I have just correctly installed a new black ink cartridge. I printed a test page which was not of good quality. If I try to print another document the printer says 'Left cartridge missing' which it is not. I can override this and the printer will work but the print quality is blurred and incomplete. Prior to replacing this cartridge the printing was of very good quality. I use the printer daily for work.
Please remove the cartridges from the printer. Take a dry lint free paper towel and gently wipe the contacts on the back of the cartridge (not the bottom from where ink is present). Wipe the contacts inside the printer (on cartridge carrier). Please snap the cartridges back into the cartridge carrier and please try to print a printer self test.
Good Luck!!!!
SOURCE: lexmark S405 : printer will not print until the black ink cartridge is replaced
If you refilled the cartridge, it won't be able to detect the ink levels. If you're having problems finding genuine Lexmark cartridges, you can always purchase it online at www.lexmark.com.
SOURCE: Lexmark Z600 ONLY print test pages
Seemes very daft, and sounds like a twit, but not really.
When I recieved the new cartridge I placed it in the correct cartridge retainer in the printer matching up the dark green colour of the cartridge and the top clip, and it printed nothing even after a tryed re-seating it.
So I placed it in the other thinking maybe I somehow might have placed it in the wrong slot, so I placed it in the other (Colour), and set that up as I did the other, and it printed a blurred page but then stopped printing.
After that I then placed it back in the other cartridge retainer, set it up as the previous times when it did not work, and then it worked.
Seems strange and simple, but it did not work the first time at all, and after faffing with it finally did.
This might help someone, and then again might not.
SOURCE: I replaced a new lexmark 23 print cartridge in my X4530 printer.
This happens from time to time. I have bought new 22 & 23 cartridges for my Lex. x3350 before with "flawed" contacts. Either return it for refund or buy a new one. Thw next working one you get, try re filling it. I get mine refilled at Walgreens. Cost for me in Texas is $10 for black and 15 for color. I refill them 4 times before I replace with new. Saved me a ton of money.
An 'incorrect cartridge' or 'missing cartridge' error can be displayed if:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=SO4738&segment=SUPPORTproductCode%3D&productCode=LEXMARK_X4875&locale=EN&userlocale=EN_US
X4850
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