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Garbage out of my HP OfficeJet G85 printer

Mar 21, 2010 1:05AM PDT

I get garbage i.e. (↑@8PXUDz0̀4

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This is not uncommon with 10 year old printers.
Mar 21, 2010 1:13AM PDT

This and other failures noted widely.

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At 10 years old.
Mar 22, 2010 2:19AM PDT

I looked at the age of the printer and since it is well beyond the expected life span of such a product, that it worked last week doesn't mean it should keep working.

Try it on other machines as a test.

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Vista/printer issue
Mar 22, 2010 12:59AM PDT

The prior poster made a good point, incompatibility with OS. IF the drivers were available, maybe, if not, search for another printer. If it were win XP you would likely not have a problem, Vista on the other hand is quite likely the issue.

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Garbage from my printer.
Mar 22, 2010 1:47AM PDT

I don't understand why it started now? This printer has been working fine for over a year with this system. Thanks again for your comments, Ralph