OfficeJet Pro 8600: Ink Officejet Pro 8600

According to the "indication of the ink level", magenta was about 10% or 15%, cyan was 0% and yellow was about 95%. " Black is 25%.
I replaced the cyan cartridge and before I can even print a single page, magenta level is reported in 0% and still I can not print.
Can you explain how the magenta level can go from 10% to 0% by simply changing the cyan cartridge? If there is ink in the cartridge magenta before the cyan cartridge has been changed, why are there no ink in the magenta cartridge after that the cyan cartridge has been changed?

Hey @ellioto,

I see you have some problems with the ink level on your Officejet Pro 8600 e-all-in-one printer. I can help you with that.

What is happening is that the gauges are showing you an approximation of the amount of ink remaining in each cartridge is. When you replaced the cyan, the need to align, printer cartridge that uses ink. At this time then the printer has detected that the magenta cartridge was low. Replacement of the cartridge magenta should clear the error message.

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