I replaced my printhead not long ago but it has gone bad again. Why?
The most likely cause is that you are not replacing your ribbons until the print quality is very poor. In other words, you are probably letting the printouts get real light. This is one of the worse things you can do to a dot matrix printer. Most people don’t know this but the ribbon serves a dual purpose: it transfers ink onto the paper and it lubricates the pins on the printhead. When you let the ink on the ribbon nearly dry out, there is no lubrication of the printhead and it burns out. Change your ribbon fairly regularly – it’s much cheaper than a new printhead! Another thing to consider is “Are my clone ribbons lubricating the printhead properly?” Any money you save on clone ribbons could very well cost you a very expensive printhead!
