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Printer problems when I turn on the printer the cartridges shoot violently from on side of the printer to the other side.On turning the machine off the cartridges again flies violently to the side and stops with a thud. The same symptoms are experienced on attempting to print. A vocal message from the computer tells me there is a problem with the printer, and the 2 green lights on the top of the machine flash on and off. Also when lifting the front cover the cartridges slide from right to left at high speed, past the point where it should stop to allow for an ink cartridge change. I have reinstalled the driver cd supplied with to printer and the fault still remains. thanks to anyone who may be able to help, Tony H

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Two areas to check: (1) There's a encoder strip (sliver colored metal in the lexmark) the sits right behind the carriage assembly (where the cartridges are installed). It is slotted with "timing marks". This lets the machine know where the carriage assembly is at when parked in home position or starting to print a job. You can carefully clean this with water and a paper towel or cotton swab. I would recommend using some canned air to clean it after that since some of the paper fibers for the towel could be left behind. (2) The carriage rod that the carriage assembly (see above) rides on gets dirty and dry. Clean it with some water and paper towel then use a drop of light weight oil (3 in 1 or sewing machine oil) on it one either side of the carriage assembly. If these don't work, probably time for a new machine.

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