Question Inkjet Printer Printhead Replacement Process Questions

[Crag_Hack]

I have an HP Officejet Pro 8025. A while back the printing was subpar with streaks and no amount of printhead cleaning fixed it. I replaced the printhead with this guy then everything was great. The installation instructions said to do a printhead cleaning to make the quality good enough but since the quality was already great I skipped it. Now a couple months later the print quality is subpar again with streaks. Again printhead cleaning doesn't help. My questions are:

1. Do you think third-party printheads are made to the same quality standards as a genuine HP printhead?
2. Could skipping the printhead cleaning after replacement have messed things up causing the subpar quality I'm currently seeing?
3. Should I replace the printhead again with hopefully better luck this time?

 

[USAFRet]

1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Unknown. It won't get any worse.

 

[Crag_Hack]

@USAFRet Thanks as always. I hope the relevant government bodies crack down on this BS some time, it's offensive you can't buy a replacement HP printhead for a 2-3 year old printer.

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet Thanks as always. I hope the relevant government bodies crack down on this BS some time, it's offensive you can't buy a replacement HP printhead for a 2-3 year old printer.

Well, maybe you can. From other sources/manufacturers.
But I would absolutely NOT trust some janky thing from Ali E.

 

[Crag_Hack]

@USAFRet I googled the **** out of it. Nothing to be found anywhere.

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet I googled the **** out of it. Nothing to be found anywhere.

Ah well...

I gave up on inkjets years ago.

 

[Crag_Hack]

@USAFRet Hmm laserjet then sounds like a perfect solution. Maybe the owner of the printer will let me have a go with another printhead for fun just to see. How do you prime a new printhead? Do you just a round or two of printhead cleaning?

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet Hmm laserjet then sounds like a perfect solution. Maybe the owner of the printer will let me have a go with another printhead for fun just to see. How do you prime a new printhead? Do you just a round or two of printhead cleaning?

HP will have a specified procedure for that.

 

[Crag_Hack]

@USAFRet Where to find such a procedure?

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet Where to find such a procedure?

Almost certainly in the user manual for that specific printer.
Or in the HP user forums.
If not there, ask HP directly.

 

[Crag_Hack]

@USAFRet gotcha thanks