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Can these just die? Printer is refusing to recognise the cartridge and hence wont do anything
Take a look at cleaning the contacts on the cartridge / printer - it might just be a dodgy contact.
They can yes.
I had one that I knew was full but it wouldn't work. I bought a widget that resets the ink levels in the cartridge - for use by people who refil their own - and it worked a treat. Cost only a few quid less than a new cartridge, but at least I wasn't throwing good ink away.
EDIT: some cartridges for super cheap printers are actually the print head and cartridge combined together. Therefore they contain lots of gubbins that could quite easily go wrong I suppose.
Tried cleaning the contacts, but still dead. Think its about 1/2 full, no way of checking till it gets recognised again.
I hate the cost of HP ink enough already, this is not helping!
I had a printer which told me that the cartridge was outdated. Refused to acknowledge it, Eventually had to reset the date on the printer. That was HP
You should get a Brother or an Oki printer instead. 🙂