printer problems

[jes]

My printer was leaving red smudges on papers (after a thourough cleaning). After some playing around with it, I found that the problem was the color cartrige. It is leaking, kinda. The red ink is gathering at the bottom. Simple, I thought. Pull out the color one. I only use black anyway, but my printer just doesn't want to work without the color one in. I am in quite a dilema here. Is there a way to patch up the color one or do I have to buy a new one? I can't even isolate where the leak is.

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I’m not trying to do anything malicious…just curious.

[Steve]

Hi Jes,

IMHO...just by a new cartridge. Using a leaky cartridge is already causing problems. They're not all that expensive. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

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[mjc]

I second the motion...time for a new cartridge.

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[jes]

Yeah, you're right. I just hate spending $50 for a cartridge that I won't even use. I wish there were a way to disable the color and just use the black one. I talked to Future Shop (where i got it) and they told me that it needs the two in it.

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I’m not trying to do anything malicious…just curious.

[cwtlr]

Your leaky cartridge might be caused from over heating. With some ink jet printers, the print head gets hot from printing something like a picture on photo quality glossy paper. A lot of ink gets laid down on a high quality picture and the longer the printer is working without a break, the hotter the print head gets. It will then leak a little on the next print if you don't give it a 10 minute break.

[Paul Komski]

Take it out. Make a hole in it. Drain it Dry. Clean it up. Put it back. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

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Take nice care of yourselves - Paul
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[jes]

I only ever print one (maybe two) pages at a time, so it doesn't heat up.
I have bought new cartridges anyway.

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I’m not trying to do anything malicious…just curious.