I bought a black printer cartridge about 3 weeks ago and the black printing is already fading, why? -

I haven t printed much since I got the cartridge about 3 weeks ago.I tried the trick of taking the cartridge out and putting it back in a few minutes later. I heard that this is supposed to make the printer think that there is a new cartridge. I also tried to shake it up for a while, but the black printing is still fading. What the hell is going on? Why should I have to worry about this?

read http://www.ccs-digital.com/inkjetcare.as… for possible answers. Either your black printhead is partially clogged because you dont use it enough or the cartridge itself contained very little ink or poor quality. You do realize that today s ink cartridges contain a lot less ink than they used to, right? I watched someone set up a brand new printer with brand new cartridges. He printed a single 4 x 6 photo and the printer already said he was out of cyan.

If you tried everything and everything failed, you can just simply change the font color of whatever your printing to something else, like gray 80%, and your printer will use the colored cartridge by default, assuming you have a working colored cartridge in the first place.

I have one suggestion for you, please try to follow these instructions below: 1) Turn on the printer; take out the cartridges and shake them; 2) Turn off the printer for a few minutes; 3) Turn on the printer, when it says quot;insert inksquot;, and then insert the compatible cartridges one by one, making sure the cartridges are sitting completely in the slots.

Do a Cleaning cycle, you may have to do it a few times. Then Get a CISS for your printer. It will save you TONS of MONEY, never change a cartridge again and it will pay for itself in a month. http://www.inkproducts.com/ink-store/