What happens to out of date printer ink?
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The nozzles of the cartridge get dried out so it stops working after the expiration date.  It depends on how old it is, though.  The cartridge will work fine after the expiration date, but if it's really expired then you will have to do some work to get the cartridge going.\n\nIf it's less than 6 months past the expiration date, you should be able to soak the bottom portion of the cartridge to unclog it. If it was only $2, then it might be worth a shot.  But if it's like a year or two expired then don't bother.
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Just buy a new printer, it will be cheeper & faster.
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HP will not honor your warranty if you use remanufactured ink cartridges.  I had an office jet printer and the older printers have the printheads in the printer.  What that means is if you use remanufactured ink cartridges and it jacks up your printheads, you will have to replace them at $30 each.\n\nAll the newer printers (ie, newer than about 18 months) have the printheads in the ink cartridge, so if one goes bad, you just replace the ink. \n\nIt's actually often cheaper to buy the whole printer with all 4 ink colors in it than to replace the ink.  Sad, decidedly environmentally unfriendly, but true. \n\nI bought an all-in-one brother printer (copier, scanner, fax, printer) for about $100 at Staples.  The ink is much cheaper than other brands (about $15 vs $45). If you need to replace more than one color, it might be cheaper to just buy a new printer.
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If you are using HP Deskjet printer then you can view the Ink level of the cartridge in the printer properties.\n\nPlease visit the following web site and follow the instructiions to check ink levels of the cartridges.\n\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=bud07521&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
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It depends on your printer. Presumably this is an ink-jet? Also, is it the type that has only ONE cartridge, so that your choice is the color cartridge or the black, but you have to swap them out?\n\nTypically, unless you've got the type of printer that has separate cartridges for EACH color, you've got three primary colors in one color cartridge, and the printer blends those together to get the various colors. If everything is red, then you're out of yellow and blue ink, and the only way to rectify that is to replace the whole cartridge.\n\nIf, however, your printer does have black and color cartridges in the printer at the same time, and your text is coming out red, then there may be a software issue, and the first thing I would try is to install the very latest printer drivers from your printer manufacturer's website.
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thereis dry ink in print heads of your printer, i guarantee thats the problem (that is assuming your printer is ok, and you have installed cartridge correctly).\n\nclick Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Printers (and Faxes). right click on the icon with your printer name. click properties. look for a tab that say "tools" or "utilities" or "service" or something similar. there usially in a "clean print heads" (or something with the same meaning) button in it. insert paper into your printer and click that button. you might have to try in a couple of times.\n\nthe only other problems i can think of that would produce this result would be (1) cartridge is not instaled correctly (2) there's something wrong with the printer (3) bad cartridge. in this order of probabilty.\n\ngood luck
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cratradge  ink has spread in side printer due to lecadge so u need to clean ur printer and properly from sencer.\n\nor follow link can help you\n\nhttp://www.uktsupport.co.uk/canon/bj/bjc2110.htm
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This depends a lot on the brand of printer. Lexmark cartridges dry up after only a few days of inactivity while I have seen Epson cartridges work after 6 months of no use. HP cartridges seem to fall somewhere in between.
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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.
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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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Run through the cleaning process in maintenance. If this doesn't work & inks do not need replacing, you may have a problem with your print head. I had to change the print head in my printer when it started printing badly. It was just worn out.
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I have an HP 6110 but the printer doesn't make any difference.\nI buy recycled ink cartridges, they are something like a third of the HP price and they work just as well.\nAnd another thing, you now how when yo get a new printer your old cartridges never work well it doesn't hurt as bad when you paid less for the cartridges and on top of that some of the recycled companies take those cartridges back if they aren't too old.
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maybe ink related.\nif not you may have lost a connection to the printer, and a removal and reinstall may be necessary.\ngood luck
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it can be corrected but it depends on the condition of the printer
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Try cleaning the print heads.  You can usually do this by using the printer software that came with your computer.
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You don't.\n\nThe cartridge has a chip on it which tell the printer the cartridge is empty.  Unless that chip is reset there is no way a refilled cartridge will work in the printer.
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Change your colour cartridge. You have run out of ink.