Easy fix all you do is, boil some water, get a conainer just large enough for the cartridge to fit in, put a quarter of an inch of boiled water in the container, sit the black cartridge in the water, for 5 minutes, get a paper towel fold it in half take the black cartridge and dab it on the paper towel to enduce bleading just dont dab it in the same spot so you can see if it gets better, take the cartridge and put it between your thumb and index finger and squeeze the sides of the cartridge 5 - 6 times to help get it bleading, and dab again, is it helping ? do the same with the color cartridge as well, you may have to repeat the proccess a couple times because it has sat for a while, you can also add a cap full of ammonia to the water to help break up the dried ink but you have to dip the cartridge in and out of the water just don't leave it in the water for more than a minute, just remember you must always keep the water boiling hot and change the paper towel once and a while, before you put the cartridges back into the printer you must get 99% isopropyl alcohol and a couple of q tips, dip the q tip into the alcohol, turn the q tip sideways and gently rub the contact board or the small electronic board on the back of the cartridge, that will clean it and evaporate and water that got on it , let sit for 10 minutes put the cartridges in the printer and try it. Don't worry if the cartridges are caked with dried ink this still works, the printer is worth saving the Dell aio 922 was made by Lexmark and is a good printer, good luck.
2007-10-11 18:00:38
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answered by carm 5
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The problem with printers is that they're not made to be left sitting around for too long. in fact, you will get more life out of a printer that is used every day than a few times a week.
It sounds like a problem with your printheads. Ink may have gotten into the printheads and dried up.
Try replacing the black and yellow printheads. I had the same experience today with an old printer that was only printing in Magenta and Black. The Cyan and Yellow printheads were changed and now it prints perfectly.
To replace the printheads either look up the manual or search your printers model off the manufacturer's website.
However, if your printheads are built onto the cartridge try this:
you will notice a hole on top of the cartridge. Blow into this really hard (over a sink). Then run the bottom of the cartridge in a shallow dish of hot water. This should unclog the ink.
2007-10-11 13:57:46
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answered by Anonymous
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The printer is supposed to be used at least once a month, but once a week is more like it.
Even though the cartridges are full, the nozzles are probably caked up with dried ink.
You can try a nozzle cleaning solution. It comes with a small bottle of whatever, with a syringe -- and instead of a needle, has a very narrow piece of plastic tubing which you place over the nozzle. Descriptive pictures on how to use it accompany the solution. I bought it at:
www.fixyourownprinter.com
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/kits/Epson/K70
2007-10-11 13:12:28
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answered by TheHumbleOne 7
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it truly is between the biggest snaffus happening as we talk. Dell ships its new structures with Vista, and did not ascertain that the most typically used Dell printers were Vista like minded. I actual have by no skill met the form of enormous quantity of p&**#$ consumers considering domicile windows ME replaced 98SE. you should attend until eventually April ?? for a like minded driving force. there is not any known for a lot of those printers. very nearly as undesirable, is Dells decision to drop parallel ports on maximum of its new motherboards. This further alienates all those with LPT printers. Oh... and attempt to get a third celebration PCI parallel card it quite is Vista like minded...... It is going on and on.
2016-10-09 01:31:55
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answered by ? 3
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It's a Dell and it's old. Put it out to the trash. You can buy a better printer for $40-$50 now adays. Don't throw good money to bad. put that thing in the dumpster where it belongs.
Cheers :-)
2007-10-11 12:58:52
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answered by Captain Jack ® 7
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buy my brother 5440cn from staples for $50. it's a printer/scanner/fax/copier and you can refill the 4 ink wells
2007-10-11 13:07:25
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answered by Anonymous
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