That you are not using the maker's carts? If so, I worry that if this model has jets separate from the cart, those can get clogged and all savings vanish.
Bob
Hi
I've only had this printer 6 months, and the original black cartridge ran out fairly quickly...I had a bunch of after market cartridges on hand. I put one in and it worked fine for a while but then the black stopped working...I replaced it figuring the cheap ones were as bad as the starter ones...That too didn't work, so I tried another new black cartridge.
That didn't get it going...I've had no luck except for this, IF I set the printer to inkjet/paper mode / photo quality I get a decent dark grey printout....
Whats up with that? The printer doesn't give me any errors....
Is it advisable to suck it up and get an OEM cartridge to see if that works?
The thing never sat alot, it was used what I thought was often enough...
Any ideas???

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