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My ink cartridges on my Hp Photosmart C4480 are fairly new and when I was trying to print something (right after successfully printing something else) I got the error message "Incompatible Print Cartridge(s). How do I fix this?
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Remove and replace the cartridge again, I wonder if somehow you haven't canted them over somehow? Also check the paper is feeding OK, clean the Rollers, If one roller was just ever so slightly Ahead, from the other one, just a tiny bit, it would ever so slightly "Skew" the page? so check all that out.
Are you using a factory new ink cartridge?
If you are using a refilled or third party cartridge that may well be your problem.Most manufacturers build logic into their products to prevent the use of “Other Equipment Manufactured” cartridges as well as re-filled cartridges.
They do this to prevent problems from contaminated inks causing problems with print quality or damaging the physical printhead.
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just go ahead and print atest page
:on computer go to control panel-printer and faxes-ur printer sereis-right click there-scroll down to properties-click on properties-under general tab uw will find print atest page ..there u can find out the ink levels
I had almost the same exact problem. Left the printer unused for a month or so, came back, no black ink being printed, even though the level was still sufficient.
What I did, was boiled a small pot of water, and held the black ink cartridge over the steam, about 3-4 inches above the boiling water, for 2 increments of about a minute. Try not to burn your hand or cook the cartridge lol. I wiped the cartridge head with a piece of paper periodically until I noticed a good bit of dark ink on the paper, then gently wiped the condensation off of the cartridge with a paper towel so as not to put a wet cartridge back in my printer. Put it back in the printer and voila!
Works great so far, although I can't vouch for the long term effects of this solution. I did look at the cartridge a bit later to make sure it wasn't leaking, and it wasn't. You have to steam it the right amount of time. I would guess that the printer cartridge head will inevitably dry out again with limited use. I'm hoping that it will keep working though haha. Hope this helps anyone else with this problem.
Check the print properties and verify the black ink cartridge still has ink in it.
Otherwise, you may have a bad ink cartridge. If the cartridge has not been used for a while, the ink gums up the nozzle. You can try cleaning the ink cartridge and slot with alcohol. However, new color and black cartridges may be the best solution.
I will try to help but when you installed the printer and the cartridges, did you remove meaning completely remove the tape on the printed circuit and nozzles of the cartridge? Did you remove all the tapes on the machine? It's not likely that the cartridge is defective when it is that new. Hope this helps.
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