Try running the "Deep Cleaning" tool that is usually under the "Maintenance"
tab of the Canon "Properties" of the print driver.
JHG
"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> You can try alcohol and clean swabs, carefully. But the
> things is to buy a new cartridge.
>
>
> "GHalleck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> |
> | JohnHB wrote:
> |
> | > My wife bought a printer- a Canon Imageclass MPC190
> printer/ scanner a
> | > year or so back to use in her business. In all
> innocense, as you do,
> | > and given she chews through gallons of ink, she used a
> NON-PROPRIETRY
> | > CARTRIDGE!!!!
> | >
> | > I did explain to her that that's a terrible thing to do,
> against "the
> | > rules", etc. etc. but she wouldn't listen. Suitably
> chastised, she's
> | > now the proud owner of a brand new Epson printer which
> she's had to
> | > buy so her business could continue..
> | >
> | > So $150 later, in addition to the Epson CX3900 we bought
> yesterday, we
> | > now have a practically brand new Canon printer that's
> virtually
> | > unusable because it won't print black due to the
> aforementioned
> | > cartridge. She does most of her letters etc. using black
> of course.
> | > I'm aghast that one tiny component fault renders a
> printer useless. Of
> | > course we could pay to have it fixed- but they saw that
> one coming too
> | > and charge almost the cost of a printer to "fix the
> problem".
> | >
> | > I can't believe that we can't clean the jets on the
> inkhead I've got
> | > sitting in my hand. We have used the printer facility to
> try and do
> | > this- but to no avail.
> | >
> | > Obviously, the ink used by "cheaper" cartridges is
> thicker? THERE MUST
> | > BE SOME WAY WE COULD SOAK THE CARTRIDGE IN SOME
> SUBSTANCE, e.g. METHS,
> | > OR SOMETHING SIMILIAR TO UNCLOG THE JETS AND GET THINGS
> BACK TO
> | > NORMAL?
> | >
> | > We have a two week window of opportunity during which we
> could return
> | > the recently purchased (unwanted) replacement printer.
> | >
> | > Can anyone help with constructive suggestions?
> | >
> |
> | That's the way the printer industry operates. Just replace
> the non-Canon
> | ink cartridge with a Canon one. And if one wishes to shop
> around for more
> | economical deals, remember that the trial-and-effort spent
> in the process
> | eats up the savings in the long run.
>
>
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