text: question about cartridges of a lexmark x125 printer? i have a lexmark x125 printer at home and i use color as well as b/w cartridges for it, i maybe have printed out 20 pages max using a new cartridge and havent used it in sometime now, i saw that now that the cartridge is over/empty.  does anyone have this problem and if yes how many pages can you print, does anyone know if the ink evaporates if not used for long? your cart will dry out if stored in a warm/dry environment, such as by a heater.  your best bet is to check the expiration date on the bottom of the package, most of the carts have dates on or around the bottom of the box.  most of the time you should be able to get a few hundred of pages out of your cartridge.  it depends on the coverage. ie if you are printing entire blocks of black ink, then you will use much more ink than if you are only printing a few lines of text.  i would get a new cart, and do a physical page count if you have to to see if it happens again.  if it does, you might want to contact lexmark and find out what they recommend.