How to Fix Common Dell Inkjet Printer & Printer Cartridge Problems

When you have to print an important documentcommon cause of the problem is that the inkjet
for work or for school, the last thing you want tocartridge is too clogged up with dried ink to work.
experience is a problem with your Dell inkjetYou can use a cotton swab moistened with
printer. Unfortunately, that does happen even withrubbing alcohol to clean away the dried up ink so it
the most reliable printers and cartridges. The goodcan flow again.
news is you don’t necessarily need to throwPrinting Won’t Work After Cartridges Refilled
out the whole printer or spend hours with techWhen you’re using Dell ink cartridges and
support on the phone to fix the problem. Instead,doing refilling, this is going to happen sometimes
the fix might be easier than you think.because the company has taken steps to make
Paper Jams when No Jam is Apparentthings more difficult on customers who choose
One of the most frustrating problems you canthis option. The best advice is to prevent the
encounter is the paper jam. In most cases, youproblem by doing the refill as soon as you are
only need to locate the offending piece of papernotified about the low ink status. Waiting until you
and remove it by pulling it out in the sameare almost out will make this problem more likely.
direction the paper would normally move in thePaper Feeding Problems
machine. However, sometimes you may not beWith some Dell printers, you may encounter a
able to find the paper jam. In that case, aproblem with the paper feed. While these
problem may be present with the rollers in theproblems can take a few forms, one example is
printer. Sometimes the roller has just come loosethat the printer will only take in paper from one
and may be able to be fixed by tightening it up.side. While it pulls in the paper from one side, the
Failure to Print When Everything Else Works Fineother side remains still in the tray. As a result, a
If you have one of those all-in-one inkjet printerspaper jam occurs. If you have this problem, you
from Dell, you may find that the other featuresmost likely have something blocking the paper
may work fine even if you can’t get Dellpath. You can fix it by turning off the printer,
printer to start printing. While you may be worriedunplugging it, and gently shaking it so that
that your printer has stopped working, the mostwhatever is in there will come out.