does anyone have any advice on refilling printer cartridges?  I have a dell a 940. please explain process.?
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You first will want to find a kit specifilcally designed for your type of cartridge.  You may have a little more luck finding one designed for a lexmark #82 or #83 (18LOO32 and 18LOO42).  Lexmark makes most Dell cartridges so the ink and method will be similar.  if you haven't had a good print within the last couple weeks don't bother, your cartridges are too dry. \n\n\nFor you black Cartridge:\n\nLocate the vent hole at the top of the cartridge. You will want to widen it slighy to accomate the needle.  \nThe cartridge has a capacity of 20ml of ink however I find the best way to avoid leakage is to underfill. Inject about 10ml of ink.\nAllow the cartridge to settle, ie.  let it rest with the printhead facing down. If there is any excess ink it will leak out the bottom.  So make sure you have something underneath to absorb any ink.  When you have no leakage it is safe in reinstall the cartridge.\n\nFor you colour:\n\nAt the back of the top of the cartridge you should see a little slot in the lid.   Use a small screw driver to pry the lid off.  Be careful, you need to lid to be in one peice.\n\nYou should see 6 holes underneath the lid which correspond to the three colours.   Again underfill.  They should take about 6ml of ink per colour.  Use 3ml.  Let rest as you did the black.\n\nAfter reintalling the cartridges run a couple print head cleanings, this will get rid of any ink and debris that is in caught in the printhead.\n\nAs a warning refilling is messy, you are altering the cartridge, and using third party ink.  Make sure you are running regular print head cleanings and watching for any smearing or blobbing of ink.   First sign of any problems remove the cartridges and replace with new ones.
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what you need to do is go in ur printer settings & enable da.  cartridge
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You print cartridges has a blockage.  Run a few print head cleanings.  Your manual will tell you how to do this.
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Hi,\n\nI found a firmware for your printer at HP.com\nIt says that it fixes ""Memory Full" - When loading more than one document in the automatic document feeder (ADF) to make copies, the all-in-one may display "Memory Full; Press Enter"\n\nAnd it fixes lots of other issues with this printer.
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Your printer has a memory on it.   The printer remembers the last three cartridges that have been installed, and thus is remembering your cartridge as being empty.\n\nIf you have some empties kicking around or know somebody that does, just install and remove them in sequence with your refilled cartridge being the fourth and final.  \n\nHopefully that will clear it up.  \n\nHowever if you are getting a blinking light and a "please check cartridge" warning then unfortunately the cartridge is done.  The electronics have failed and there is nothing left to do except replace the cartridge.
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Make sure your cartridges are installed correctly.\n\nWhen they are run an alignment.
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It sounds as if you might not have the right driver installed for your printer.\n\nMake sure you have the proper driver installed by deleting the printer from your system and re-adding it. You may also want to check with the printer manufacturer to make sure you have the most recent driver.\n\nHope this helps.
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Sounds to me that you should UNINSTALL the software that you installed and TRY again.   A disk came with that printer, so follow the instructions carefully.  \n\nIt probably wants you to INSTALL the software first, then connect the printer.  \n\nIf the problem persists, you might want to uninstall your DELL printer software first.
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Lexmark makes the cartridges for Dell, but even though they look the same they will not work in Dell machines.  They are wired differently so they will only be able to communicate with Dell printers. It will fit in the cradle, but you'll just get a bunch of errors.  Also, they aren't going to be much cheaper anyways.
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The problem isn't the printer, the problem is the operating system.   Windows 98 has horrible USB support.  Either update the drivers though the Microsoft website, or put the printer on a LPT  port.
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To get your printer to work you should just need to download and install the driver from the manufacturers website. If your printer is still under warranty they should help you reinstall your printer drivers.\n\n1. Goto http://support.dell.com click on printers -> Dell Printers\n2. Under "printer troubleshooting" click on "Drivers and Downloads"\n3. Select your model of printer from the Product model and download drivers for XP. ** Remember where you downloaded them to and what the file is called. **\n4. ** UNPlug your printer from the computer.\n5. Check in Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs that there is not a listing for your dell printer, if there is uninstall it.\n6. Check in Start, Control Panel, Printers if your printer is already setup. If it it right click on it and delete the printer. \n5. Install the drivers by double clicking the file your downloaded. It should go thru an install program. Do not plug in your printer until it tells you. It might do this after the computer restarts.\n\nOnce everything is done and you have plugged in your printer check in Start, Control Panel, Printers and verify your printer is listed.
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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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It may be that the printer is not compatible with your new computer. \nIt is best to buy a new complete XP computer system.. Including Printer, keyboard, monitor, external drives etc.. Do not add any old hardware to XP.... Windows XP does like OLD hardware and nor does it like some of the older software.  And you may ruin your computer.  This has happened to me before, so i learned the hard way. \nE
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not sure what kind of printer you have, but some printers have a refresh button, try that.
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Funny thing, you have to tell a lexmark that you have installed a new cartridge.   Consult you manual.  It is usually in the printer tool box or utility menu.
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There are plenty of instructions on the web and three or four web sites devoted to just this issue, however, I have to wonder why you want to do this.\nLet me tell you a couple of issues you will face.\n\n#1 Toner cartidges have many components, all of which have a rather short life cycle. All of these need to be serviced and or replaced to properly 'refill' a toner cartridge. The Photo-conductive drum, the waste bin, the wiper blade, the primary charge roller, the electrical contacts for the PCR, the Toner Bin, the magnetic roller that draws toner from the toner bin, the electrical contacts of said roller and the metering or doctor blade that meters the toner pulled out of the toner bin. All of these parts need to be removed cleaned properly wich includes but is not limited to vacuuming each part and putting them all back together.\n\n#2 There is still toner in the cartridge that will need to be vacuumed out, you cannot do it with a normal household vacuum or it will at least blow toner dust all over the area and at worse eat up the vacuum motor.\n\nOh, one final note, if you do something wrong, like not properly clean the waste toner bin, or improperly replace the wiper blade or miss seat the contacts on the magnetic roller or improperly gap the doctor blade or not place every gear removed back properly,... The refilled cartridge could seize up, lock down and cause major damage to your printer before it even prints a single page.\n\nBEWARE of attempting this on your own. If you are tired of giving the OEM guys WAY TOO much money for "New" cartridges, buy one from a remanufacturing company. Ask them questions before you buy and find out if every cartridge is print tested after rebuilding, and remember it is not refilling that you EVER want to do or have done, it is REBUILDING or REMANUFACTURING.\n\nI hope this helps you see the big picture.
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WWW.carrotink.com has compatible cartridges for a dell 720 printer at the cheapest prices I have found on the net.