is this true or false with lexmark printers?
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Your ink level is nothing more than a page counter.  Do not trust it.\n\nTo fully answer your question however, the ink level will effect how your printing looks if the inks are extremely low or one colour has run out.   The only true gauge of you ink levels is you own eye.  The moment a cartridge starts to show signs of fading it is running out.
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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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I work for my sisters business.  She bought the refill kit for her Lexmark Z11, an older model.  It was a joke.  The cartridge did not seem to last as long as a new one did.  The second one she used leaked all over the inside of her printer.  After all, you are really poking a hole in the cartridge to refill it.  I would rather buy new ones at Walmart.
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Your wife's right. And not right too. \n\n==========\nbackgournd \n\nInkjets work by squirting ink through very very small holes in a print head. Canon and HP and several others do that by heating the ink in a chamber just behind the hole, which 'boils' a small bit of it creating a bubble, increasing the pressure and forcing out a microdrop of ink. Epson has done it a different way, with piezoelectric pulsing of the chamber behind the tiny hole. \n\n==========\npossible failure modes\n\nThe holes are relatively easily clogged, so the fineness and uniformity of the particles in it (dyes and such) are important. So is reasonable behavior when partially dried out (not being used for two weeks during a vacation, say) and when heated or subjected to considerable pressure. Hence the cleaning cycles built into many printers (see your owner's manual for some vague and normally not very intelligible instructions).\n\nInks made by a knock off artist in some backroom counterfeit lab somewhere aren't likely to have uniformly ground particles, nor probably the required witches' brew of chemicals to behave well under stress. On the other hand, some third party ink producer might indeed take sufficient care to get it right for a particular type of printer / cartridge / etc. The problem in practice to how to distinguish amongst them. \n\n========\nexperimental test\n\nSome printers have the 'print head' built into the cartridge. You get a new set of teeny tiny holes with every cartridge. With other printers, the print head is in the printer and the cartridge carries only ink. Obviously, in the latter case, a poorly made ink can be rather more expensive. \n\nI had a long policy of buying only print head type cartridge printers for exactly this reason. And I was willing to experiment with cartridges and ink from apparently trustworthy vendors because important parts of the printer wouldn't be at risk. I cannot suggest the at home refill policy unless you can do it wearing latex gloves over a slop sink. A couple of cubic centimeters of ink can go a very very long way; you don't want to find out, but the refill kit I used did work, and the cartridges could be refilled three times at least. The very cheapest way to feed the ink monster that I discovered. Not counting the ink spilled on just about everytihint that one time... But, with printers costing less than US$100 nowadays, the cost of an experiemnt gone bad is limited, except for the time and trouble of replacing the printer damaged by the bad ink. \n\n=========\nDRM measures\n\nSome printer vendors have attempted to force their users to do the right thing (ie, buy their expensive ink -- fo rtheir own quality printing good, of course) by including in their printer measures which try to detect improper cartridges and punish the user by locking the printer to some lower performance level or some other punishment. I heard of a printer which self-destructed under when it detected fake ink cartridges., but never managed to figure out which one it was. You many find that your printer won't print any better than some draft quality if you use a third party cartridge. \n\n============\nalternatives\n\nWith the street price of laser printers below US$150 for low end black and white, and under US$350 for low end color (shop around, at least in the US and you'll find them), there are lots of reasons to avoid inkjets, and their expensive thirst for those .cartridges. Unless, of course you need photographic quality with special archival inks, in which case you might have to use an inkjet.
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Most printers come with a cd with drivers to install to use your printer. If you didnt get one you can check the site for one. www.lexmark.com/US/support/drivers. Find your printer and download and install the drivers. Sometimes it says the printer should be disconnected when installing them. Though it doesn't always matter best to follow what it says.
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NEVER BUY LEXMARK....  and for that matter never buy dell because they are made by lexmark.  Those devices are poor in quality.
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If you have a lexmark you need to tell the printer that you have installed a new cartridge.\n\nThis is done during the installation procedures, consult manual
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check your printer settings, i can print any page just fine...\n-nny
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Hmm, I guess, it has more to do with reinstalling the printer if it's older than xp.  Newer printers will automatically be detected though.
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Go to lexmark.com and download the drivers, make sure you get the rght drivers for your operating system. If you have further problems check the FAQ's for known issues
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it depends on what type of printer it is..........read the book
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okay, i think i got the same freebie as you, if you did, theres only one other ink cartrage that will fit your dell and its made by Lexmark, now what sux about dell is that you can only buy dell cartrages from dell, so yea, dont buy any printers off Dell.\n\nGo to or look for Cartrage World, they're a great franchise store to go to for this stuff.
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if it's an epson, throw it in the bin.\nif it's an hp, get new cartridges.\n\nyour print heads are shot. Epson have fixed print heads & changeable ink, while HP have the print head attached to the cartridge, so you change it when you change cartridges.\n\nI have no idea about Lexmark & other brands, so you should do some investigation on your own...\n\n...a good place to start is to \nRTFM!!!!\n(read the flipping manual!!!)
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Some print cartridges have an embedded chip that communicates with the printer to advise ink levels. When you buy from aftermarket suppliers (especially refillers) they may not support these.
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Any good printer should have that option.\n\nMy Lexmark all in one will do that real quick.\n\nGet one at Walmart.\n\nDavid
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If you have the Lexmark install disk that comes with all printers/scanners, it should include the ABBYY FineReader OCR software and download it as part of the install process.  Look in your programs menu (start > all programs) or your add/remove programs applet (start > control panel > add/remove) and see if you don't already have ABBYY installed.  If you don't, I'd contact Lexmark customer support first and complain since they're supposed to provide it.  And if they're no help you can use this link:\n\nhttp://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/site/home/0,3634,204816596_0_0_en,00.html\n\nhttp://www.abbyy.com/\n\nplrr
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The speed will usually be listed in pages per minute (ppm). Laser machines will print faster even if the listed ppm is lower than an inkjet. Inkjets list ppm based on lowest quality, laserjets list it based on average quality. Laserjet machines cost alot more though, especially if they print in color.\n\nHP and Epson are typically good brands. Brother and Lexmark are the worst brands and the most likely to die. I used to sell alot of all in one machines at Office Depot and I recieved alot of complaints on the Brother and Lexmark machines to the point where I would completely advise people never to buy them.