Help. Colors print as pastels (light)

[measekite]

Why don;t you talk to Canon tech support

 

[Burt]

Canon may opt to replace it. I don't know how far out of warranty a
printer needs to be in order to them to tell you to bugger off but they
are somewhat liberal. My last phone call with them started out "oh no
you are totally out of warranty, you should buy an extended one" then
followed by "I'll ask my manager, ok, we'll do it just this once since
you've never had a problem befroe" which was funny as I had the entire
printer replaced before.

Expect to spend about $80 for the "QY6-0049", printhead assembly. I
see some on e-bay for $55 or so, amazon.com links to the same e-bay
auctions. The e-bay ones I "suspect" as being ones from Canon which
users got free from Canon.

The cost is high enough that one may consider another printer. The new
ip4200 for example fetchs about $80ish on sale, though right now it's
$100 on buy.com $85 + shipping from Amazon.com (they sometimes offer
free shipping), but the best price at the moment is from newegg.com
$79.99 free shipping till july 4th. If your in the market anything
under $80 is the buy me price.

Now you may wish to keep your ip4000 in service. The bci-6s average
about $10/pop where the ink for the new printer averages $13.50/pop on
a good day. The large black is like $12 for yours, $17 for the new
one. If you prefer prefilled aftermarket tanks, they are NOT an option
for the ip4200 but they are for the ip4000.

http://www.inkcessories.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=63
printhead for the ip4000 for $50. Just be sure you aren't mistakenly using
PHOTO cyan and PHOTO magenta in error as these are only for six or eight
color canon printers. These are lighter dye-load inks than the cyan and
magenta that are used in all the canon printers in several of the generation
of printers before the current ones with chipped carts.

 

[zakezuke]

http://www.inkcessories.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=63
printhead for the ip4000 for $50. Just be sure you aren't mistakenly using
PHOTO cyan and PHOTO magenta in error as these are only for six or eight
color canon printers. These are lighter dye-load inks than the cyan and
magenta that are used in all the canon printers in several of the generation
of printers before the current ones with chipped carts.

Yes yes yes, I totally forgot about this. Yes, some very inteligent
people, and even those who took the advice from those in the ink shop,
have bought "photo" cyan thinking it was some spiffy special ink for
their ip4000, or other 4-5 tank canon printer. This would be a valid
explanation to pastel colors and blacks not blacks in the self test and
in the nozzle check.

 

[measekite]

Here is the bottom line.

You do not want to replace the printhead. It costs about as much as a
new IP4200. The real replacement for your machine is the IP5200 since
that prints photos at about the same speed as the IP4000. The IP4200
prints photos much slower than your printer but otherwise it is about
the same.

When on sale with rebates the cost is:

IP4200 = $80.00
IP5200 = $110.00

 

[zakezuke]

IP5200 = $110.00

Where can you get the ip5200 for $110?

While it's true I paid $121.86 for mine, ($112 + tax from amazon), this
was an extraordinary deal. I "almost" never see it under $120, but
when I did in April, I bought it. If you were to buy it today, odds are
you'd spend $150. Anything under $130 is the buy me now price.

Also, you spoke of rebates, and I'm not aware of a rebate for the
ip5200. The only place "I" know of which offered a rebate is Fry's
electronics, and this was the month of december 9th to December 13th,
And the instore price was $149, and the mail in rebate was $30.

This is another case of Measekite's false or misleading information.
He's never been able to justify the $110 price he quotes yet he
continues to do plaster it everywhere as if it's a regular deal.

 

[frank]

More of meashershithead's lies!
Kill file his stupid ass!
Frank

 

[c mateland]

Just be sure you aren't mistakenly using
PHOTO cyan and PHOTO magenta in error as these are only for six or eight
color canon printers. These are lighter dye-load inks than the cyan and
magenta that are used in all the canon printers in several of the generation
of printers before the current ones with chipped carts.

That was the problem. I switched them out and it's printing great
again.

Thanks to you and everyone!!