If nothing has occurred since last time you used your printer chances are problem is straightforward. As obvious as it sounds check to make sure printer is turned on. Somebody may have turned it off while you were away from your desk or computer. Make sure there is power to printer. All printers have some kind of light or LED to let you know that it is powered up.

If it is turned on but has some flashing lights then check with your owners manual to see what lights mean. Most of these indicators will be related to either paper, toner or ink.

Make sure there is paper in printer. If it's empty then refill paper tray. Make sure to "fan" paper stack before you put it in printer. Fanning paper merely involves flipping through paper stack with your thumb. This ruffling separates paper thereby reducing paper jams. When paper stack is cut at factory sometimes it causes pages to stick together.

The first thing to realize is that refillers, or Remanufacturers only remanufacture inkjet cartridges that contain a print head. Those include Hewlett Packard and Lexmark. All others are variations of aforementioned cartridges. This is because generic or compatible cartridges for others, Canon, Epson etc., are very cheap and they could not make a profit by remanufacturing them.

Step 1. The Empties Search.

In order to remanufacture an inkjet cartridge you must first have empty one to refill. When a new printer using a new cartridge is introduced it may take several months if not years for empty cartridges to become available in quantity that warrants refiller to make investment to tool up for remanufacture. As of this date a very popular HP cartridge that was on market for over a year is still very scarce as remanufactured. A very popular Lexmark cartridge, 12A1970 cartridge is almost impossible to locate because Lexmark is buying them back, but these are articles unto themselves.

The inkjet cartridge remanufacturer carefully inspects cartridges for blemishes and for evidence that is has been previously refilled. They must be "virgin" cartridges (never refilled) or they won't get refilled. (By most scrupulous remanufactures) Next cartridges are electrically tested using sophisticated electronic equipment that tests print heads and related electronics. This will be a 100% pass/fail test. No in betweens here. Anything under 100% gets tossed.

Step 2. Cleaning.

Each cartridge is cleaned ultrasonically inside and out. All remaining ink is thoroughly flushed from cartridge and they are bathed in a cleaning solvent. Step 3. Refilling.