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‎11-08-2017 08:34 AM

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Product: Deskjet 3051A

Hi, I woul like some advice regarding the number of prints i am getting from my colour cartridges.

 

I have been printing a full page (A4) coloured image of the sea (mostly blue!) and I have been printing in 'best quality' so I do not expect to get the maximum yield as mentioned on the cartfidge package. (Ink cartridge 301 - yield 165 pages)

However, the last two tri-colour cartridges have printed less than 10 pages before the image prints horrible streaky and I get the message on my screen saying my ink is low!!!

 

Is my printer on it's way out?! Have I managed to end up with two dud cartidges in a row?! Anyone know what is going on?! It's a huge difference between 10 and 165 pages!!

 

Many thanks in advance. 🙂 

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