What is a printhead?
The printhead is the most critical component of our printer – it is used to deliver the ink to the page that you are printing. Don’t touch the printhead with your fingers. Your printhead is a consumable that can wear out over time, much like the brakes on your car. It requires proper installation and ongoing maintenance to ensure the long life of service for your printer. Most print quality problems are a direct result of improper care of the printhead. Proper installation, ongoing attention and maintenance are the keys to maximizing the life of a printhead.
A printhead is the device in an inkjet printer which sprays droplets of ink onto a sheet of paper. Most desktop inkjet printers use cartridges that come with the print head attached; a few printers have separate print heads next to which the ink cartridge is inserted. All cartridges that contain print heads (such as HP, Canon) contain some circuitry built into the cartridge. The printhead can wear out over time and should not be touched with your fingers. When this occurs the only solution is to buy another one, bearing in mind though that properly maintained and used correctly, a cartridge can be recycled up to 9-10 times before it dies! A printhead requires proper installation and ongoing maintenance to ensure the long life of service for your printer. Most print quality problems are a direct result of improper care of the printhead. Care needs to be taken to keep the print head clean to stop the ink from “clogging” and giving inconsistent results. Care needs to be taken to keep the
