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sufi · 15-04-06, 05:01 AM

My cousin have Dell AIO 942. It was working fine till last week but all of a sudden it won't print the red color, though it is printing other colors (green and yellow). Why's that?

weblord · 15-04-06, 06:34 AM

i assumed you have separate cartridges such as cmyk or rgbk
try giving a shake to the r (red) ink cartridge, see if it will print, or try cleaning it on the printer's command just clean the red so it will spit some "clogged" red ink on it.

JohnGM · 22-08-06, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sufi

My cousin have Dell AIO 942. It was working fine till last week but all of a sudden it won't print the red color, though it is printing other colors (green and yellow). Why's that?

Hi - I realise this thread is old but I am having exactly the same problem now. Did the solution work or did you end up just buying a new ink cartridge as Dell's troubleshooting tips suggest? Ta!

brian · 22-08-06, 09:46 PM

Hi JohnGM and welcome to TechWatch.

If it's not a silly question, are you able to access the printer status screen telling you how full the different ink cartridges are?

JohnGM · 22-08-06, 10:01 PM

Thanks Brian. The colour cartridge isn't very old and the status shows about half full, as does the black one. I don't really want to buy another expensive Dell cartridge if it's the printer that might be at fault. Cheers John

comperr · 27-08-06, 10:37 PM

Try cleaning the cartridge.

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weblord Technology Forums Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 203 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i assumed you have separate cartridges such as cmyk or rgbk try giving a shake to the r (red) ink cartridge, see if it will print, or try cleaning it on the printer's command just clean the red so it will spit some "clogged" red ink on it.