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#1 User is offline   evti 

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Posted 08 September 2012 - 07:18 PM

I have a Lexmark S300 printer that I've had for about a year and a half. The problem I am having is that when it prints, it prints nothing. It makes the appropriate printer noises, but the page that comes out is blank. The black ink is allegedly low, and the yellow ink is very low. Despite this, though, there should still be something on the page, whether the colours are correct or not. Is it possible the ink could have dried out? I do not use it very often since I have a laser printer that I use much more often. Before this, the images were banded.
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Posted 08 September 2012 - 07:30 PM

Try cleaning the nozzles with a cotton swab.
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 09:16 PM

View PostLiveBrianD, on 08 September 2012 - 07:30 PM, said:

Try cleaning the nozzles with a cotton swab.


Just a cotton swab with nothing on it? I want to be sure so I don't do any damage or anything.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 06:07 AM

Yeah. It worked for me before.
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Posted 16 September 2012 - 11:13 AM

View Postevti, on 09 September 2012 - 09:16 PM, said:

View PostLiveBrianD, on 08 September 2012 - 07:30 PM, said:

Try cleaning the nozzles with a cotton swab.


Just a cotton swab with nothing on it? I want to be sure so I don't do any damage or anything.


If the ink is actually dried up, you might try a little bit of rubbing alcohol on the cotton swab/q-tip.
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