My printer wont print and the lights keep blinking

ya u need now inkjet cartridge or ur printers card dead 1st chack put black cartridge in ur printers and color cartridge out then see green light blinks if blinks black cartridge out and color cartridge put in the printers then u know thanls

Hi
You not say what make of printer you got so not can gave you much help, because there is a reset code for different printers, the flashing lights you may be getting it because your, waste ink pads need changing and after this you need the reset codes for it but some times just the reset code will do the trick for it to print again.


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Both lights flashing may be an indication that there is a ink cartridge failure.

Please consider the following and let me know if does not match.

"
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."
Don

..."Open the ink supply andgently move the ink cartridges to the left. Then reach in to the rightside and you'll find a small (1/2 x 1 inch) sponge. Push it down andoff/on the machine. try it now. or ...go to where I found out more than I should know about Canon's and where I got my quote...http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/39177 good luck.

Did you remove the tape from the new cartridges? Are they HP cartridges?

Try going to the Dell site and searching for that printer model. Then see if you need to have both ink cartridges populated and filled with ink, to make it work.

You might also clean the contacts on the ink cartridges, to make sure the printer knows you have both cartridges in the printer, even though they're not both filled with ink.

It just might require both to be filled, before it will print for you.

See what Dell says.

Good luck.

-a.

what does it say next to the blinking light for example check paper, check ink cartridge, etc.?

tom

This may sound simple, but did you remember to remove the tape covering from the ink cartridge before installing it? If so, run a self-test and let me know the results:

1. Turn the printer ON.
2. Press and hold the POWER button.
3. Press the RESUME button FOUR times.
4. Release the POWER button.

You should get a nicely printed self-test. If it fails, there may be other troubleshooting methods we can employ.
I hope this helps!
Regards,
Char1ieJ

you need to print only in black if that is all the ink you have, and also you need to remove the color cartridge as it still registers in the printer as able to be used, although it is empty or near so. Did you remove the tape over the print head fron the new ink cartridge? Do a print head alignment, or use the toolbox icon to tell the printer that you just replaced the cartridge. Some HP models chip the ink cartridges so even a refill wont register as a full tank and the printer wont print. chip needs to be reset (difficult) or just replaced with a new cartridge.

On my C62 I it usually shows the "Status Monitor" when trying to print, which shows the levels for B/W & Colour.
If not go to CP/Printers, select the C62 (make sure ON) then Properties, then the Printing Prefs button (at bottom). The Main tab usually has this fill level indicator; also try the Maintenance Tab Status Monitor option. These are real awkward to find from scratch but useful when you get to know they're there.

Also if you remove and replace a cartridge you are usually given the option to say whether it is a new or old cartridge - choose new if you know it's nearly full. Don't take NO for an answer to their stupid questions!!!

Clwyd