I have a dell all in one a940 printer. It shows plenty of ink in cartridge but its printing very faint.?

any suggestions?|||Your ink level is just a page counter.





If you have been printing things like photographs which use much more ink than the ink level is calibrated for, then you cartridge may be empty.





If you don%26#039;t use your printer often, IE withing the last couple weeks, there is a good chance the print head on your cartridge has dried out. Run a couple print head cleanings (your manual will tell you how to do that). If you see no improvement then it is unfortunately time to replace the cartridge.|||Call up DELL... They offer good technical support... and if there is a certain problem on the cartridges or the printer, they will replace either one. This is the best and the safest bet than going for a separate set of cartridges or ask someone to fix the problem or try any other methods.


DELL - 1-800-624-9896|||Mine did the same thing... it wasn%26#039;t reading the level properly - I replaced the cartrige and it worked good as new!|||Take out the cartridge and wipe the head with a neat cloth. There may be dust particles on the head.|||Check if you are printing in %26#039;draft%26#039; mode. If not, try replacing the cartridge.|||Another thing you might want to try.. is to do go into my computer.... or control panel.. look for printers and or faxes machines.. right click on it, and do a Cartridge cleaning.... its really simple, you might just have a clog inside the ink is all. I have done this a few or more times and it seems to work.... however sometimes just buying a new one is over all better..... Here is full instructions on how to clean your ink cartridge.


Control Panel


Printer and fax


when your printer opens up.. right click it and click


on Printing preferences,another window pops up click on Services...then it will say service this device... click it.. then choose to align or clean cartridges, or print test page.. you want clean cartridges... do all options until no other options work, if the ink doesn%26#039;t work after cleaning them and doing a test page.. suggestion is to buy new ink... Good luck..|||Use the printer software%26#039;s built in nozzle cleaning utility!