I have bought your Continuous Ink System. It has been used continuously, but the one of the red have stopped working. Headcleaning do not work. What t
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I've had a similar problem after the printer sat idle for a week or so. I was able to correct the problem by re-priming the ink cartridges using the syringe provided with the Ink Block system. Remove the plug in the non-working cartridge, and using the syringe, draw a small amount of ink back into the cartridge. Run a cleaning cycle, and see if it is now working.
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I ran into similar problems with the system. trying to use headcleaning ended up saturating the rollers and rendered the printer useless. I had to get rid of the printer and the continuous ink system. It seemed like a good and economical idea at the time, but it actually was more costly and more trouble than it was worth.
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Britini, since the black is used more than the other colors, I would suggest cleaning you printer heads every time you change a cartridge. Also, make sure that the security tape that needs to be removed has been removed. If yes, and your cartridge is still not working, check the cartridge to make sure the film over the dispenser site has been punctured to allow the ink to fill the well. I hope this has been helpful. Best of luck. Rebecca Bell
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I had the same problem once and it stopped when I changed the ink cartridges. Kodak ink cartridges may be a little cheaper to buy, but they are not economical in the long-run. The printer cleans the head after every print job, using ink for no good reason. Kodak printers are ink-hogs. My printer also has terrible colors when printing on plain paper, with colors coming out very dark, especially bright reds. I have to set the color about 2 shades lighter to get the color even close to what I want. The only good color reproduction comes on photo paper, but at the cost of tremendous ink usage. Honestly, my suggestion is to get a printer made by someone other than Kodak. I will never buy another. I had the same problem once and it stopped when I changed the ink cartridges. Kodak ink cartridges may be a little cheaper to buy, but they are not economical in the long-run. The printer cleans the head after every print job, using ink for no good reason. Kodak printers are ink-hogs. My printer also has terrible colors when printing on plain paper, with colors coming out very dark, especially bright reds. I have to set the color about 2 shades lighter to get the color even close to what I want. The only good color reproduction comes on photo paper, but at the cost of tremendous ink usage.... » Read More I had the same problem once and it stopped when I changed the ink cartridges. Kodak ink cartridges may be a little cheaper to buy, but they are not economical in the long-run. The printer cleans the head after every print job, using ink for no good reason. Kodak printers are ink-hogs. My printer also has terrible colors when printing on plain paper, with colors coming out very dark, especially bright reds. I have to set the color about 2 shades lighter to get the color even close to what I want. The only good color reproduction comes on photo paper, but at the cost of tremendous ink usage. Honestly, my suggestion is to get a printer made by someone other than Kodak. I will never buy another. « Show Less
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I don't see how that is possible as you are only resetting the chips on the cartridge. If the printer is still trying to print but no ink is coming out then you probably have a clogged head. Normally all the colors don't get get clogged at once so you can normally tell by that. Good luck . Any more questions please don't hesitate to ask
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had same problem-had copier clean heads and other applications to clean those out and wa la it worked hope you have same success. comactap
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I had the same problem once and it stopped when I changed the ink cartridges. Kodak ink cartridges may be a little cheaper to buy, but they are not economical in the long-run. The printer cleans the head after every print job, using ink for no good reason. Kodak printers are ink-hogs. My printer also has terrible colors when printing on plain paper, with colors coming out very dark, especially bright reds. I have to set the color about 2 shades lighter to get the color even close to what I want. The only good color reproduction comes on photo paper, but at the cost of tremendous ink usage. Honestly, my suggestion is to get a printer made by someone other than Kodak. I will never buy another.
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I've also had some issues with printing repetitive sheets and it not having enough ink. The first thing to try is just running a printer cleaning cycle. If that doesn't work, I have removed the cartridges in the printer and sucked ink (using the supplied syringe that fits over the cartridge outlet on the bottom) into the cartridge and that seems to fix the lack of ink problem. I've been using the continuous ink system for over a year now and overall it has saved me hundreds of dollars with only a little maintenance issues.
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Have you tried restarting the printer? You might need to clean the heads, use your printer software that came with your printer and it will self clean.
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It's possible that your Cyan or Yellow printhead ports might be clogged. Try using a different set of full ink cartridges and then clean the heads using the printer software.
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the drum needs replacement just like the toner. the only thing is that the toner runs out faster than the drum. i said the same when my printer started asking me to change it soon.. i ignored it and thats when i started seeing lines and the papers not printing correctly. so give it time before you start to see the lines and fading.. there like your car tires. dont last for ever..lol.. hope this helped..
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you didn't do anything wrong. I had the same problem and the company would not do anything about them because it was past so many days! Everywhere else I ordered the cartridges from were good up to a year if there was a problem. Not this company. some of my were not recognized by the printer, so they weren't any good to me. Other ones leaked in the bag. I've been trying to use them up, but I have to clean the heads alot too. These are garbage and amazon should stop selling them.
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I had the same problem because my cartridges were all dried up...too old. Here is how I revived them and was, quite frankly, amazed they came back. First, I put about 1/2" of 91% rubbing alcohol in a plastic tub (like a butter tub or a cottage cheese tub). I set the cartridges in this alcohol for a day...just let them soak. I then rubbed them clean with a soft sponge and let them soak a little more. --an hour or so...then took them out and put the holes side to a vacuum cleaner hose with the vacuum on full blast. Hold the cartridge in your hand, make like a fist around it and suck the cartridge. This pulls the goop out of the holes. Now, fill the cartridge as per instructions and put them back int eh printer and run the print had cleaner several times. If you are still getting crappy prints, do a short soak in the alcohol about five minutes and then vacuum again and repeat the head cleaner cycle. This should do the trick. If not, your cartridges are too far gone. What pleased me about the kit is, my cartridges have never performed as well or printed so long. The kit provides enough stuff to refill them dozens of times. Also, never let your cartridges go very long without color printing or b&w printing..about a week at most. They can dry out and this is what kills a lot of cartridges. Even if you have to go ahead and buy a new set of cartridges, the kit is well worth it. You will see with your first refilling. If you take care of your cartridges, and refill them at the first sign they are getting weak, I can bet you will never again pay $35.00 or $50.00 for a stupid cartridge set that only lasts ten weeks.
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You probably have one cartridge that is not working. That will throw off the color drastically.
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You really need to run the printer thru deep cleans quit a few times particularly if this is the first transition to the new ink . you might even have to refill the ink a little more after cleaning. As I said usualy its in the transition to the new ink.
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No problems yet, but only one refill. Check to be sure that there is not ink on the chip at the bottom front of the cartridge or on the pins that make contact with the chip. Clean them with a Q-tip and rubbing alcohol to see if that helps. As for the colors, try the cleaning function that was mentioned in another answer. You can also remove the print head to see if there is any spilled ink on those contacts. If all else fails and you are still missing colors, soaking the print head in Windex for a couple of days, then rinsing in water can help dissolve clogs.
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I have had mine for a month and a half. I got a few makeup smudges on it but it cleaned off nicely with just soap and water. I'm sure the ink will stain permanently though unless there is some kind of miracle ink remover product out there that I am unaware of.
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Sorry, I should've got to you sooner. I poured tea on it and then rubbed it on dried ink and it didn't run. This experiment was interesting for me as well. Thank you very much for your question.mike