SOURCE: HP PSC 1350v Check Print Cartridge Light
Check the date on your ink cartridge. I bet it has expired. If you put in a "new"cartridge but it is even an HP one with an older date, it may not work.
I had my printer stop in the middle of a print job. It was printing fine and suddenly would not print. So I refilled the cartridge with an ink kit I had on hand and reinserted it--no go! Then I opened a remanufactured cartridge (office depot) I had bought some time ago and inserted it. No go, despite the fact I could see ink coming from the jets. I finally gave up and bought a new HP ink cartridge, and it worked just fine. But it bugged me why the new one would work and the other two that seemed just fine would not.
Later I learned that HP has a chip that reads the expiration date on the cartridges and that is what keeps those old ones from printing. I found one trick of setting my date on my computer back to a year earlier than the exp date on the cartridge. I saw the date on the remanufactured one I had tried earlier was 2005, so I set my computer date to today date but year 2004. After forcing me to do print alignments several times and take the remanufactured cartridge out and put it back, I got it to print just fine. And that 2005 cartridge that would not work earlier is what I am printing with right now.
Be advised, though, if you try the date setback, that HP printer will buck and try every way to not let you use that old cartridge. You must say no to reflashing if HP tries to pull that on you. And you will take out and put back that same cartridge multiple times and keep printing alignment sheets 3 or 4 times before you are successful. But, if you persist, you can get it to work.
SOURCE: HP Deskjet 6940 not printing after replacing ink cartridge
My HP Deskjet 6940 is not printing. The color (left) low ink light is dark and the black (right) low ink light is flashing. I replaced the black ink cartridge with a new one but the low ink light continues to flash. No tears/rips in the circuit strip and all the copper leads appear to be connected
SOURCE: HP 6940 color cartridge light will not stop blinking
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Hi,
I might have an idea why this is happening....The print cartridges
might need cleaning...
Follow the steps below to do this....
Step one: Remove the
black, photo print cartridge, or the gray photo print cartridge
NOTE:
The black, photo print
cartridge, or the gray photo print cartridge is in the right side of the
carriage. -Lower the cover of the
product.
-If the print cartridge
status light flashes, proceed to Step two: Replace the print cartridge.
If the print cartridge
status light is off, proceed to Step three: Manually clean the print cartridge.
Step two: Replace the
black, photo print cartridge, or the gray photo print cartridge and remove the
tri-color print cartridge
- Remove plastic tape from new ink carttridge
CAUTION:
Do not touch the print
cartridge ink nozzles or copper contacts. Touching these parts will result in
clogs, ink failure, and bad electrical connections. Do not remove the copper
electrical contacts.
NOTE:
The tri-color print
cartridge is in the left side of the carriage.
-Lower the cover of
the product.
-If the print
cartridge status light stops flashing, proceed to Step three: Manually clean
the print cartridge.
If the print cartridge
status light still flashes, replace the tri-color print cartridge. If the issue
continues, service the product.
Step three: Manually
clean the print cartridge
1. Gather the following
items to clean the print cartridge and carriage:
o Clean distilled water.
Use bottled or filtered water if distilled water is not available. Tap water
can contain contaminants that damage the cartridge.
o Clean cotton swabs or
any soft, lint-free material that will not stick to the cartridges (coffee
filters work well).
o Sheets of paper or a
paper towel to rest the cartridges on during cleaning.
2. Open the product
cover, and wait until the carriage stops moving.
3. Remove the print
cartridge, and place it on a piece of paper with the nozzle plate facing up.
NOTE:
Clean the contacts
quickly so that the print cartridge is not outside of the product for more than
30 minutes. If the cartridge is outside of the product for too long, the ink
can dry and clog the nozzles.
4. Unplug the product.
5. Dip a swab in the
clean water, and then squeeze it to remove most of the moisture. The swab
should be only slightly damp.
6. Clean the print
cartridge contacts. Do not touch the nozzles.
7. Clean the contacts in
the carriage, inside the product.8. Either let the print
cartridge sit for ten minutes to allow the cleaned area to dry, or use a new
swab to dry it.
9. Reinstall the print
cartridge.
10. Plug the product back
in.
11. Close the product
cover.
Good Luck!
If there is anything more I can do for you please let me know if not and the problem is solved please rate it, Thanks, JCE
SOURCE: cartridge empty light
A few basic causes.
1. The cartridges you bought iwere not proper HP ones and many "clone" cartridges are known to have problems with the ink level chips
Take them back and get them replaced with a different brand
2. They are original cartridges but may still be faulty (rare but possible)
Take them back and get them replaced
3. Your print head is clogged or faulty
Run your printerthrough the head cleaning process a few times and see if it clears up.
4 your cartridges are out of alignment
Run your printers alignment test
I would suspect number 1.
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