Hi I have owned two sets of these in years past for Brother printers.Both clogged the color head (Yellow).Does this occur w/ newer Brother printers?
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The clog can happen if the ink is mixed, exposed, etc. But there does not seem to be a way to avoid it. While filling it will be exposed to air, howsoever short it is; and while re-filling, it will be mixed with another type. This happens with the other cartridges as wellThe printer gets itself into a clean mode every now and then and unclogs itself. But if it is fully clogged and cannot be cleaned - does anyone know if we can take out the print head and clean? and how to clean?
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If the printer sits unused for too long, the ink dries inside the print head, and new cartridges don't help. The print head has to be replaced if this happens - I went through 2 print heads before I gave up on this otherwise good printer. PS the print head was over $100 the last time I bought one - more than a new printer with ink - it just wasn't an economical repair. I tried cleaning the old one several times, never got satisfactory printing results.
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I've been using these cartridges, and have not had any problems, which is no help to you at all. I'm so sorry. It could be a one time manufacturing glitch, which is certainly not reassuring.
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That was my problem. I bought a printhead replacement in November 2014 but by the time it arrived, my printer was working again. So I set the printhead aside, unopened. Last week, I had the same problem, so I used the replacement that I bought here. Once it was in place, I got a message that said "Ink System Failure." I took it out and put it back in several times, with the same result. I came to Amazon to see if I could send it back, but was told that the return period expired in January. So now I'm out $70 for a printhead that doesn't work. I'm very disappointed.
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You will probably have to buy a new printhead. The company misleads customers by advertising that "you can save on printing and ink. They don't tell us that it uses both cartridges to print in color and in black only too. If you don't use it frequently it will start to malfunction. I put a brand new black cartridge in and I barely used it when it malfunctioned because I didn't have a color cartridge. Not pleased with this product!
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I have not had a problem with the ones I have purchased. But my father purchased some refilled cartridges from someone else and I know his printer would not recognize those. So he purchased 1 black new cartridge and is running it now and his color cartridges from the refilled ones are still working with the new black cartridge. I was concerned it may happen with the ones I purchased here. But so far it has not.
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Check the expiration date to be sure it is okay. I have gotten some that were old. Mostly it is probably your print head. I have found that many times they cannot be fixed by realigning or cleaning but have to be replaced. Sorry but it is usually cheaper to get a new printer.
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It was when I had this problem. Be warned, though, if Kodak encourages you to spend the money on a new printhead (they also talked me into new ink): neither fixed the problem, and a follow-up call to Kodak confirmed that the printer was toast. I had to recycle the newly purchased ink and printer. Kodak would not refund the new printhead.
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I wonder the same thing too, I bought the printer for the same reason and am having the same problem, I just bought a tri pack Feb 21 and with almost no color printing it claims to be empty 4 months later. I've heard the printer priming itself from time to time especially when the computer wakes up from sleeping. I gues from now on i'll keep it off until im ready to print
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Yes I have been having the same problem with several of the yellow cartridges. Won't work there dry. Won't know about other until I need to use them :(
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I'm having the same problem with the black ink. I paid handsomely for this printer, and the Company should stand by their product. Let's see if they do. If I can't find a solution to the problem, I will address Brother. I suggest you do the same as it appears we are not alone.
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Yes they do. I can't say for sure how often but in the event that you have plenty of ink in your printer but you pages aren't printing the colors correctly, it's time to replace the print heads. I've had my printer about two years. With so many students in the house it gets used constantly so I guess each year would be a good time to change them. Now the printer works better than ever. I tried going to an office supply store first but I was told they had to order it, so I turned to amazon. :-)
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My printer had no problem with them. Try turning macine off then on. Also make sure you pulled the protective cover off of the print head. Good luck
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The printer heads may need to be cleaned. Go to printer >>>touch the picture of the wrench >>>>tools >>>clean cartridges.
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I have not had any issues with clogs, but do not know if they will effect the life of my printer.
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I had a similar problem but it wasn't the cartridges. I emailed Brother from their support website and within about a day they got back to me and gave me some suggestions. I tried them and was back up and running. You might try using the cleaning function on your printer especially if you had let the ink go completely dry (which is not a good thing). It turned out to be dirty print heads on my machine. Hope you get your machine running soon.
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I can't be sure. The yellow was empty and I would think Brother would have better quality control than that. Also there is supposed to be an expiration date on them and there wasn't on these. It may have been a bad batch? Others seem happy with it. In the meantime, I gave up on my Brother and bought a Canon and will only buy ink from Office Depot. Good luck.