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Question posted by appleponeida on December 5th, 2013

One Color On My Epson Workforce 500 Doesn't Print

My cyan isn't printing, hasn't been for a couple of months. The printer doesn't recognize that anything's wrong. When it first happened, i switched out the cartridge, but had the same problem.

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Answer #1: Posted by helpowlsupport on December 5th, 2013 9:06 AM

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hello sir !

it is becasue you have ran out of the ink

but if it is not incicated on your compter then there is a bloakage and need to be repaired at a printing shop

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