incorrect colour cartridge error

After looking all over in regards to this issue..the answer is simple...duct tape..seriously..which is hilarious to me considering i'm from the north and west coast and had recently moved to the south...simply tape the 2 components on the on the left had side of a refilled cartridge and reinsert..the printer will complain about no cartridge being there but will print with a refill fine...it'll work i promise..on a further note being a pc tech ..I've NEVER suggested dell to ANY of my customers..looking more into this matter..the aio series are rebranded lexmarks missing components of a true printer..like a "winmodem" that lacks real hardware in place of using part of the windows kernel..the worst of it these are cheaply manufactured printers..the printer cartridge scam chips inside the printers themselves were definately harder to make then the printers themselves..hope this helps and oh yeah ...
DON'T BUY DELL.... EVER

Here is a possible solution to the dell printer BS when I bought replacement cartridge for the black I didn't want or need the color. When I attempted to replace it would say unsupported cartridge on the computer screen and right cartrige error or w/ever it said. who cares . It is a S C A M but if you only need black try this... Take a hammer and smash the printer NO DON"T ... Roofer joke. Seriously though just remove the color cartridge and snap it shut empty with the black " replacement cartridge " snapped in and your good to go in black and white. I bought my replacement cartridge at
( S T A P L E S ) no one has one better. good luck sorry if it doesnt work for you I'm only saying that it worked for me. P.S. Thank you and "DUDE I'M NOT GETTING A DELL"!!

Having the same problem with our Dell 962AIO. Got a low black ink cartridge message and replaced it, then got a right cartridge incorrect error message and had to replace the color cartridge that was 75% still full with a brand new color to get it to work. I contacted Dell technical support and even though our warranty is now off the printer since 12/05 he stated that the two cartridges I was using were not compatible with each other and would cause the other one to fail!!! Mind you here that it is Dell that is supplying me with these cartridges. When I have had a bad cartridge, they just ship me out another one. Well guess what, the replacement one is a refill from what I can decifier even though the original one I paid full value for was not! The refill and the not refilled cartridge are not compatible together and will eventually cause a problem. I was told by Dell technical support that if you are using color ink cartridge M4646 then a black ink cartridge M4640 should be used with it. I have been getting J5566 (good cartridges)and then getting M4640 replacements when there is a problem. On Dell web page it says the black should be #T5480 / color #T5482 which you don't get either of those if you order! IT'S A SCAM to get you to keep forking out $20+ per cartridge when you may be getting refills that won't work anyways!!!

i'm not sure if this will solve every cartridge error but what solved mine was that the brand new cartridge was giving me an error. the old color cartridge before that was giving me an error as well, so i tried cleaning the metal contacts inside the printer where it detects the cartridge with a dry towel. there was a ton of ink on there blocking the contacts, and when i put the cartridge back in, VIOLA! it worked perfectly. so that could be one solution.

I THINK THAT DELL PRINTERS ARE PIECES OF ****. IT IS ******** THAT YOU HAVE TO BUY "DELL" PARTS TO REPLACE ON "DELL PRODUCTS" ALSO, THESE ASSHOLES HAVE TO CHARGE FOR EVERYTHING. THEY WON'T EVEN HELP YOU WITHOUT TRYING TO **** YOU DRY OF MONEY. IF YOU HAVE A MINOR FUCKEN QUESTION, THEY TELL YOU TO SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM AND PAY. ASSHOLES, THEY CAN TAKE THEIR **** AND SHOVE IT UP THEIR ASSES! I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET MY DELL PRINTER TO PRINT A DOCUMENT OFF THE INTERNET, I JUST REPLACED THE BLACK INK CARTRIDGE ONLY AND IT PRINTS A TEST AND ALIGNMENT PAGE, BUT NOT A WORD DOCUMENT THAT I DESPERATELY NEED TO MAIL OUT ASAP!! And I cannot find out how to fix this ****! I think I'm going to get a hammer.....

I will tell you the solution to Dell cartridge error problems and whereby Dell insists that you can only buy cartridges from them (at approx. £20 a go)and that if you dare to refill one you will get "unsupported cartridge" error msg. Do what I am doing now (after owning a Dell AIO 810 for about 6 Months) I am looking in a catalogue for a new printer to purchase tomorrow - and aint gonna be a Dell. Oh by the way, I have yet to even see a compatable cartridge on the shelves for Dell. Nope sorry Dell, u wont get another penny off me for your scam and I wont purchase another Dell product ever again - THAT'S the solution to your problem folks, bye bye.