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From: Sparky on 19 Apr 2010 19:18 Canon MP510 using PGI 5 and CLI 8 Carts The black cartridge is giving me grief. On the default plain paper setting only some of each line of characters is visible ( more missing than present ) If I increase the Print Quality to HIGH , the printout is fine. The test print ( grid ) has perhaps 1 or 2 broken lines. I've done a cleaning etc. I'd like to remove all the carts and clean with Windex as I did with my previous Canon ip3000. My concern is that if I remove the carts to clean the print head , will they be recognized again by the printer as full ( or half full ) when I put them back , or do I run the risk of having them tagged as empty ? Many Thanks
From: Sparky on 20 Apr 2010 23:11 Hello Art Once again , thank you for your reply, I'll let you know. If I remember correctly , once a cart has been tagged as empty THAT'S when problems can occur.. I hope I'm right ! "Arthur Entlich" <e-printerhelp(a)mvps.org> wrote in message news:3Dfzn.43584$kj3.39897(a)newsfe08.iad... > I suspect certain nozzles in your printer head are clogged. With Canon > printers, different nozzle sizes exists for each ink dot size, which > differs from a printer like an Epson which is able to create different ink > dot sizes using the same nozzles. > > This explains why your HIGH printing looks reasonable but your lower > quality does not. > > I believe the cartridges each have a chip on them which recalls the ink > levels, such that removing and reinstalling them should not cause the > printer to reject the cartridges or change the ink levels recorded. > > If you could benefit from a general cleaning manual regarding Canon heads, > please email me for a free copy at: > > e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org > > (at) = @ > (dot) = . > > Art > > If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, > I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: > > http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ > > Sparky wrote: >> Canon MP510 using PGI 5 and CLI 8 Carts >> >> The black cartridge is giving me grief. On the default plain paper >> setting only some of each line of characters is visible ( more missing >> than present ) >> >> If I increase the Print Quality to HIGH , the printout is fine. The test >> print ( grid ) has perhaps 1 or 2 broken lines. I've done a cleaning etc. >> >> I'd like to remove all the carts and clean with Windex as I did with my >> previous Canon ip3000. >> >> My concern is that if I remove the carts to clean the print head , will >> they be recognized again by the printer as full ( or half full ) when I >> put them back , or do I run the risk of having them tagged as empty ? >> >> Many Thanks
From: Sparky on 21 Apr 2010 13:06 Happy to report the clog is history , and carts recognized ! Happy Printer once again... "Sparky" <no(a)nothere.com> wrote in message news:L4uzn.8972$0_7.7677(a)newsfe25.iad... > Hello Art > > Once again , thank you for your reply, I'll let you know. > > If I remember correctly , once a cart has been tagged as empty THAT'S when > problems can occur.. > > I hope I'm right ! > > "Arthur Entlich" <e-printerhelp(a)mvps.org> wrote in message > news:3Dfzn.43584$kj3.39897(a)newsfe08.iad... >> I suspect certain nozzles in your printer head are clogged. With Canon >> printers, different nozzle sizes exists for each ink dot size, which >> differs from a printer like an Epson which is able to create different >> ink dot sizes using the same nozzles. >> >> This explains why your HIGH printing looks reasonable but your lower >> quality does not. >> >> I believe the cartridges each have a chip on them which recalls the ink >> levels, such that removing and reinstalling them should not cause the >> printer to reject the cartridges or change the ink levels recorded. >> >> If you could benefit from a general cleaning manual regarding Canon >> heads, please email me for a free copy at: >> >> e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org >> >> (at) = @ >> (dot) = . >> >> Art >> >> If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, >> I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: >> >> http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ >> >> Sparky wrote: >>> Canon MP510 using PGI 5 and CLI 8 Carts >>> >>> The black cartridge is giving me grief. On the default plain paper >>> setting only some of each line of characters is visible ( more missing >>> than present ) >>> >>> If I increase the Print Quality to HIGH , the printout is fine. The test >>> print ( grid ) has perhaps 1 or 2 broken lines. I've done a cleaning >>> etc. >>> >>> I'd like to remove all the carts and clean with Windex as I did with my >>> previous Canon ip3000. >>> >>> My concern is that if I remove the carts to clean the print head , will >>> they be recognized again by the printer as full ( or half full ) when I >>> put them back , or do I run the risk of having them tagged as empty ? >>> >>> Many Thanks >
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