I have an old 820cse 8.5 Win95B.
It does the same thing.  I cleaned it up inside, cleaned the cartridges,
and it seemed to take the cartridges ok ever since.
The BEST thing I did was to change it to the default printer on the
computer it was hooked to instead of the Laser HP that sits next to it.
At least I get "something" out of the ink cartridges for my money
and save toner to boot!

          Rick Glazier

> >Is my 820 dying on me? I welcome any insight on this matter.

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