why do my cartridges show half full but won't print
1266815
If the cartridge is old then the ink maybe dried up. You can also try to clean the printer and the cartridge connectors. Sometimes ink and dust get on to them. If that doesn't help, try a different cartridge.
33904
The ink cartridges that come with the printer do not seem to be fully filled and do not last long. You will want to buy new cartridges soon.I was able to use re-manufactured cartridges. You just have to press and hold the red Stop button for about 5 seconds after the alert light comes up showing that a newly installed cartridge is out of ink. Do not cancel the print job. When the light goes out, continue printing as you normally would. The LCD panel will show it can not determine the ink level of the cartridge, but it will print just fine.
912544
You did not provide the printer model.Now, did you try to replace the cartridges with ORIGINAL ones? Even empty ones will do, just to test if they are recognized by the printer.(ONE cartridge will suffice for this test.)If the printer will recognize such a cartridge (even an error msg. will serve as 'Recognize'), you know what I already know: never look at this vendor and his products again...
1905870
It appears your cartridges are 564's. If those are your cartridges than refilling them will work great. For these cartridge types the printhead is separate from the cartridge so you do not have to worry about clogged printheads.
2002691
Another thing you can try, (that has worked for me when ink is so low that printer will not print, yet there's still ink in cartridge), is to place a small piece of duct or masking tape over the clear part of the cartridge. That's where/how the printer itself recognizes ink levels in the cartridges.
376850
Had the same problem. Be patient. Remove the cartridges and re-install the cartridges making sure to seat them fully.
74922
Do you have any other cartridges handy that you can try out to see if you get different results? If not, try taking it out and seeing if you can't find anything visually unusual with one side of the cartridge versus the other, and see if simply re-seating it helps.
696161
You probably have one cartridge that is not working. That will throw off the color drastically.
1168012
Sounds daft but have you pulled the tab off the new cartridge properly? Theres sometimes a clear film over where the ink comes out for stopping it drying out whilst on the shelf. Try print head alignment through the maintenence function
1172906
I would NOT recommend this printer. It will not print (even black and white) unless all cartridges are full! Thank g-d I bought it in in costco so I just returned mine and purchased a new printer.
2094900
Need more information. Do you mean "why do the printer cartridges block up and won't print?" If so, I've found if you don't use your printer for a long period of time this will happen. Cleaning the heads by doing a deep clean may or may not fix the problem.
2005436
Yes it absolutely refuses to print if it shows the cartridges are empty. Further, I KNOW the cartridges are NOT fully empty because it demands that the cartridge be replaced even if the print doesn't have ANY signs of degradation yet. It's very frustrating in that sense because I'm certain that there is a great deal of ink being wasted, resulting in me having to spend extra $$$. Aside from that I do really like the printer itself, but this function of it is frustrating.
487377
my printer its not telling me that my cartridge is emptyi just refill when is empty,because it starts printing blank
1354265
Sorry but I haven't had the chance to get a good idea on how many prints we get with this. I've only changed the cartridge once since buying the printer and we've run several hundred pages through it and it still appears about half full.
2114000
I recently encountered the same problem. The printer will not let you continue unless both Cartridges have ink. You most replace the empty cartridge in order for get your printer to work.
452253
Try to reset printer holding g down reset button. Canon printer are notorious for not accepting refilled cartridges so you have to reset. Your or I get ink levels will most likely always show empty or low but keeping track of usage will help you with k Wii g when to really refill r order New cartridge
49237
Sorry, I can't be much help. The ones that came with the printer didn't last long. Figured I'd get the bigger ones. Have to say I'm very displeased with the amount of printing from one cartridge. Perhaps the cartridges that came with the printer were some sort of sample size.