I had some issue with it printing black. Missing spots. Now it prints blank pages. I changed to grayscale only and all it printed out was a glob of black ink. Tried all the maintenance stuff, still not working. The only thing I haven't tried is re-installing the printer.
If reinstalling the printer doesn't work. I am thinking of buying the remanufactured cartridge it might do better.
Any other suggestions or ideas?
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell All in one Inspiron 2020
OS
W10 32 bit, XUbuntu 18.xx 64 bit
CPU
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1620T @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz
Motherboard
Dell
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD graphics
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
20 inch Screen
Screen Resolution
W7=1280 x 720 & Linux Mint Xfce=1360 x 768
Hard Drives
500 GB hard drive
Keyboard
Usb
Mouse
Usb
Internet Speed
High-Speed
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Main Browser Firefox
Other Info
I have done a clean install of Windows 7 using Dell re-installation disk (Dell sent me one). I also use Free Macrium reflect backup and restore.
Hello Groze mate how old is the printer? Now it sounds to me like the cleaning process the printer runs before actually printing that mechanisim as you know initiates when you power the machine on or start just before printing the documant / pic it may be clogged itself or simply malfunctioning.
In my experience with aftermarket cartridges they are simply not worth it unless youn find a brand of printer that will take ones that do work real well.
For example I used Canon for years and the inks got so expensive and the machines so noisy that I switched to an HP inkjet but the drawback as against the Canon is it will not accept the inbuilt chip they put in the after market cartridges so I have to use genuine HP ones.
One thing I have found though is to shut off the printer when the job is finished if you are only printing one thing or at the end of the day, this limits the number of clean cycles the machine will have to do hence less clogging and it saves a lot of ink too because it does use a considerable amount of ink to run through that clean cycle.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
OS
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
