| If your HP C309g has a clogged printhead, this guide will help potentially resolve the problem and get the printer working again without another $80 printhead to fix the problem when you can fix it with materials you have at home. The steps to clear the printhead can also be used interchangeably with other semi permanent printhead printers. While the cleaning steps will easily carry over, you can't carry the disassembly steps and printhead bypass over. These are specific to the HP C309g. Your best bet for other brands of printer is to look online for the procedure on how to remove the printhead. For other HP 564 series printers, the steps should interchange, but at the same time you should double check. |
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| '''HP Photosmart Premium ePrint C310a/C309n owners: You can carry both the disassembly and cleaning instructions over, but I have not verified the initialization bypass on a ePrint ready model yet. You're welcome to try but it may not work on these models. If it doesn't, you will probably want new ink on hand to be sure.''' |
| It should also be said while this fix has a high probability of working it won't fix ink binding and physical printhead problems beyond clogging, like a damaged contact strip. Ink binding might be fixable, but the chances are low it will work. This is something to attempt before you send the printer to the recycling facility or eWaste drive. |
| If your HP C309g has a clogged printhead, this guide will '''potentially''' resolve the problem and get the printer working again without new parts, or a replacement printer with materials you have at home. This guide is specifically geared towards the HP C309g and similar printers only. '''With how HP 564 printer printhead design is in general there is not a lot to vary in the procedure for printhead removal, if any at all. It should be safe to carry the removal steps for 564 printers. Still, do some research and see to be sure. Better to check first, then to assume if the model you own is newer.''' |
| '''The bypass steps may or may not carry over, depending on the age gap. I would not hold your breath for ePrint models but it could very well work.''' |
| While this method has a high fix rate, it's not 100%. It never was intended to be, and it never will be. This is something you can use if you don't want to use the internal cleaning tool to avoid making it worse or to recover a clogged printer the cleaning tool didn't fix. Some problems can never be fixed. Consider this a last ditch effort because of this. |