I have epson stylus cx4600 printer.Just re-filled cartridges, but printer shows message "no ink". Any idea?
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I have a couple of new epson printers. \nThe new cx printers are extremely hard to fill. How did you fill them in the first place?\n If you drill or melt a hole in the top, in the EXACT \ncorrect position, and slowly fill them, letting the air\nand ink bubbles exhaust, then, they are "full".\nI weigh the cartridges when new, and when empty, and\nwhen re-filled, so that I know if indeed, they are\nre-filled. You can now buy gram or ounce weight digital scales\neverywhere, including kitchen stores, and retail outlets,\nand they are 20 bucks or so, and very accurate.\n Check the carts to see if on the front, bottom or back\nedge there is a tiny green circuitboard attached to\nink cart with two melted dots of case plastic posts.\n If so, then you have otherwise, a piece of plastic,\ncontaning 35 cents worth of ink, with a self-destruct\nprogrammable chip on it. Every time you use ink, the\nchip is programmed by 7 gold contact points, and the\nprinter "guesses" how much ink you have, and subtracts it.\nAt about 25 per cent to 33 percent full, the chip is\ntold that you are out of ink. This rather full piece\nof plastic, is then DEAD, and cannot be used again.\nI have used a new, FULL cart, and simply run the CLEAN HEAD\nEpson utility a few times, and been told that the carts are now\n50 percent Full ( HALF EMPTY !!! -- and I hadn't printed\nanything yet!!! )\nThe extra caution in telling a cart with ink in, that it\nis empty, is done to prevent the cart from ever really\nemptying, which would suck air into the carriage fill\npost nozzel, and into an inch or two of piping inside\nthe print carriage / head assembly, and in 20 minutes the\nink inside these tubes would dry, and almost permanently\ndestroy the tiny print holes ability to re-wet with any\nnew ink. \n  If you take out a cart, you must either put in a new one\nimmediately, or re-fill immediately. I have seen many \nEpsons in the garbage - all with badly dried print head /\ncarriage assemblies - if you have a SCANNER/ PRINTER, \nsuch as my CX printers, the second the print head is\n"told" by estimation software, that it is "empty" the \nentire machine, including the scanner is DEAD, since,\nwhen you turn it on, you cannot get past the ERROR\nink out message !!!!. \n  The Espon printers with the "new and improved" print ink\nheads and ink carts, are EXTREMELY fragile, and will\nself-destruct at the tiniest problem. If the power goes\noff, and the head is not parked, it dries out. If you\ntake out a cart and go to the store with the cart to \nmake certain you have the correct one, the print head\ndries out. You cannot take out the print head to soak\nit in water without completely tearing the printer apart,\nand removing the delicate microfilm plastic position\nstrip, and the drive belt, and many fragile parts...\n If you do manage to get the print head out, the print head\nis extremely delicate, and ordinary tap water will\ncontaminate the print head holes, and actually\nclog the head worse than the dried ink. Using paper \nproducts with sharp cellulose fibers clogs the heads,\nif you wipe the heads.. ( one webiste uses strips of\ncoffee filters and distilled water, with some success ).\n  The green, self destructing programmable chips on the\nempty pieces of plastic cases, ARE RE-PROGRAMMABLE, and\nprogrammers are available at most decent computer retailers,\nsuch as COMP USA, FRYs, Staples, Business Depot, etc.,\nsince these reputable companies know that the customers\nare being ripped off with being forced to purchase 50\ncent ink carts, that are not even empty, for 40 times the\ncost of manufacture! You MUST make certain that the programmer\nyou purchase LISTS the printer model, or the cart model,\nsince there are dozens of programmers, and Epson keeps\nchanging the programming on new models, so that customers\nare forced to buy only over-priced Epson" carts!\n I am surprised that you state you FILLED an Epson ca
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Problem :\n\nThe printer is working, but the printed output shows smears or smudges of ink or the image itself is smeared.\n\n\nSolution :\n\nTry increasing the ink drying time or decreasing ink volume. \nOpen Director, then click Settings, Print Settings, then Printer Settings. \nThe printer Properties dialog box opens.\nClick the Basics tab, then the Advanced Features button. \nClick and drag the Dry Time slider toward More or the Ink Volume slider toward Light. \nTry decreasing print quality to Normal or Fast. \nOpen Director, then click Settings, Print Settings, then Printer Settings. \nThe printer Properties dialog box opens.\nClick the Paper/Quality tab and choose a lower print quality setting. \nTry a different paper. Heavier weight paper may not smear as easily as lighter weight paper. \n\nIf none of the steps above have solved the problem, print and evaluate a self-test report.
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This must be problem with print head. Nothing wrong in the computer or printer driver. Clean the print head with distilled water and lint free clean cloth. Instead of water some solvent like Diluted Iso propile alcohol or Ammonia solution may work better. Try it. Hope your problem will resolve.\n\nBy the way "How frequently you use your printer?" The problem with all kind of inkjet printers are if not in regular use, the head gets dried up and all its nozzles are getting clogged up with dry ink.
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I had one of those printers and it stopped printing all together and I had to punch some "extra holes" in the print cartridge and place a warm washcloth over it; it only worked for a few prints though.  Good luck.  I think it's some sort of scam, b/c when I researched it, hundreds of people were having the same problem.  I ended up just buying a new printer.   Good luck.
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This issue occurs due to the low ink cartridge , empty or corrupted printer driver software . Please Align or clean the cartridge contacts. If the issue persist, UnInstall and reinstall printer driver software .
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follow the advice of the other answerers, replace the cartridge, but i, too would recommend a thorough cleaning first.\n\nvery gently with a q-tip and some rubbing alcohol take the printer apart and clean, clean, clean.  just be careful to put it back the way it was.\n\nhope this helps.  good luck.
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Not an easy question to answer.You have not said what is wrong with it. It could be anything ?  \nWill it print OK?    Have you any lights flashing ?  Will it print a test page ok?   Have you an empty ink cartridge ?\nSomeone might be able to answer your question if you give us more details
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Unplug your printer from the USB or parallel port.\n\nDelete the printer you currently have from Start>Settings>Printer and Faxes.  \n\nDownload and install the driver I posted in the sources area.  \n\nPlug up the printer again after you have installed the driver, and it should work fine.
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Fist I would like 2 Mention Epson doesn't  have Stylus CK 4600 Actually It is CX 4600.\n\nFollow the link :- Download drivers\n\nhttp://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=41663&infoType=Overview\n\nEnjoy it !
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Sounds like something is corrupted- are other programs able to print normally?  If not,  try removing & reinstalling the printer.  If the problem is only with word, it sounds like word should be reinstalled.
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Hi,\n\nOk I just found out that the Epson 8000 is a printer. I thought it was a scanner at first lol.\nHere are a few things that I can think of that might be the problem:\n1. Out of Ink\n2. Loose connection to the pc.\n3.Corrupted driver\n4.The printer head is dirty, so need to clean it.\n\nI hope one of these will help you out.
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Same thing happened to me. Go to epson.com, find your printer model, and you can download the driver to install it.
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A new printer...was your old printer a USB printer plugged into that port?  If so, try plugging that printer back into that port, then go into System, Hardware, Device manager.\n\nLook for the USB controllers...find the one for the printer, rightclick on it and uninstall it.  Then, remove the old printer, and try the USB plug for the new printer again.  It might be thinking that your new printer is the old one, or not realizng it's not the new one or something like that.  \n\nIf you see that the USB controller in device manager is your new printer, perhaps it didn't quite install right so try uninstalling that one anyway and re-hooking it up and see if the recognition/installation works this time.
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Please make sure you removed the tab that covers the ink chamber and, if it still doesn't work, try removing it and re-installing it.  You just might not have it seated properly...it happens sometimes.
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Depending on your printer, the Maintenance Program may have a CLEANING option.  That might do the trick.   \n\nGo to the Control Panel, and pick PRINTERs, then right click on your printer and pick PROPERTIES.   If there is a maintanence section, pick CLEANING or DEEP CLEANING as my Canon printer has. \n\nIt is also possible that your new cartridge has failed.   Remove it, and try using a kleenex to wipe the electrical contacts clean.   If none of this works, see if you can take it back to where you bought it. \n\nSTAPLES is very HASSLE FREE about returns and exchanges.    They never charge a restocking fee.
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perform a 'cleaning' cycle.  Regardless of the cause, some jets are clogged.  too many 'cleaning' cycles, and it will exhaust the ink cartridge....so beware !
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If it worked properly at first, and it is locked in correctly it may have been handled too much and is soiled. Remove the cartridge and clean the contacts in the printer socket and the cartridge itself with rubbing alcohol. CAreful not to leave bits of paper or rag behind. Inspect areas with bright light and magnifying glass and remove any debris.\nIt could also use a reinstall of software.\nIf it isn't available, quite often deleting the software, shutting off the computer with the printer turned on, wait 5 minutes and turn the computer back on. It should discover the printer and reinstall appropriate software for it.