My HP PSC 1400 printer runs out of ink way too fast...?

Question

Obviously I use it often enough, but never for anything heavy-duty, just a few pages of homework a day or so, maybe even less! And yet, I need to replace or refill the ink cartridge about every couple weeks... is this normal?

Suggestions and tips are much appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

The low ink warnings will not prevent printing on most products. Press Enter to clear the error message and continue printing. When colors are incorrect or the print becomes faded, replace the cartridge. The warning occurs so you can get a new cartridge before the current cartridge is completely empty. It also prevents lost faxes because of low ink on fax capable products.
The cartridges used in these products have unique hardware identification numbers assigned to them. The all-in-one records the ID of the print cartridge when it is installed. When the number changes, the unit knows that a new cartridge has been installed and resets the ink counters. Because of this, a low-ink message should not appear with a new cartridge.
If the HP products is indicating that the ink is low after installing a new print cartridge, it does not recognize that the new print cartridge was installed. Perform the steps below to try to correct the problem.


1) Turn on the HP product.
2) Open the print cartridge access door.
3) Remove both cartridges.
4) Wipe the electrical contact points of the print cartridge with a cloth. Print cartridges ship from the factory with a thin coating of protective grease on them to prevent oxidation. This coating may be preventing good electrical contact.
5) Unplug the power cord, wait five seconds, and then plug it back in.
6) Reinstall the print cartridges. Perform a print cartridge alignment if prompted.

Using refilled or remanufactured print cartridges:
Except for the models listed above, the all-in-one may display low ink warnings when using refilled or remanufactured (generic) print cartridges. Review the information below depending on the cartridge type you have.

Refilled print cartridges
Low ink warnings will always display with refilled print cartridges. The HP product does not know that the print cartridge has been refilled so the ink drop counters never get reset. The ink counters cannot be reset manually. This is one of the problems encountered when refilling print cartridges.

Remanufactured or generic print cartridges:
The ink level tracking may not work correctly if you are using remanufactured or generic print cartridges. Because HP does not control the remanufacturing process, HP can not guarantee that our products will work correctly.

Answer 2

PSC1410? xi? v?

You fell into HP's latest trap! The 21 & 22 cartridges only hold 5ml of ink!

As an example, the 1210 uses cartridges that hold 17ml (still pitiful!)

Are you successfull in refilling the cartridges? I go nuts with the 1210's 56 & 57 ink cartridges...but I can get them to read full!

Keep on refilling...or buy an old printer that has a bigger ink capacity!

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Answer 3

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RE:
My HP PSC 1400 printer runs out of ink way too fast...?
Obviously I use it often enough, but never for anything heavy-duty, just a few pages of homework a day or so, maybe even less! And yet, I need to replace or refill the ink cartridge about every couple weeks... is this normal?

Suggestions and tips are much appreciated, thanks!

Answer 4

Open HP Director, click on Tools. I then think you click on Toolbox which will display your cartridges. Have just got rid of my old HPpsc 1355 but am sure thats how you do it.

Answer 5

i guess get a bigger size ink cartridge or it mite not b installed rite