Check if Your Printer Has Run out of Ink

Have you ever wondered if your printer has run out of a color? Here's a simple way to check.

Steps

  1. Double click on the printer icon in the tray on the bottom right of your screen.
  2. Click on the "estimated ink levels" tab

Alternate Method

  1. Go into Microsoft Word (or a similar program).
  2. Create four small rectangles.
  3. Color one of them black, another Blue, the next Red, and the last yellow.
  4. Print!
  5. If all of the colors have come out clearly, it means you have enough of each color. If one or more are not clear, you need to change them.
  6. Save the file in My Documents to run whenever you need to test your printer cartridges.
  7. Run occasionally to work print head if printer is not used very often.

Tips

  • To create rectangles in Microsoft Word, bring up the Drawing toolbar on "View" then "Toolbars", and press the rectangle button. To color them in, right-click on them and choose "Format Autoshape" then choose the color for the fill.

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