Copies come out with black streaks even after replacing PGBK 5 cartridge I have MP 530 and have replaced the PGBK 5 ink cartridge twice and any copies using black and white come out totally streaked and illegible. Do not want to have to buy another printer but have tried everything recommended in manual (clean nozzle/print header) and still the same. Anyone else had this problem and been able to resolve it? Copies come out with black streaks even after replacing PGBK 5 cartridge I have MP 530 and have replaced the PGBK 5 ink cartridge twice and any copies using black and white come out totally... » Read More Copies come out with black streaks even after replacing PGBK 5 cartridge I have MP 530 and have replaced the PGBK 5 ink cartridge twice and any copies using black and white come out totally streaked and illegible. Do not want to have to buy another printer but have tried everything recommended in manual (clean nozzle/print header) and still the same. Anyone else had this problem and been able to resolve it? « Show Less
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Thank you so much for your reply. I finally ended taking the machine in for repair. Apparently a part needs to be replaced.But I will keep in mind the MX850 in the future.
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The streak is caused by a pile up of black ink underneath the foam pad just below the large black tank. Try to remove the foam. You will notice one hole that has black ink around it. Clean that as well as you can with a q tip (You have to remove some of the cotton). I took my whole machine completely apart first and killed it DEAD. If this doesn't work, buy a new machine. I bought a Canon MX850 because it uses the same cartridges and has a newer interface. It doesn't cost much more than the ink packaged in the box. (a full set of 5 cartridges)
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f streaking or print quality problems occur, first check that the printheads are positioned correctly in the carrier: 1 Press Menu&gt; until you see the Utilities Menu. 2 Press Select. 3 Press Menu&gt; until you see Change Printhead. 4 Press Select. 5 Open the printer cover. The carrier moves to the load position at the center of the printer. 6 Raise the carrier handle up and back down to reseat the printheads. 7 Close the cover. If this does not solve the problem, a printhead may be plugged with dried ink. Doing a Short Clean should fix most print quality problems: 1 Press Menu&gt; until the Utilities Menu appears. 2 Press Select. 3 Press Menu&gt; until Clean Printheads appears on the second line of the displayPress Select. Short Clean appears on the second line of the display. 5 Press Select. Once the Short Clean finishes, a test page prints four color bars. If you do not see an improvement, do a Long Clean. Keep in mind, however, that a Long Clean uses a substantial amount of ink and takes some time to run. 1 Press Menu&gt; until the Utilities Menu appears. 2 Press Select. 3 Press Menu&gt; until Clean Printheads appears on the second line of the display. 4 Press Select. 5 Press Menu&gt; until Long Clean appears on the second line of the display. 6 Press Select.
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I had that happen to me all the time! If you look closely, often you will see very faint print but what you have to do is a maintenance routine and it will solve the problem but it's annoying and wastes ink! First only clean the print heads and see if that takes care of it. Often that's enough but I have had to do it several times and sometimes also do the alignment. I got rid of mine and now am a happy HP Officepro owner.
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I have run the color toners "low" which means less than 50 copies left per toner. The message now says color toner is low and that the printer will print in black and white. It appears that it will continue to print B&W; as long as the cartridges are left installed but empty.
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Call Technical support. They have been absolutely wonderful with me on every occasion! and, the only other thing I would suggest is with the new cartridge of black in place, disconnect your printer from the electrical outlet and shut down your computer. Then, restart your computer and restart your printer to see if that makes a difference. Otherwise, call KM. They are wonderful! And, these printers are wonderful although a bit "sensitive."
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Carl! I just did it... took out the color cartridge and it printed a B/W image....hey thank YOU it is good to know just for general purposes. BTW it is darn good little printer and if you can find it on sale as I did (40 bucks) also there is a vendor here that sells both cartridges for under 20 bucks including shipping...they wanted 48 bucks at Staples for the dang cartridges themselves for cryin' out loud........:>}
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Hello, I purchased this set of replacement ink twice. The color ink worked OK but the black failed after printing at about a quarter of use. I went back to Kodak. I asked for a resolution of my problem with no success.
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Its to funny that you'd say that about compatible replacement cartridges. I have a small Canon i560 printer and used compatible cartridges in it - since then, no matter that I've since replaced them with Canon cartridges - it prints 2 brownish lines at the end of the page. Pretty aggravating - have tried everything to fix this - looks like the only fix there is is to buy a new printer - would you buy the Pro 9000 again if you had it to do over.
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A few years ago, I had a problem with a black cartridge. The color cartridge worked just fine. I had an HP PSC1610 that wouldn't recognize it, although it had recognized all of my previous Sophia cartridges. I called them up (785-865-3725), and they sent another black cartridge out immediately. No questions asked.
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To J. Cunningham: I am not certain, but I would guess that the PGBK cartridge may only be for printing black on the Photo Glossy print setting and the BK cartridge is used for standard print settings.
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I am having the same problem- black dots all over the page, faint cloudy gray/black haze covering the entire page, red dots clustered in one corner. I have cleaned the corona wires for all four cartridges repeatedly, and have cleaned the toner drum rollers repeatedly with alcohol per instructions from a Brother tech as well. One Brother tech told me I need to replace the master drum- no help there. I have owned the printer 11 months, still under warranty. According to the printer-settings printout, I've only printed 2,000 pages, and the drum unit should have 14,000 pages left, however the tech told me nothing related to this problem is covered by the warranty. I am having the same problem- black dots all over the page, faint cloudy gray/black haze covering the entire page, red dots clustered in one corner. I have cleaned the corona wires for all four cartridges repeatedly, and have cleaned the toner drum rollers repeatedly with alcohol per instructions from a Brother tech as well. One Brother tech told me I need to replace the master drum- no help there. I have owned the printer 11 months, still under warranty. According to the printer-settings printout, I've only printed 2,000 pages, and the drum unit should have 14,000 pages left, however the... » Read More I am having the same problem- black dots all over the page, faint cloudy gray/black haze covering the entire page, red dots clustered in one corner. I have cleaned the corona wires for all four cartridges repeatedly, and have cleaned the toner drum rollers repeatedly with alcohol per instructions from a Brother tech as well. One Brother tech told me I need to replace the master drum- no help there. I have owned the printer 11 months, still under warranty. According to the printer-settings printout, I've only printed 2,000 pages, and the drum unit should have 14,000 pages left, however the tech told me nothing related to this problem is covered by the warranty. « Show Less
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I have Epson artisan 1430 printer and have used refillable inks for 3 years. Black solution for me was found when using light room set sliders to black and white then process photo. You can also accomplish same in Photoshop Elements and PS 5. When ready to print you must also remember to select black and white option in Epson printer properties before you print. Problem solved beautiful output achieved
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Mine did the same thing. I contacted the supplier and they told me how to override it. I did that and it did not help, so they replaced my order. I was quite happy that their customer service was so good. This cartridge lasted a little longer, but I got the low ink message again. I overrode it and it is still going. I don't know if this is a cartridge issue, or just a flaw of this particular printer. Fortunately, I don't do a lot of printing or it would definitley be an issue.
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Yes - the first time it didn't work for me and I was pretty bummed. (I have the exact same printer, NX420) But I noticed the little green electronics plate was dirty with ink. So I took some vodka and dabbed it off. Then it still didn't work, but I contacted support and they recommended a bunch of things. what worked for me was taking out all of the cartridges (including the ones that didnt need replacing) and putting them back in. i also used a bent paperclip to clean out the top "air hole" (where you peel off the yellow thing). it worked perfect after that
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Talk the cartage out " black & color " and reinstall again and see if the ink levels are displayed and where the levels are shown . Make sure that the printer window is set on photo print / copy's in color not black n white . I am not fully educated on this printer , check the instructions to make sure you / me are doing it correctly. I hope this helps ..
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That's a good question! I have two of these printers and both have been nothing but trouble. I have one that can't see the full black cartridge now. I just read the note about contacting Lexmark support. I'll have to give that a try. Best of Luck!
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I have an older Epson and was wanting to replace it for that very reason. I can't print anything when any color is out. So it says I need to replace the light blue and won't let me print anything until I do. Since I never use color, I'm guessing the blue just dried out. At any rate, I can't figure how to override that and just use black. Maybe it is just an Epson thing, as you said, to get us to buy more ink. I'm with you, I want to keep going until the ink fades and I can really see it is almost out.