

They tend to be very reliable, are easy to set up and use, have good print quality, and reasonably priced ink.
Hp 8500 officejet pro alignment failed series#
If looking for a replacement, I’d recommend any of the Epson workforce series printers. There are no current HP model printers I would recommend, their quality has gone down considerably over the years. If you are asking about a replacement that can use the same ink, there is none They purposely change the ink types every year to force you to keep buying new machines, anything that would use your existing supply is long obsolete. For $80-100 you can replace the entire machine with a brand new model, with current technology and a fresh warranty, which makes more sense than buying the new part for an older printer.ĭepending how you'd like to proceed, I can advise on the cleaning/reset steps if you wish to try, help with finding parts, finding a local repair shop, or recommending replacement options for you.

You would have to, at a minimum, replace the printhead, which costs about $85 if the logic board is bad you’re looking at $200-250. While it can be fixed, it is not worthwhile to do so. 99.9% of the time, this does come down to a hardware fault. There is one step you can take here, to clean and reset the system, but it is very unlikely to help. As this is a 2009 model printer, it is well past its 3 year service life, so this type of failure is not surprising. The head is a "wear item" that fails with age/use.

Specifically, it is the result of a bad printhead (or the logic board that controls it). Unfortunately this error indicates a hardware problem,
