MP830 nozzle check woes, any ideas ?

[jimbo123]

MP830 nozzle check woes, any ideas ?

print mainly BLACK here, but tried some color printing and the colors came out off. did nozzle checks, before and after 2 cleanings and 1 deep cleaning, all nozzle checks came out the same. sigh.....

see below for nozzle check scan

any ideas ?

J

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Printers: Canon MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
Method: German Durchstich Method
Ink: Hobbicolors ink, PMT-BK, UW8
Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[The Hat]

jimbo123
I think there must be something in the air lately because you are the third or fourth guy
in the past week or so that has the same issues.

Your nozzle check suggests an electrical problem and a new print head may be required to get you back printing again properly.
I would strongly suggest that you do a nozzle check at least weekly to keep your colours in good condition when not in use.

I was just wondering is there a phantom print head destroyer loose or just a new virus eating ink nozzles.

 

[jimbo123]

thx for the quick reply Hat !

looked electrical to me, but wanted a second set of eyes before i started to unclog

print head is like 18 months old, 20,000 pages on it, might be gremlins....

J

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Printers: Canon MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
Method: German Durchstich Method
Ink: Hobbicolors ink, PMT-BK, UW8
Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[jimbo123]

here's another scan

hmmmm.......

anyone, anyone ???

thx

 

[jimbo123]

had a spare print head, put it in and now all is good !

BTW, can still get new print heads from canon, MP830 was $49 shipped +tax, about 50% of what was on amazon/ebay

J

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Printers: Canon MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
Method: German Durchstich Method
Ink: Hobbicolors ink, PMT-BK, UW8
Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[The Hat]

had a spare print head, put it in and now all is good !

BTW, can still get new print heads from canon, MP830 was $49 shipped +tax, about 50% of what was on amazon/ebay

J

Good on you jimbo
Thanks for update..

 

[PeterBJ]

Congratulations on getting this nice printer back to work.

I have a Pixma 5200 which uses same print head and probably same print engine, and the Pixma 5200 is one of the best Canon 5 cartridge printers IMO. Maybe you should get a spare print head from Canon USA while they last? Print heads are much more expensive in Europe, I think the Amazon/Ebay prices reflect that fact.

The service manual states printer and print head life to 19,000 pages or 5 years, whatever comes first, so one cannot complain, but I don't expect a car to break down the day after the warranty expires.

If you need the service manual and parts catalog, I posted them in the service manuals thread, post #67. The links are still working, I just checked them. Be aware that this service manual also has the error regarding service mode operations: http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=49752#p49752

Peter.