Hey Aviator!

RTO · 03-31-2022, 04:15 PM

Is your Hp Officejet Pro 8600 still kicking? Mine just died. I got a message that the print head is missing. I removed the ink cartridges and the cartridge tray to inspect and all looks okay. The ribbon cable is still attached.

Reckon it's time for a new one.

aviator · 03-31-2022, 05:18 PM

Ah geez...yeah, mine is still going. Funny thing, during the pandemic my wife was working from home so she ordered ink to be delivered to the college, somebody misplaced the box, she called again, well, to make a long story short I have more ink than we'll ever use. I scan, fax, print, even print photos sometimes, it keeps going.

Try this before you buy another: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printi...e/td-p/7172237

Maybe a bad connection on those flat ribbon cables, those printers are workhorses.

RTO · 03-31-2022, 06:45 PM

Thanks for the link. I tried the recommendations and downloaded a new driver dated Dec 2021, still didn't work.

I believe that I bought the printer about 10 years ago. My wife is retired and she is the treasurer for the HOA so she uses it almost daily. We've gotten our money's worth from it, not counting the rip off ink cartridges.

aviator · 03-31-2022, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RTO

Thanks for the link. I tried the recommendations and downloaded a new driver dated Dec 2021, still didn't work.

I believe that I bought the printer about 10 years ago. My wife is retired and she is the treasurer for the HOA so she uses it almost daily. We've gotten our money's worth from it, not counting the rip off ink cartridges.

Mine is hooked up to the home network, everybody uses it, sometimes I'm sitting at my desk and I hear it going off behind me, daughter printing a paper.

03-31-2022, 04:15 PM	#1
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,605	Hey Aviator! Is your Hp Officejet Pro 8600 still kicking? Mine just died. I got a message that the print head is missing. I removed the ink cartridges and the cartridge tray to inspect and all looks okay. The ribbon cable is still attached. Reckon it's time for a new one. __________________ 3 Make America Like Florida

03-31-2022, 05:18 PM	#2
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,558	Ah geez...yeah, mine is still going. Funny thing, during the pandemic my wife was working from home so she ordered ink to be delivered to the college, somebody misplaced the box, she called again, well, to make a long story short I have more ink than we'll ever use. I scan, fax, print, even print photos sometimes, it keeps going. Try this before you buy another: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printi...e/td-p/7172237 Maybe a bad connection on those flat ribbon cables, those printers are workhorses. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

03-31-2022, 06:45 PM	#3
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,605	Thanks for the link. I tried the recommendations and downloaded a new driver dated Dec 2021, still didn't work. I believe that I bought the printer about 10 years ago. My wife is retired and she is the treasurer for the HOA so she uses it almost daily. We've gotten our money's worth from it, not counting the rip off ink cartridges.