I have a dell all in one a940 printer. It shows plenty of ink in cartridge but its printing very faint.?
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Your ink level is just a page counter.\n\nIf you have been printing things like photographs which use much more ink than the ink level is calibrated for, then you cartridge may be empty.\n\nIf you don't use your printer often, IE withing the last couple weeks, there is a good chance the print head on your cartridge has dried out. Run a couple print head cleanings (your manual will tell you how to do that).  If you see no improvement then it is unfortunately time to replace the cartridge.
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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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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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Sounds like a problem with the printers drivers. Try updating to the newest version, or contact your printers technical support.
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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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Go to this Web site:\n\nhttp://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/product_support/en/printer
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Try the "Print as Image" option in the print dialog.  It's slower than the default, but it might work for you.\n\nAlso, make sure you have the latest drivers for your printer and operating system.
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HP printers will blink when:\n\nThe printer is offline\nThe cartridge is not being recognized\nPaper Jam\nOut of paper\n\nMaker sure that there is paper in the printer and it is pushed all the way back.\n\nCheck inside the printer for any paper or debris.\n\ncheck your ink monitor to make sure that both cartridges are being recognized\n\nAlign the 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 you run a "detect hardware" scan on your computer to check that yourcomputer knows that a printer is connected. second, it might be printing the page blnak because the ink cartidge is dry or jammed?
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The issue is may be due to the improper communication between the printer cradle and the cartridge contacts.\n\nSo, I suggest you to remove the cartridge from the capping station and then try to clean the cartridge contacts manually and again insert the cartridge and then try printing and check the results.
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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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This is silly, but it has happened.  Make sure the protective tape on the ink cartridge has been removed before installing it into the printer.  I have an IT friend who made this very embarrassing mistake.
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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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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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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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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