Solution to the Most Common Inkjet Printer Problem

Inkjet printers are the most common printing machine you can find at home and in offices. Their price, for one, makes them attractive to consumers who want to save money. Their way cheaper than the average laser printers and so does their ink cartridges compare to toner cartridges. Another advantage inkjet printers have over laser printers is that they can produce photo-lab quality images comparable to those photographs formed in darkrooms.

Unfortunately though, one of the most common problems users have about inkjet printers is how the ink in their cartridges easily becomes empty. But didn't you know at some point that the ink cartridges you or perhaps your printer didn't recognize may actually not be empty? Yes, don't be surprise. You see, there's a hidden trick or secret, I should say that the big manufacturers wouldn't want their consumers to know about, a trick that caused your printer to process the still not-empty cartridges as empty.

You see almost every ink cartridges are built with a special memory chip or a small circuit board which keeps track of the level of ink within the cartridge, an information that it sends to the printer then onto your computing device to notify you if ever the ink cartridge is already low or empty. However, sometimes, the memory isn't as accurate as it should be, causing the printer to mistakenly read your inkjet cartridges as empty even though they are not. But fret not, because every problem has a solution. All you have to do is to reset the memory chip and how are you going to do that?

Here's how? First locate the memory chip on your ink cartridge, then above it you will see a small reset button, press that button using a paper clip. This will reset the memory chip on the cartridge which will give you a more accurate reading. After that, place your ink cartridge back to its tray and then refresh your computer to check the level of your ink cartridge.

To see how it actually works, you may refer to this helpful video from BrussPup:

Hope that help!