[Servant1975]

I have a lexmark x1150 printer, copier, scanner combo. A few months ago I tried a cheap refill kit and it leaked inside the printer. I just bought a cartridge, haven't used printer sice it leaked, I cleaned the ink off the carriace and the electrode that contacts the cartridge with rubbing alcohol. It printed two pages fine and then nothing prints. The cartridge works in another printer. I feel like an idiot, when I look inside (did not take apart) appears to be ink where the ink jets/printer head contact cartridge (right hand side where printer opened for replacement). Any way to clean or salvage?? Thanks.

[Rich-M]

No probably not as it is almost impossible to clean up what happened effectively. I wish all the users that claim there is never an issue with generics or adding ink could read this as this is what happens. To save $5 you wind up eventually throwing away a printer.
I guess I am unclear as to whether you tried a genuine cartridge afterwards...one nice thing about Lexmark is most of the circuitry is on the cartridge so if you got the "innards" clean, it might move forward.

[Servant1975]

I did use a lexmark cartridge and it still works. In my defense (what little there is) I used a refill my father-in-law had used on the same type of cartridge. Ther's no way anyone knows to clean this out?