Hello to all ink masters out there! Your advice would be most welcome...
I have a Canon ip 4850 and have been refilling their original cartridges with quality compatible ink from OctoInkjet. I've not had any problems until now when, suddenly the large cartridge PGI 525 black starts to fade out to almost nothing after printing 2 -3 pages of text. This is not due to an empty cartridge as I refill regularly and use the chip redsetter. The first time it occurred was in the middle of a 30 page print, so I re-checked the cartridge, which was still in ink and topped up. Tried cleaning cycles and deep cleans, but this does not solve the problem. So I soaked the cartridge print head in cleaning alcohol for a couple of hours and put a couple of drops of the same cleaner onto the PGI 525 print head nozzle. Then replaced the cartridge and printed off 3-4 pages of plain text to get ink flowing again ( which it did) and ran another cleaning cycle. Thought the problem was solved and the print quality was perfect again, but the same thing happened after continuing my print of text - after 3 pages the black ink starts to fade out to nothing again. The fading starts with a vertical banding then spreads to the whole (text) print.
Any ideas on where the problem might lie?![Dunno :idunno :idunno](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/idunno.gif)
Thanks!
I have a Canon ip 4850 and have been refilling their original cartridges with quality compatible ink from OctoInkjet. I've not had any problems until now when, suddenly the large cartridge PGI 525 black starts to fade out to almost nothing after printing 2 -3 pages of text. This is not due to an empty cartridge as I refill regularly and use the chip redsetter. The first time it occurred was in the middle of a 30 page print, so I re-checked the cartridge, which was still in ink and topped up. Tried cleaning cycles and deep cleans, but this does not solve the problem. So I soaked the cartridge print head in cleaning alcohol for a couple of hours and put a couple of drops of the same cleaner onto the PGI 525 print head nozzle. Then replaced the cartridge and printed off 3-4 pages of plain text to get ink flowing again ( which it did) and ran another cleaning cycle. Thought the problem was solved and the print quality was perfect again, but the same thing happened after continuing my print of text - after 3 pages the black ink starts to fade out to nothing again. The fading starts with a vertical banding then spreads to the whole (text) print.
Any ideas on where the problem might lie?
![Dunno :idunno :idunno](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/idunno.gif)
Thanks!