Duff printer cartridge?

[missyburd]

Right me being a skint student and refusing to pay extortionate prices for printer cartridges bought a couple for £15, one seems fine but the ink in the other isn't coming out properly :-(

I've cleaned the contact dewberries (with nail polish remover) and tried drawing the ink out onto wet tissue paper (has worked for me in the past) but all I'm getting is a few spots...I've left the cartridge to stand in the printer for a couple of nights and that's not worked, I've shaken the cartridge up and although a bit more came out then, it hasn't managed by itself lol.

Do I complain to the people I bought it from and request a refund?
Do I leave it a bit longer?
Do I just learn my lesson and realize I should've forked out more money in the first place?

Your knowledge o wise orgers if you please :mrgreen:

Oh and they're NOT the original branded cartridges...

[-Ralph-]

Do I complain to the people I bought it from and request a refund?

Yes

Do I just learn my lesson and realize I should've forked out more money in the first place?

Yes, but only after you've got your refund, they charged you 15 quid for something that doesn't do what it says on the box.

[dirtydog]

I'd complain and ask for a refund/replacement

Doesn't matter if it's not the original branded it's still faulty

[_drummer_]

Does your printer have a head cleaning facility - if so run that lots.
Also printing page blocks of whatever colour it is can help sometimes
hth

[BigFootIsBlurry]

Some cartidges have a breather hole on the top, try jamming a pin in this and making sure its clean and clear. I've had this problem with cheap cartridges before and this sorted it, for a while at least. Generally found cheap ones to not last very long anyway.

[missyburd]

Hmm cheers guys. I paid £15 for the 2 cartridges, the colour one seems to be fine but the black is the one with problems.

I haven't run the printer head cleaning thing actually drummer, I've just remembered I meant to do that and clean forgot! (no jokes please :-P) #tootles off to clean heads oooo er#

[_drummer_]

You might have to run it lots with nozzle checks to see how it goes but eventually it usually clears for me, inkjets (assuming that's what you have) are a bit prone to clogging, probably even more so with cheapo inks *stamps on them* lol

[missyburd]

Just run the head cleaning a few times and no luck, it's now not drawing ink through at all. Sent a complaint email to them, see what they say lol. Grrr, PITA.

[Sally]

PM Cumfy, he deals with this MYC.

[missyburd]

Yey replacement through today and this one works. Good times. Ta for the help!

[bris]

For any one who uses a lot of ink like me, get a CISS system http://www.continuous-ink-systems.co.uk/ Save an absolute fortune on ink. I print a lot of photos and it lasts for ages between refills.