Dell All-in-One printer acting REALLY funky

[steve911]

Guys and gals computer gurus - hoping you can help.

Dell AIO 926 just started acting funky:

1) Gives warning message that Reserve Tank for black ink cartridge is empty.
Replaced cartridge with brand new one - warning doesn't go away and printer window shows empty black ink cartridge

1a) Cartridges don't center when the lid is lifted to replace them like they used to. I had to manually pull the cartridges to the center to replace the black one.

2) Scanner doesn't work - just sits there at 0% scanned

3) Won't copy

4) It will print, but I get the Reserve Tank empty error message.


I have:

Replaced black ink cartridge with new.
Uninstalled printer and reinstalled.

Nothing helps.

Running Windows Vista Home on a Dell desktop.

Thoughts? Any and all help and suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks
Steve

[Joe Bob]

I threw my Dells out the window.....would suggest calling Dell and/or MS. If out of warranty Dell will charge you or tell you pound sand.

MS, was the most helpfull when I had a crash with HP printer.

Worse comes to worse...toss it and buy another printer.

[74-911]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Worse comes to worse...toss it and buy another printer.

Assuming you downloaded the current drivers for the printer when you re-installed it, as Joe Bob says... toss it and buy a new one if it still doesn't work.
Printers are cheap (literally and figuratively) these days.

[azasadny]

I do not buy or recommend "all in one" devices because of the many things that can and do go wrong with them. Unfortunately, there's not much that can be "repaired" on a printer...

[KevinTodd]

+1 on reloading the drivers.

I have a wireless version of this POS that has to be reset every time it gets used. ARGHHH. Never again.