink cartridges from the printer. You may use a small cotton that has been dipped on water or alcohol and rub it on printheads. The goal is to get rid of those dried up inks.

Once the process is done you will notice a better performance from your printer. Although be cautious as printheads may be made in rubber, if that is the case never use alcohol. Instead use water so as it would not dry up the rubber on the printheads.

Tips To Prolong Your Barcode Printers Printhead

The most common printer replacement part is the printhead itself. It can also be the most costly. Here are some reasons why the printhead wears out and what you can do to help slow down that process.

What is a printhead and what does it do? In a barcode printer, a printhead is the device that creates the image on the face of your label or tag. It heats small resistor elements known as dots by applying an electrical current. The heat from the dots is then transferred to either the direct thermal media or thermal transfer ribbon. This produces your text, image, or barcode.

Printheads will eventually wear out. When the dots are heated and cooled rapidly, friction will occur as the media passes against the printhead. During the life of the printhead, the dots may stop heating which will cause the output to become lighter and ultimately effect print quality.

Here are some simple steps to prolong your printheads life:

* Read your printer’s user manual, and clean the print head as described regularly. Having a dirty print head will diminish your optimal output and built up residue from the printing process causing uneven heating of the dots.
* Use the paper and media type that your printer’s user manual recommends. You can cause mechanical and thermal wear on your printhead by using the wrong type of media.
* Adjust your printer to the lowest print speed setting that allows for acceptable print quality. By doing so, it will help reduce the mechanical wear on your printhead.
* Try to have your printer in a setting that is room temperature. If the temperature is lower it will require more energy to heat the dots to produce the print, this excessive heating and cooling will shorten the lifespan of a printhead.

What To Do When Your Printhead Seems To Not Work

The printhead is considered by many as the heart of the computer printer and printing process. It's job is to lay down the ink from the ink cartridge and spread the ink into the nozzle to print the desired document or picture.  When you notice that your printed documents turns out to be poor or undesirable or there are marks that should not be there then there might be a problem with your print head.  The problem may be caused by the printer head getting clogged or the unit has run out of ink. When this happens try self-cleaning mode.  First go to “Devices and Printers” on your Windows, look for your printer driver and choose the “Properties” option. Click on the “Maintenance” tab and you can see “Cleaning” option. Click “Cleaning” and your printer will start cleaning the nozzle of your print head. When it’s done a test page see if the quality of the printed document has improved. Also do check if you have enough ink. If these options do not work consider replacing the printhead.