No Print My printer was working fine and all of a sudden it stopped printing. It continues to go thru the motions and noises and spits out paper, but no printing. I have checked and even replaced black cartridge just in case. What gives?

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Use a pencil eraser to carefully clean the electrical copper contacts in the body of the printer where the cartridge connects

Posted on Mar 03, 2007

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