I have an old Lexmark inkjet printer. I don't know if I was unaware that you're supposed to print regularly to keep it running or if my reality suggested that was only for others. For nearly 2 decades, I'm guessing, I would print 6 pages or so quarterly and very little else. The ink would last several yrs and then it would not print.......I assumed because the ink ran out. Usually the color would change from black to (usually?) maroon and then get fainter before it ran out.
This time, it printed one complete line in black and then printed nothing else.
I bought a new cartridge but no printing. I believe these cartridges have the printhead built in so a bad printhead should be fixed by a new cartridge......
unless the new cartridge is re-used and is bad . I have had mixed results from Amazon.......some are good, some are bad.........if I return the bad ones, the replacements may be good or not.
I have seen these videos where you soak the printhead in water for several minutes and up to overnight if necessary. I have done that but so far no difference. Some use warm water..........have not done that yet.
Wondering if anyone has had success in reviving these things and any special tricks you needed to do.
I also have a newer Canon printer MX700 which has the printhead separate from the cartridge. It prints the colors but not black and a new black cartridge did not help...............I guess text and spreadsheets print in black so nothing is printed for those kinds of documents. Any way to tell it to print those in color?
This time, it printed one complete line in black and then printed nothing else.
I bought a new cartridge but no printing. I believe these cartridges have the printhead built in so a bad printhead should be fixed by a new cartridge......
unless the new cartridge is re-used and is bad . I have had mixed results from Amazon.......some are good, some are bad.........if I return the bad ones, the replacements may be good or not.
I have seen these videos where you soak the printhead in water for several minutes and up to overnight if necessary. I have done that but so far no difference. Some use warm water..........have not done that yet.
Wondering if anyone has had success in reviving these things and any special tricks you needed to do.
I also have a newer Canon printer MX700 which has the printhead separate from the cartridge. It prints the colors but not black and a new black cartridge did not help...............I guess text and spreadsheets print in black so nothing is printed for those kinds of documents. Any way to tell it to print those in color?
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