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Well, in the meantime, I changed the printhead and now everything works perfectly, so no doubt that the problem was the ph. In order to prevent the ph to clog, I can print the MIS Autoprint test every two-three days or so (if I do not print something else in the meantime) , but what about if I...

Hi, No suggestions from anybody? :( Alex

Hi again, I am wondering what the reason of the problem is, tried several other times, the 3eBK got empty in the meantime but only because the ink is spilled out, it is like it doesn't go through the hole. I've got a spare printhead, I'm not sure if try the new printhead or refill a new black...

The printhead of my i865 was clogged, therefore I have used syrings, boiled distilled water and a bit of ammonia. It looks perfectly clean, lots of water went through the holes, but my black 3eBK doesn't want to print. When I take out the printhead, I find the black ink all over around the...

Hi All, I have a i865 and its printhead is for sure clogged, given that I have several printing problems and I refill. One curiosity, since I read that you use compressed air, either most of you have a compressor at home or you buy compressed air. Any of the two cases, can you provide me with...

Hi folks, just wanted to say thanks to everybody, I found your points extremely interesting and of course... I'll keep you posted when I will change ink. It may take some time, I'm not printing everyday, so you may imagine... :) Regards Alex

Hi guys, Thanks very much for your feedback. I made additional tests, according to your suggestions. The paper I used for these tests is the same plain paper as per my previous one. I printed the same pattern using Color Balance Black -20% I got much better results, obviously the drawback is...

Hi guys, I made a pattern that will make it easier to understand my problem... I print on ordinary plain paper, standard settings, please, click below to see what I get: http://img457.imageshack.us/my.php?image=printqualitytest0lb.jpg As you can see, the issue is on Green, Yellow, Blue...

Hi guys, First, happy new year to you all! I have a Canon i865 that I refill regularly and without any problem, so far... Well, I noticed that when printing a text, the black tends to spread over the background color. For example, take an Excel cell, green background, I type "AB" in black...

I'd like to test the WeInk spongeless for my Canon i865, but it looks to me they are very expensive, 10.40 $. I got an offer from Jetyoung in China for 1.00 $ each, of course I cannot say what's the difference in quality and in addition the shipping costs are very high from China, but still I...

Thanks a lot for your replies. What about the first time, when the original Canon ink is still in, isn't that better to wait that the reservoir is empty in order to avoid mixing the two different inks? Even if the top air vent is left open? What do you exactly mean by pushing the ball?? Why...

Hi guys, Some days ago, after having spent some time to collect information, I bought the inks from an Italian chain of shops, you can get more info on their website http://www.prink.it/eng/index.asp I thought it was a good idea to put some info on a EU dealer and tell about my questions and...

Hi all, Well, believe it or not, I found the reason of the problem with Nero. I just re-installed the program again, and the problem disappeared, at least I can print a color which similar to what I see. I will try to improve my knowledge on color management in order to get the most out of it...

Hi all, I read lots of stuff on the links suggested by Grandad, I made some tests and got some good results, at least, using color management, things have improved. I also followed the Canon ICC Profile Guide and I was impresses by the results I got in combination with Photoshop. Now, those...

Grandad, Thanks for the tip. I know I'm going to face a tough time to have this to work, but I need, at least, to make it acceptable, I cannot continue to throw away everything I print because is totally different from what shown on screen. For example, yesterday I tried to print a label that...

Hi, I had no time so far to wash the printhead, however, apart from that, what really drives me mad is that whatever I print, is completely different from what I see on my screen. My screens are set according to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and I use Adobe Gamma at start up. Now, if I print any color...

Robert, Thank you very much for your help, very kind of you. I will try to follow your suggestion and see what happens. Ink: I live in Europe and as in the US, there are hundreds of ink producers, the problem is that if you chose the wrong one, you can really get into touble with your...

Robert, I use the printer maily for: 1) Printing CD/DVD labels 2) Printing printable CD/DVD 3) Ordinary printing on plain paper I almost never use the printer for photos, it's more expensive and the colors change with in the time. You wonder about the ink I use? As I wrote, I only use...

Well, the only thing I've discovered so far, is that the printer prints OK only after I do the cleaning, which in itself wouldn't be a big issue if done from time to time. If I do it in the evening, I print, colors are OK. The following morning, unless I do the cleaning again, the red will be...

Hi all, I've got problems to set the printer to print the colors I see on my screen. I use sRGB IEC61966-2.1, Adobe Gamma, I'm not so refined to need perfection, but reall what I print is totally different. I used to have manual color adjustment, so I thought that I had put some wrong setting...