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As I have already mentioned, I have other printers, so I will continue to try all the ideas suggested as an academic exercise. I will leave the printhead soaking for several days if necessary. I will clean the electrical contacts. I have only used basic copy paper for all my printing, I mainly...

For general interest, this is a BLACK copy of a colour image, using only a BLACK ink cartridge (ink tank) in the printhead, to prove that it is only using black ink. It is not perfect, but as it does not show the blank white stripes, how does that indicate that the printhead is blocked?

As requested. This is the Canon MP130 nozzle check image. It is easy to see that there are one or two gaps in the grid, but the most important thing is that the bottom half of the grid is missing, in the same way that it shows up on a black print job.

Thank you for all your help and the time you have taken. As you say it would be cheaper to buy a new printer than a print head, I have seen them for 53 up to 90. As it is I have other printers, so I am not too upset. I still find it very odd that it will make a perfect BLACK copy with a, as...

Hello The Hat, I have had some trouble in uploading the picture, I have done so, but it is not connected to THIS string. I see that it in page 2.

I don't know if this will work. This is the image of the colour print and then the same picture printed in black. This shows the result of a Greyscale print job sent from the computer. It did work !!

I have removed the print head unit, removed the cartridges, sprayed clear alcohol type window cleaner into the black well, which covered the outlet in the liquid, and left it to soak for a couple of hours, standing on a tissue, this washed the black out of the print head. I replaced all in the...

Hello again The Hat, this Canon printer has a separate and removable print head, with separate printheads for black and colour, the two cartridges are just ink storage, there are no 'chips' on the cartridges, one black and one three colour. When you change a cartridge, and closed the cover, the...

Hello The Hat, thank you again for your suggestions. I have tried the, 'maintenance' Nozzle Check from the printer menu many times and again just now and it is the same, as mentioned in my first post. "The NOZZLE CHECK page also has a blank strip after the first 6.75mm of Black hash printing"...

Thank you 'The hat'. I have carried out all the head cleaning and nozzle checks, many times. I do not beleive that the printer is using the colour head to print a BLACK COPY when pressing the black copy button. Black copies are perfect, so I presume that the printhead is free along its...

Product: Canon All-in-One Printer PIXMA MP130 Summary: No problem with Black copying. No problem with Colour printing and copying. Problem with BLACK printing ONLY. The printed result is in alternate stripes 6.75mm wide, one blank and one printed. The NOZZLE CHECK page also has a blank strip...