Printing Errors or Lights & Stuck Print Jobs
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Only the black cartridge is affected. This started happening with the black cartridge that came with the printer, ink level showed it was about half full. It does the same thing whether I'm printing from the computer, or making a copy. I tried aligning and cleaning the catridge many times, it didn't help. I bought a new cartridge, it worked at first. It's an HP cartridge, not a compatible or remanufactured cartridge. Date on the cartridge is 2018/05/17. Now (after about 8 months, I don't print very often) it's starting the same thing again. Cartridge level shows about 2 thirds full. I've tried aligning and cleaning a few times, it doesn't help. What could be causing this? A bad cartridge? Do these cartridges dry out? Even if they do, shouldn't my cartridge be good until 2018/05/17?
