Black Ink Problem

Hi,

Ink cartridge always has an expiry date like medicines as you had told that its an year old & you never used the cartridge so their could be a possibility that this might be gone expired. So please check the expiry mention cartridge.

try to clean the printhead or the cartridge by wiping it in the wet cloth...

maybe the nozzle of the black cartridge suffered clog..
you remove the clog by wiping it...^_^_


I hope it will solve you problem..

The Epson CX9400F printer seems to require replacement of all the color ink cartridges, even if only the Black is empty.

I print almost exclusively in Black, but with my first change of Black, I was forced to change all the color. At the time I thought Epson did not provide completely filled color ink cartridges.

Just yesterday, I replaced Black and the printer complained it did not recognize the rest of color cartridges. So I replaced all the other color ink cartridges and now it works fine.

You might want to check out www.clickinks.com for cheaper, mail order alternatives which are Epson ink compatible, if you are not in a hurry.

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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

i called the same number as mshanklin and had the same offer of print head and replacement cartridges. they better work! :)

I had the same problem, and after scouring around online for a few days, I learned that this is one of the biggest gripes about this printer. Basically, you're out of luck unless you replace EVERYTHING, even though you only want to print black (nuts, isn't it?). So I went out and bought all new color cartridges, and it STILL won't print. I think it's just a bad printer all around. :(

the printer keeps saying "press enter to align cateritage" so i press enter. there was no black ink so
I went to the printer store and bought a refill on black ink...
Put the refilled cateritage in the printer and again its says allign cateritage. It takes about 5 minutes, and it prints out a piece of paper and says alignment failed....

How can i fix this occuring problem?!?!
Thanks

if you replace the black ink cart with an original one then it's the print head
Solution: Cleaning the Print Head - C555 / C560 / C635 / C530 / C545

Untitled Document Follow this procedure to clean the BJ cartridge print head:
1. Press 2. Press 3. Use or to select the [HEAD CLEANING]..
4. Press .
The MultiPASS cleans the print head.

This is what worked (so far) with my Dell AIO A940 printer that wouldn't print black ink.

It worked for awhile when I chose photo/glossy paper, but then it quit printing again (see below).

PRINT, PROPERTIES, PAPER SETUP, SPECIALTY PAPER, PHOTO/GLOSSY


I got it to print, again, by putting SEVERAL papers in the feeder (instead of just 1) - there is a sensor that is supposed to automatically detect paper type, and it might not be working right, especially with one or only a couple of sheets.

Use another new genuine (original brother) BK cart. Do the cleaning twice only for BK. Wait some time (4 hours). If the ink has dryed up, the cleaning ink will break up the dryed one. Do the cleaning again. If it doesnt work, please write again.