How to fix a frozen printer cartridge? -

I am trying to print out some important documents I need today. I am sick and working from home. I went to print and the printer worked but nothing was on the paper. I can only assume the cartridges are frozen since our home office has a lot of windows amp; is naturally colder than the rest of the house. Anyone know how to fix the cartridges?

Unless it s like zero degrees in the room, it s highly unlikely the cartridges are frozen. A lot of people dont realize that inkjet printers must be used often or at least turned on often. If left alone for a while, the ink clogs. My sister had to take her brand new Canon to the shop twice in the first few months because she only uses it once a week or less. They told her the best thing is to leave it on. It takes very little power and it keeps the ink circulating so it doesnt clog. Now about recovering from a clog: leave the printer on overnight. Then run a few cleanings. If that doesnt help, remove the cartridges, drop in some alcohol where the ink goes in, put the cartridges back, wait a half hour, then run some cleanings.

I don t think they are frozen unless your house is below freezing lol The ink cartridge has either dried up or the print heads are clogged or the ink has simply run out, Your printer software should have print head cleaning go to control panel /printer under hardware and sound(on vista)or printers in the classic view and go to the printer properties and see if you can find the print head cleaning tool. Try the print head cleaning a few times if you don t see printing the first time and if it does not work you will need to replace your ink cartridges especially if you haven t used the printer in awhile.

Well if you see it moving or hear it moving you must be out of ink. Theres no way a printer can get frozen its metal / plastic it would need a good amount of cold