Epson Stylus Photo 820 black printing problems

[Virgil2U]

I have a Epson Stylus Photo 820 and I had tried to refilll a empty black ink cartridge with a black refill kit and after putting the cartridge back in the printer started going crazy, making all types of grinding noises and the like so I shut it down and then decided to get a new ink cartridge from inkgrabber.com, I have done business with them in the past and have never had any problems with their cartridges, well after putting the new cartridge in the printer it did not make any more grinding noises but now it does not print any black at all, I thought maybe that their could be a problem with the cartridge so I talked with inkgrabber.com and they were nice enough to send me another cartridge gratis and again the same problem, no black printing. I wonder if their is any way I can get any information about how to correct this problem, any help from any one will be greatly appreciated.


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[Arthur Entlich]

It is difficult to know from your description exactly hat occurred. You
might have interrupted the ink charging in the middle, you may have
confused the firmware as to the ink level in the cartridge, you may have
mispositioned the cleaning station during your reinstallation, which
will make horrible grinding sounds, or you may just have used poor ink
and clogged the heads, or incompatible inks, or the heads may have just
dried out.

When you say it isn't printing in black, do you mean that the head moves
as if it was printing but no black ink appears? What does the nozzle
test look like? Are any black segments being printed?

If you request a copy of my Epson Cleaning Manual from the same address
I have posted this from, I will send you a free copy and it will explain
some of the many issues and solutions with Epson inkjet printers.

Art