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Ink is the color paint inside a printer. It is typically present inside a printer cartridges.

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Printer doesn't print after replacing black PCU

The black photoconductor unit (PCU) on my Ricoh Aficio SP C420DN will not print black after it was replaced. The correct part was used, and I ordered another one and replaced it again hoping that ...
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What does this ink level indicator mean

I am using a Canon MX922 printer through CUPS on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18. When I open the Printers dialog under Settings, I see an ink level indicator. There is 3 sections of the bar: ...
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Black ink cartridges MP620 how to use both of them

Also regarding Canon printer MP-620. It has two black cartridges. A large #220 and a smaller #221 black cartridge. It NEVER uses the smaller black cartridge even when the larger one runs out of ink ...
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Brother refuses to print claiming there is no ink, but there is ink

My Brother printer (MFCJ4420DW) does not want to print. It says that "there is not enough ink to maintain print quality" and shows that the black and yellow ink cartridges are empty. I took them out ...
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Is ink consumption from cleaning after a print job negligble?

I like to reuse paper that's only been printed on on 1 side for small documents that I'll print, read and then discard. Unfortunately my Brother MFCJ430 printer sucks at drawing in multiple sheets of ...
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Epson BX635FWD Black print poor

I have an unusual problem in that if I print a page of black text using the 'Fast' print configuration, then I get a poor print on every 6th line of text. If I print using one of the 'Quality' ...
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Does an HP Deskjet 812c have an ink level check?

I put a refilled ink cartridge into an HP Deskjet 812c. Now the power light is solid green, and the ink level light is blinking orange. HP says basically it is not recognizing one of the cartridges (...
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windows ink keyboard not showing in textbox

device : Lenovo Yoga 6 with touchscreen and pen support. windows version 21H1 (and problem persist in previously 20H2). the hardware is working fine: touchscreen is normal, pen support is normal. ...
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When color inkjet cartridge is low copies come out shaded and faded, even though there's plenty of black ink,

Note that I'm asking about COPYING, not printing. I'm making copies on an HP Envy 5643, and it says the color cartridge is low. Even though I'm making black & white copies, and there's plenty of ...
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How to disable Pigment Black on Canon Pixma MG5722?

I've seen answers for this for other printers (turn on high-res printing, turn on photo printing, etc.), which I've tried, but none seem to work. See, I am trying to print on Grafix Shrink paper, ...
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Canon printer TS8220 ink cartridges

Canon printer TS8220 has stopped printing. I have tried all the suggestions to reset. The PB ink cartridge is empty. Could this be the problem, although the printer was working previously with this ...
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My printer shows that there is still ink in the cartridge, but does not print this color

I have a HP printer. I hadn't used it for a while. All toners were almost empty. I bought new ones and installed them. I needed to print ca. 170 pages consisting of colorful pictures and text. ...
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HP Envy-4500-all-in-one Printer Error

I don't know if this is the right site to post this question at, but I'll ask it anyways. I have a HP Envy 4500 all-in-one printer that keeps telling me: "The following ink Cartridge(s) must be ...
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Printer missing ink cartridge error - HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One Printer - E709n

I am not sure this is the correct forum to post this. However, I am currently using a HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One Printer - E709n. Recently, I discarded all of the color ink cartridges ...
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Refilling Epson printer cartridge with genuine Epson inks

Epson's latest printer inkjet series finally replaced cartridges with external ink tanks that users can refill with their ink. This is great, as it pushes ink prices as low as possible while ...
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What is the part of a printer called that holds the ink cartridges?

What is the part of a printer called that holds the ink cartridges? I believe it is called a "carriage," but I have seen other names for it. What is the official or actual term for it? Thanks!
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How to fix unwanted ink trails when printing?

My brand new printer Epson L120 is having the same problem as my old Epson T10. Here's an example: This happens almost every time I print. Anyone knows how to I fix this?
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Canon Pixma MP 160 doesn't recognize ink cartridges

My Canon Pixma MP 160 printer/scanner/copier is not recognizing my printer cartridges. The alarm light as well as the black and color light all come on and it's like it's locked up.
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Canon MX 870 print cartridge lock out

I bought ink cartridges on line that initially worked in my printer. Over time, and only when printing documents from an online source the printer quit working giving me a printer cartridge not ...
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