Kay;
check the shiny silver bar that runs the width of the printer that
the print cartridge carriage slides on. If it is at all dirty/sticky, clean
it carefully with a paper towel.
you can use a small amount of rubbing alcohol applied to the towel to clean
it.
A very small amount of sewing machine type oil or teflon or silicon
lubricant spray can be applied. Be very
careful not to get any on the mylar strip that runs across behind that bar.
I usually just dab a bit on the towel and wipe the bar down with it.
HP will advise against using any lube, but I've done this for years and got
more
service out of many HP printers that were ready to be scrapped.
You don't have much to loose if the printer won't work anyway.

The "garbage" being printed is usually a sign of  the wrong driver.
uninstall then reinstall with the latest drivers for you operating system.
<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kay McCoy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:59 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] HP DeskJet 890C problem


> We have been using our HP DeskJet 890C for about 2 1/2 years.  It has been
> connected to PCs running Windows 95, NT and 2000.  Until a couple months
> ago, we had no problems.
>
> Now, the printer will only work for a short period of time when the PC and
> printer have both been turned off and rebooted.  It may print once; it may
> print 5 or 6 times; but invariably, then, it "quits".  When connected to
the
> Windows 2000 PC, it starts printing garbage with no error message.   When
> connected to a Windows NT PC, it won't print at all and the following
error
> message appears on the screen:  "There is a problem accessing printer
port."

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