I have a Lexmark Z1300 printer and recently expended the ink that came with the printer when it was new. A friend of mine gave me a refill kit and I have used similar kits on other printers successfully before. I refilled the cartridge and the software keeps insisting that the cartridge is empty and refuses to let the printer print. Can this feature be defeated? How do I do it?
Thanks
2007-10-06 17:28:18 · 6 answers · asked by SomeGuyOnTheNet 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
Yes, you can shut down the software and it's 'printer management' features and just use the driver to print with.
Go to the little icons next to your system clock, and you should find a Lexmark Solution Center (or whatever, I have a different one, the 2300) that you can close.
You can even uninstall the software if it's that bad; doing so won't uninstall the driver you need to print with, just the management software, which you've apparently outgrown.
2007-10-06 17:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello, I have the same printer. I have been doing research on how to get the printer to accept the refilled cartridge. First of all the software removal trick does NOT work. I uninstalled the driver and reinstalled and it did NOT work. I made sure no lexmark programs were running in the background and that did not work either. (used msconfig as well as a program called enditall 2). Are you using cartridge number 28 or cartridge 34? I heard a rumor that the 34 high yield black cartridges do not have this problem but I cannot confirm this at the moment. I have been digging through google for months now trying to find the solution and in my opinion I believe that there is a chip inside the printer that keeps a record of the cartridge serial number and the amount of ink left. I absolutely refused to let lexmark get away with this so I dissambeled the printer and I discovered a memory chip but im not sure if its the crartridge memory chip or the printer's firmware. I also heard a rumor that after about 3 - 5 new cartridges the printer starts to forget the older cartridges so that may work but again I cannot confirm this. Im sorry I could not answer your question but I hope that someone more knowledgeable can come up with the solution as I refuse to let lexmark win regarding this. These new printers that have the iPod look and feel are the same old bag of evil tricks that lexmark is used to doing.
2007-10-09 15:07:33 · answer #2 · answered by ricouzuki 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are running Windows XP, you can do a system restore. The defult settings are start, all programs, accesories, system tools and select system restore. Restore your computer to a date before your printer was deleted. This should bring your printer back this way, you can also reinstall it by using the CD your computer came with. If you don't have the CD anymore you can most likely find the drivers aon lexmark's website. If the printer is older than the PC you dont even need the software. Go to start -- control pannel -- printers -- add a printer -- next -- local printer -- uncheck auto detect my plug in play printer -- select the port where the printer is pluged in -- select the printer -- name printer -- if you want you can print a test page.Hope this helps!
2016-05-17 22:59:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cartridge itself may have chips that communicate with the printer driver saying how much is left. if the original ink dries out and you want to refill it, you should also reset the chip so that it can tell the drivers that it is filled once more.
2007-10-06 17:31:48 · answer #4 · answered by zeven77 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ok lie to the computer list it as an apollo 2200 etc this should work as i have done it b4 for different reasons but its worth a ret cant see why it shouldnt work
2007-10-06 17:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
uninstall then reinstall the software.
This woulks 95% of the time
It could be software error and this is the quickest way to fix it.
2007-10-06 17:31:39 · answer #6 · answered by DriftRB 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋