Photofan1986
Getting Fingers Dirty
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2010
- Messages
- 65
- Reaction score
- 6
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- Location
- Brussels, Belgium
- Printer Model
- Canon MP540, IP3000 dead :(
Hello all!
I need some help with my good old MP540.
I've been refilling for quite a while now using the "german" method, but lately I did not use the printer a lot, and I think that the printhead got clogged. I ran through a couple of cleaning cycles, but did not get good results. Then I tried the steam method and performed a nozzle check, and to my surprise, it came out perfect (almost). So I tried to do a printhead alignment check, and I noticed that the blue pattern did not print correctly. Some of them did not appear at all.
Next interesting thing is that printing in any quality modes on normal paper gives me normal colours (and no stripes), but when I'm using photo paper, the blue colour is almost completely missing.
My understanding is that the printer is using different size nozzles for different droplet sizes ( 5pl ? for standard paper in normal mode, 1pl in photo mode on photo paper?).
So do you think that the printhead might be dead, or does it need even more thorough cleaning because the small nozzles get clogged easier?
ps: sorry about the bad picture quality, I was lazy and used the camera instead of the scanner.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
I need some help with my good old MP540.
I've been refilling for quite a while now using the "german" method, but lately I did not use the printer a lot, and I think that the printhead got clogged. I ran through a couple of cleaning cycles, but did not get good results. Then I tried the steam method and performed a nozzle check, and to my surprise, it came out perfect (almost). So I tried to do a printhead alignment check, and I noticed that the blue pattern did not print correctly. Some of them did not appear at all.
Next interesting thing is that printing in any quality modes on normal paper gives me normal colours (and no stripes), but when I'm using photo paper, the blue colour is almost completely missing.
My understanding is that the printer is using different size nozzles for different droplet sizes ( 5pl ? for standard paper in normal mode, 1pl in photo mode on photo paper?).
So do you think that the printhead might be dead, or does it need even more thorough cleaning because the small nozzles get clogged easier?
ps: sorry about the bad picture quality, I was lazy and used the camera instead of the scanner.
Many thanks in advance for your help.