I Have Just Scanned And Printed Something On My Own For The 1St Time.

[tamaris]

I know it doesn't seem much to most of you, but I am learning little by little. Only thing is the ink was not very dark and I know for a fact there is plenty of ink left in the cartridge, any ideas why ?

[hc4361]

Did you have the printer on draft setting? That uses a lot less ink.

[tamaris]

I have no idea

[woofgang]

If you don't print a lot, then the ink might have dried up a bit, do a couple more prints and see if it gets better

[Buenchico]

There are two possible reasons.

The most likely is simply that you've used poor-quality paper. Using basic 'multi-purpose' printing paper almost invariably results in 'washed out' printing. For printing documents you should be using a good quality 'high-white' paper which is intended for use solely with inkjet printers. For printing photographs you need to use top of the range' photo printing paper (such as Kodak Ultima) and not the muck that many supermarkets sell (although 'Tesco Finest' photo paper is excellent).

The other reason could simply be that the print heads need cleaning (although blocked print heads generally result in 'banded' printing, rather than in 'weak' printing).

[tamaris]

No I have been printing other stuff

[trish1234567]

Tap in 'printer preference'!

[boxtops]

well done on the scanning and printing, tamaris - it's not so long ago that I learned to do that, it felt like I'd invented the wheel!

[tamaris]

Thank you, it feels good yes to master these little things

[saxy_jag]

If you're given an option to choose the image resolution at the scanning stage (usually given as a 3-digit number followed by the letters 'dpi'), then choose the highest you can.

[tamaris]

Thank you Saxy I tried that , it helped a little.