Cartridges seem to lose ink when printer re-starts. Does any one else experience losing color ink, with little use?
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Hi, Everytime you shut off the printer and then turn it on it has to recharge each cartridge. This is like your car sucking gas in order to start. The printer has to build up pressure in the cartridges in order to print. My printer is on all the time and I only use OEM cartridges. Last week I tried to fill up an empty 105XL cartridge by the big hole with foam. I just put a little in a syringe and filled it. It works for awhile just to stretch your cartridge a little while until you get another cartridge. Also if you run out of black ink you can print using the color cartridges only. It will print black by using the color cartridges. You can print in black only but it will still use some of the color as I said above. I have had Epson printers before but I did not like the Idea not being able to print because I ran out of ink in 1 cartridge. It was an all in one with Fax but I could not even fax anything. Good Luck.
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I don't have an answer to this particular problem but.....At first I was very satisfied with this cartridges but after about 10 prints the color faded and then even the black faded. If one can make only a couple of prints with the refilled cartridges, it'll be cheaper to buy the original. Which I did after a couple of frustrating prints and try's to get it working correctly.
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Hello! While I can't speak for everyone, we have had an awesome experience with this refill! We are on our second refill & the printer's performance is fine (as it has been performing we purchased ir). I can't imagine ever buying two ink cartridges for the price of a printer again. Hope this helps. :)
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Ah! So my printer is NOT broken! I initially had no trouble with this ink, but as of a few days ago, my printer malfunctioned, with an error code saying that it could not recognize the black ink cartridge. Now I know it's a problem with the cartridges and not the printer!
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if your cartridges are refillable, you can refill them with bulk inks. you will need to get a reset chip--you can check at refillbay.com to see if your printer type is listed for use with the chip. very easy to do
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Mine kept printing for awhile after I got the "replace ink" message. Also, it is my understanding that the ink cartridges that come with the printer are generally sample cartidges and do not contain as much ink as the full, replacement cartridges. While that seems kind of crummy, I think most companies that supply cartridges with the newprinter are doing that. When I was shopping for this printer, I was suprised to find that many companies have stopped including any ink with their new printers!!
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Hi Ryan - I use these cartridges with no problem. All I can think of is to figure out how to reset your printer or printer settings (Google how to reset to factory settings)? Worth a try. Best. Josh
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Ruth, I have seen this problem in the past with other printers, so it would not have been an issue for me this time HAD it happened. I am pleased to say that NO ink error messages have occurred after purchasing and installing this! I hope you are as fortunate should you purchase it.
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Sometimes you have to take one out, power cycle the printer, and put the cartridge back in (sometimes more than once) to get it to recognize it as good. If there's still problems, I would suggest that not all of them be removed at once, just one. Also be aware that much of the time, the printer seems to not recognize the ink level of the cartridges unless it thinks the cartridge is empty and you "replace it" after it tells you to. Just filling them up (in or out of the printer) the printer doesn't really refresh what it thinks the ink level is.
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I recently encountered the same problem. The printer will not let you continue unless both Cartridges have ink. You most replace the empty cartridge in order for get your printer to work.
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Hello, I purchased this set of replacement ink twice. The color ink worked OK but the black failed after printing at about a quarter of use. I went back to Kodak. I asked for a resolution of my problem with no success.
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110% agree. I have printed about 50-100 (and that is a high estimate) pages with very little color and I am already getting one of the ink wells is empty messages every time try to print.
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Same thing happened to me. After not printing(B&W) for awhile, I took out the black cartridge - carefully, to avoid stains - and wiped the ink orifice with an alcohol-soaked Q-tip. I might have done it more than once; at any rate, it worked and the ink now flows well. The color cartridges were OK, but I am prepared to repeat the trick if necessary. It's worth a try. Good luck.
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I find the ink usage less than HP's, but unless you step to an MX8XX series, yes, you do need to replace a color cartridge if one of the colors runs out. I've gone months without needing to replace a cartridge though.
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Happened to me before. I already told buyers beware. Do not buy any "Remanufactured Ink Cartridge" at any places. Because it's a RIP-OFF!!! Buy a brand new. That's it.
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I had found the same. It does seem that the Canon printer starts telling you the ink is low after a few pages. Having said that, I will admit it has printed longer on low ink than it usually has... Still I bought 2 name brand cartridges to replace it with. I will not be straying off brand again. You get what you pay for.
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I had the same problem, I took them out and then put them back in again. Once I did that a couple of times then a question mark appears on the front screen, but the printer will print it won't acknowledge the cartridge cause it is a refurbished one, but the printer will print. Try that and see if that works for you. Hope so :)