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Kodak ESP C310 Printer

Apr 7, 2015 8:44AM PDT

I have trouble finding Kodak ink for replacement. I have bought aftermarket inks and have gone to the place that refills cartridges. The printer will print once or twice , then doesn't "recognize" the ink. I am at wits end. I have paid more for ink than I originally did for the printer. Does anyone know where I can have it looked at? Or , am I missing something here? Help!

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Printers are rarely fixed now.
Apr 7, 2015 8:55AM PDT

The usual is replacement. Try a different brand of cartridge.
Dafydd.

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(NT) Did you try a new cartridge?
Apr 7, 2015 9:01AM PDT
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WAG here
Apr 7, 2015 12:18PM PDT

If your printer somehow tracks what ink cart is installed, it may error or stop as it expects OEM type ink carts from Kodak. Also, if you re-use the old cart, here you need to swap with yet another one, new or refill in order to break ink cart tracking or similar. Many newer printers provided they have the so-called "smart IC" buried in the replacement allows this action to take place. Thus, when you break the pattern it helps to resolve that. Also, re-use of ink carts again and again, if not refilled right, may cause enlarged ink holes which weren't intended for continuous use or sloppy refills either by bad quality ink or the damage is already done to the ink cart or carriage ink supply method.

Since, you mentioned the cost, yeah sometimes its better to move on if you had it for awhile. repeated failures just makes it so, especially if you do use new Kodak inks and the failure repeats itself. If a good cleaning doesn't clear this up or if your model# has some firmware resetting the printer condition status, get move on. Also, aftermarket inks can cause similar problems to any brand printer if you tend to buy the cheapest, they just do.

tada -----Willy Happy

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Kodak printer(s)
Apr 8, 2015 12:40AM PDT

As others have stated, typically use OEM ink cartridges...aftermarket refilled cartridges can create problems, that goes with any manufacturer. I have some experience with Kodak printers in their early days and did comparison testing with several other manufacturers, the Kodak(s) did not do well against such as HP, Canon or Epson. There were issues with even OEM cartridges and software compatibilitiy. If I am to assume this is an OLDER unit and you have been through the usual procedures, including software reinstallation to no avail, you would be better off scrapping the unit and going for something else.