I have a Canon Pixma MP610 and am having a lot of problems with the cartrides or print head or maybe both. I bought a set of refillable cartridges a year ago from ink products.com with the top rubber plug. At first I was using the original Canon CLI-8 cartridges mixed with some of these refillable cartridges untill I noticed the ink was finally not coming out properly from my remaining two originals. I replaced them with the refillables and things have been a nightmare. I noticed that the new black and Cyan refillable seemed to allow ink to flow out a little too easily at the output, and that the yellow cartridge had green in the sponge and magenta. I flused out the cartridges with hot water but the sponges all had a stain left. I also ran hot water through the head to clean out the ink and then soaked it in alcohol. I let the cartridges dry out for two days and then refilled them. At first I could barely get any ink out and the colors were all off. I printed a lot of test pattern and now I see colored lines going through my purge pattern. Can someone give me an idea how to fix the issue before I go completely nuts. I am using image specialist ink. I scanned pictures but do not know how to put them in post. --thanks, Marc
Print test pattern prints with color lines.
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Did you have carts out of the printer while you were drying them after having flushed them? If you did not protect the head intake tubes with other carts, you may have allowed those color positions to dry and clog. Are you plugs in on the tank side ( The compartment without the sponge ) secure and not leaking air?
Hopefully some of the Canon experts here can come up with a way to figure this out for you.
Good luck!
Hopefully some of the Canon experts here can come up with a way to figure this out for you.
Good luck!
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I dried the carts out of the printer and dried the head after soaking in alcohol on a paper towel. I would love to post a picture. The head pattern test looks worse after a cleaning. I can not be sure the plugs are sealing the hole but they go in tightly. How can I post the purge picture? Marc
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First test the purge unit as described here http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5278
First test the purge unit as described here http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5278
