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MG3100 not recognizing new ink

Kelsey88
Apprentice

My colored ink was low and everything was printing pink. I bought new ink and replaced it but my printer isn't recognizing that I have new ink and is still printing everything pink as if I hadn't ever changed the ink. I've tried reseting it and turning it off and taking the ink out and putting it back in and I can't get it to work! I have confirmed that there is actually ink in the new cartridge I put in. 

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I realise this is an old post that I have come across but as it relates to a recent problem of mine thought I would add to the thread:

 

This is strange advice given my own recent experience.  While I could print fine (ink level low) when printing from laptop scan, when I tried to print manually (which I have done many times) - sheets just came out blank on both just black and colour. This of course prompted me to change the 'low level' cartridges earlier than I need have done - thereby not using all the ink that was clearly still in them.  The printer then worked fine - despite my having removed them ' early'.

 

In fact it seems that doing a reset is the answer to this problem.  A one line solution kindly provided by R Hooper.

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