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I stored my printer in the loft on it side for six months.
I thought It needed another chance.So I brought it back down.

Now it doesnt print properly.Even though the monitor says the ink wells are full.

The ink was new before its sentance.

Do I ditch it or do i invest in new ink to see if it works?

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Originally posted by celticcountry
I stored my printer in the loft on it side for six months.
I thought It needed another chance.So I brought it back down.

Now it doesnt print properly.Even though the monitor says the ink wells are full.

The ink was new before its sentance.

Do I ditch it or do i invest in new ink to see if it works?
Ditch it, it would be silly to bother buying a ink which is cheap. Save yourself the bother and instead spend over a hundred pounds on a new printer.

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Originally posted by Starrman
Ditch it, it would be silly to bother buying a ink which is cheap. Save yourself the bother and instead spend over a hundred pounds on a new printer.
Ah.

I know you. Whatever advice you give. We do the opposite.

Thanks

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would the inkjets dry up or get clogged from that? ....

try groups.google.com .... i think i got the same problem ...

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Inks fcuked, get new ink.
Computer works out how many times the printer's been used and deducts that from the amount of ink it started with - so if you put a half empty ink cartridge in, it would tell you it was full.

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Originally posted by celticcountry
I stored my printer in the loft on it side for six months.
I thought It needed another chance.So I brought it back down.

Now it doesnt print properly.Even though the monitor says the ink wells are full.

The ink was new before its sentance.

Do I ditch it or do i invest in new ink to see if it works?
You may have the problem of dry ink, as well. It happens if you don't use the printer for a long time. Then you may not even get good printouts even with new ink cartridges.

Why not actually buy a new writer and make it a laserwriter this time? The printer itself is not much more expensive than inkwriters. The cartridges cost about the same. The difference is that lasercartridges lasts much longer than ink and the quality is usually higher.

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Inks fcuked, get new ink.
Computer works out how many times the printer's been used and deducts that from the amount of ink it started with - so if you put a half empty ink cartridge in, it would tell you it was full.
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Unless you really need colour, just bin it.

Reasons to own an inkjet :

Cheaper than a laser? Not necessarily true anymore.
For colour photos? Far better AND cheaper to go to a supermarket that does digital photos from a memory stick these days.

I got a new laser for 50 quid. And it is brilliant. New ink jet printers only come supplied with half the ink(or less probably), and the same applies to the toner in my laser, but it has done masses of printing already with no problems whatsoever. When the time comes, I will probably just buy another 50 quid laser printer….

-Russ

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Originally posted by Russ
Unless you really need colour, just bin it.

Reasons to own an inkjet :

Cheaper than a laser? Not necessarily true anymore.
For colour photos? Far better AND cheaper to go to a supermarket that does digital photos from a memory stick these days.

I got a new laser for 50 quid. And it is brilliant. New ink jet printers only come supplied with half the ...[text shortened]... tsoever. When the time comes, I will probably just buy another 50 quid laser printer….

-Russ
wise words.

thats why i was wondering between trying to fix the one i have and just cutting my losses and getting another one. new or used.