Ink cartridge i have a lexmark 3400 please can someone tell me what ink cartridge number i need and if i need colour or does it not matter!!! many thanks

Hi
I have checked 5 sites selling ink cartridges - original and compatible - including Amazon and Ebuyer, and they all appear to have the products you need. I give below the sites concerned:
Search results for lexmark 16
or
Lexmark 16 26 Black Colour 2 Printer Ink Cartridges for Compaq IJ650 IJ652...
or
Compaq IJ650 Ink Cartridges
I can not find any alternatives except the compatibles listed on these sites.
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You can use either the 108 series cartridges or the 100 series.

Hi There, This printer is a Reamed LEXMARK Printer. they have all the printer inks for this unit on

http://www.inkjetonline.com.au/lexmark-compaq-ij650/

you can get high yield and twin packs here as well for the Color and Black cartriges.

if you are outside of Australia the ink tanks should be named the same just a different price so for the BLACK INK its a
Lexmark No 16 Black Ink Cartridge 10N0016
and for the colour ink its a
Lexmark No 26 Colour Ink Cartridge 10N0026
Hope this Helps

Take out all cartridges, switch printer off and then on again and let printer see that there are no cartridges. Do this 5 times, it resets the cartridges. Then install refilled cartridges

#90 --> OEM Photo colour Ink cartridge (Lexmark 12A1990)

#20 --> OEM Colour Ink cartridge (Lexmark 15M0120)

#50--> OEM Black Ink cartridge (Lexmark 17G0050)

**OEM stands for: "Original Equipment Manufacturer

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Thanks,

OpenSource13

yes you have to have both of them then everything should be fine.if you have the color cartridge that is empty put it in for now and see if it will work it will let u know that it is empty but at least you will be able to print in black

http://www.lexmarkonline.co.uk/supplies_finder.php/supplies/p1308_Lexmark-P3150.html?refID=google/cartridge/lexmark%20p3150%20cartridge&emsrc=kw

here is the lexmark link with the printer you have and the number of the cartridges.

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

for photo printing no 31
Lexmark Remanufactured 18C0031 (#31) Photo Ink Cartridge
for black printing no 14
Lexmark OEM 18C2090 (#14) Black Ink Cartridge
for colour printing no 15
Lexmark OEM 18C2110 (#15) Color Ink Cartridge

Most likely the ink cartridges for this printer have a chip on them. This chip tells the printer how much ink is left and when it is low or out, you must replace the whole cartridge otherwise if you just refill it, the chip will still report the same amount of ink as it doesn't go by the actual ink level inside the cartridge, it determines the ink level by calculating approximately how much ink has been used while it was printing. So it doesn't matter how full the cartridge is, unless you replace the cartridge or reset the counter on the chip somehow, it will still display the calculated amount not the actual amount.