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‎06-28-2019 08:21 AM

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Product: Officejet 6700 Premium all in one
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Why do ALL ink carts go empty a t the exact same time. I replace one and before I can print another page the next one is magically empty, and so on until , I've wasted 45 minutes getting new carts.....ALL 4 OF THEM?????

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‎06-28-2019 09:08 PM

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The issue is that when a cartridge is replaced the printer goes through a priming cycle to remove air from the "plumbing".  This will use some ink in all the colors.  If four cartridges are replaced one at a time there will be four priming cycles applied to all the cartridges, which will use 20% or more of the ink.

 

It would be best to check the ink levels and replace all the cartridges that are low at once rather than sequentially. 

 

 


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