Printer Using An Entire Cartridge in One Day

[AshleyW1]

I purchased 2 brand new genuine HP 662 cartridges for an HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3545 printer and put them into the printer, however after only one day of use, the ink level for the black cartridge shows that it is almost empty. I printed 40 duplex sheets on 8 1/2 x 11 paper and when I came the next day to print, the printer is almost out of black ink. How is this possible since the ink was only for used one day? Is there a problem with my printer or is this an issue with the ink cartridge itself?

[TEJ1602]

@AshleyW1, Welcome to HP Support Community!

Do the cartridges show low ink in the ink level monitor, or are they actually running out of ink as evidenced by deteriorating print quality?

There are a few things to prevent excess ink usage:

• The printer should always be plugged into a live outlet.  If you use an external switch such as an outlet switch then more ink will be used at each startup.
• Do not run cleaning cycles from the computer's toolbox or the printer's front panel.  These are rarely needed (perhaps once for each half dozen cartridges) and will use ink.
• Printing in Draft mode may have acceptable quality while providing about 2x the pages of Normal or Best modes.  

I hope that answers your concern adequately. Let me know!

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