My poor printer
Aug. 15th, 2011 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackSigh. My poor printer seems to have an awful time of it. Currently it can't print in color[1].
* Model is Lexmark 1270x (I think).
* The driver claims the color ink cartridge isn't empty.
* I think I printed in color using this cartridge before, but not much.
* But haven't used it for a while.
* I have a spare ink cartridge, but I don't want to try it immediately because I suspect the problem is something else, and assume leaving an opened cartride unused will dry it up.
* This is on my new computer, with Win7. I couldn't find the driver CD, and installed the drivers from the website. However, now it seems to do the same thing on my old computer where I think (but am not certain) it worked last time. (It certainly worked at some point with that computer.)
* The "don't print in color" checkbox appears unchecked.
* Some people reported similar problems online, but nothing seemed to give a very definite diagnosis.
Any suggestions (including "its not worth recouping the sunk cost, buy a laser printer now even if you rarely use it"...)?
[1] I considered villifying, cursing and blaming my printer, but I decided being nice was nicer :)
* Model is Lexmark 1270x (I think).
* The driver claims the color ink cartridge isn't empty.
* I think I printed in color using this cartridge before, but not much.
* But haven't used it for a while.
* I have a spare ink cartridge, but I don't want to try it immediately because I suspect the problem is something else, and assume leaving an opened cartride unused will dry it up.
* This is on my new computer, with Win7. I couldn't find the driver CD, and installed the drivers from the website. However, now it seems to do the same thing on my old computer where I think (but am not certain) it worked last time. (It certainly worked at some point with that computer.)
* The "don't print in color" checkbox appears unchecked.
* Some people reported similar problems online, but nothing seemed to give a very definite diagnosis.
Any suggestions (including "its not worth recouping the sunk cost, buy a laser printer now even if you rarely use it"...)?
[1] I considered villifying, cursing and blaming my printer, but I decided being nice was nicer :)
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Date: 2011-08-15 10:59 am (UTC)We solved the problem by running several (I think 3-4) deep cleaning of the print head. That operation usually wastes a lot of ink though.