Check your printer preferences and be sure that you're printing in the right way. Select grayscale and see what's happen.
Delete all printer pending jobs.
Take out the cartridge, turn off the printer and wait 5 min.
Turn on the printer, insert the cartridge and try again.
If nothing happens, replace the cartridge
You will find more info here:
http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentialem/home/0,6959,204816596_652569478_0_en,00.html
Try to re-seat the cartridges in the printer. Open the printer
cover > remove the cartridges > close the printer cover > re-brick you
printer by pulling out the power supply - black box behind the printer where
the power cord is plugged in, and re-plug after 10 seconds. When the printer
turns on, reinsert the cartridges and close the cover. Try to print a document
again to verify that the problem is fixed.
If that doesn't help, the problem could be due to a clogged print
cartridge nozzle. Please follow the steps below to fix print quality issues
with your model:
From the Maintenance tab, select Clean to fix horizontal streaks.
Your printer will then print a page forcing ink through to clean the print
cartridge nozzles.
After printing the test page, try to print a document again to verify that the problem is fixed.
Cleaning the Print Cartridge Nozzles:
1.
Open the Lexmark Solution Center. Click Start > Programs or All Programs >
Lexmark 1300 Series. Select Solution Center.
2.
From the Maintenance tab, click Clean to fix horizontal
streaks.
3.
Click Print. A nozzle page
prints, forcing ink through the nozzles to clean the clogged nozzles.
4.
Print the document again to verify that print quality has improved.
Using the control panel
1.
Press Menu.
2.
Press the down arrow button until you highlight Clean Cartridge.
3.
Press Select. A nozzle page
prints, forcing ink through the nozzles to clean the clogged nozzles.
4. Print the document again to verify that print quality has improved.
For Windows OS:
1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Open Printers and
Faxes.
3. Right-click on Lexmark
3600-4600 Series print object and click on Properties.
4. In the Lexmark 3600-4600 Series Properties window, go to Advanced tab. Click on Printing Defaults.
5. In the Lexmark 3600-4600 Series Printing Preferences window, under Ink Use, select Print
using black ink only. Click OK.
6. Click OK button in the
Lexmark 3600-4600 Series Properties window to save the changes.
Your printer will print in
black and white draft mode the next time you send a print job to the printer.
For Mac OS:
1. With the file (you wish
to print) open, go to Print. A window will pop up.
2. Select the Lexmark
printer.
3. Expand the arrow
pointing down beside printer name if you're not able to see other options for
printing. Look for Quality and Media.
4. Under Paper tab, select Print in Black
and White.
5. Save this as your
default print setting. Click Presets option and choose Save as. You can
personalize the name for this default print setting (e.g. Black and White Draft
or My Setting).
Select this Preset name
every time you print your files/documents.
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