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Incorrect colour is printed

Our i850 prints any image only in red or a yellowish red despite removing the magenta cartridge. I have reinstalled the printer but to no avail.This problem originally manifested itself with a red tint to any photo or article and progressed until now it prints colour as red or red/yellow only. Any black text prints fine.

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I would try to replace the printhead and the magenta cartridge at the same time. Lots of people with leaky cartridges have this same symptom only, it is with whatever color is malfunctioning.

Posted on Apr 23, 2008

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Untitled Document How to install / replace the ink tanks
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