Big hint, very cheap ink also drys up in the pump that cleans the paking space of the printhead. Do yourself a favor and check if the pumps are working correctly.
The stripes in normal mode are an indicator of still blocked nuzzles of the printhead. Try using a cleaner kit and an injection to flush through the inkejet nozzles carefully and the holes where the ink gets pumped of. You will notice in most cases, those ways for waste ink are blocked. For a complete repair those ways must be cleared
That;s funny! I have both a Pro 9000 and Pro 9500 MKII and I turn them off every night and they DO NOT go through the reported charging cycle. Now if I let them sit off for weeks, they they do and it's because they need too after sitting around for more than a week or so. People buy printers and then they bitch because they clog. If you just use them every day you will not have any problems.
That's probably right, I haven't been using this printer very often, but fact is that all the HP brand printers I have had before this one as well as the one I recently replaced this Canon with never had any problems with not being used for a long time.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I have a Canon Pixma 4500 and it hasn't worked properly for years! Many different things. the latest, along with not printing cyan, it wasn't printing black anymore. I've always used Canon carts and both blacks carts were almost full. After trying the company fixes I was fed up!! I took all the carts out, removed the cart holder and ran it under water, let it dry for an hour and put the whole thing back. It prints beautifully now!!
The print heads in i850 and i560 are pretty notorious for failing, actually. My dad used an i850 for a couple of years, and when it became impossible to get the print head working 100% we soaked it in water, unfortunately not entirely successfully. In the end it was discarded and replaced by an iP5200 (...I think), which is a better printer all around and so far has been working fine, even though it uses these stupid ink cartridges with chip. My own i865 still works fine, using Inktech carts.
When you talk about quality settings are you referring to the quality setting used the the software you're printing a file in for example any program that can print to a printer, or is there some button combination you need to press or some setting you need to change in the software that came with the printer in order to change the quality? I wonder why it's printing those horizontal lines in lower quality prints?
When I see things like this I'm happy I went laser a long time ago. When it's on standby, you just send it a job, 4 seconds warm up and it just spits out your pages. I think in the long run, even with more expensive toners, it's cheaper than maintaining a deskjet. Unless you only print like 4 5 pages a week.
Either way, some resourceful tinkering around on your part to get the thing going again, job well done.
@MagnusVideos As cheap as possible? Then you'd have to get a list of all laser printers you can buy and find out their cpp (cost per page). Then pick the one with the lowest number. I haven't had the need to buy one so i'm not up to date, however a friend recently bought an Oki C3600n and it looks like a solid performer and was on some list he found with low cost printers from 2010. I'm slightly partial towards Konica Minolta laser printers.
I can see how the Canon system with the built-in print system has it's flaws, but also it demonstrates some advantages... The Canon system can use cheaper ink, and the cartridges look like they'd be cheaper than the Hewlett-Packard system. I usually keep my printer on all the time to prevent the diagnostic cycle, because even though I don't print things very often, the pennies it uses for power is better than the dollars it would waste in ink.
Printers are so cheap - get rid and buy a new one or you will spend more money on cartridges which will out weigh the cost of the thing in the first place.
One thing I hate about printers is how much the cartridges cost, they even cost more than the printer itself. Anther annoying thing is when I tried an ink re-fill kit, whitch is much cheaper than buying a new cartridge, although it worked it still said the ink level is low even though I'd filled the cartridge to allmost overflowing.
Thanks, man. This is exactly what I need to do to mine. Let's see if I get the same results!
BilliusEllison 3 months ago
Big hint, very cheap ink also drys up in the pump that cleans the paking space of the printhead. Do yourself a favor and check if the pumps are working correctly.
The stripes in normal mode are an indicator of still blocked nuzzles of the printhead. Try using a cleaner kit and an injection to flush through the inkejet nozzles carefully and the holes where the ink gets pumped of. You will notice in most cases, those ways for waste ink are blocked. For a complete repair those ways must be cleared
bugkillergod 4 months ago
Amazing how simple it can be to communicate with people and have them understand a certain video, you made my day.
ThePrinthead 6 months ago
mine is a pain so i brought an hp deskjet the canon cleaned when turned on and when its getting ready to print :(
ictdude1 6 months ago
That;s funny! I have both a Pro 9000 and Pro 9500 MKII and I turn them off every night and they DO NOT go through the reported charging cycle. Now if I let them sit off for weeks, they they do and it's because they need too after sitting around for more than a week or so. People buy printers and then they bitch because they clog. If you just use them every day you will not have any problems.
cheo1949 6 months ago
@cheo1949
That's probably right, I haven't been using this printer very often, but fact is that all the HP brand printers I have had before this one as well as the one I recently replaced this Canon with never had any problems with not being used for a long time.
DrCassette 6 months ago
Use warm water and soak it!
irulethe70s 6 months ago
Thanks for great manual!!!
It works!!
Neomek86 8 months ago
thank u !
it helped alot!
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Thank you for this wonderful video. I have a Canon Pixma 4500 and it hasn't worked properly for years! Many different things. the latest, along with not printing cyan, it wasn't printing black anymore. I've always used Canon carts and both blacks carts were almost full. After trying the company fixes I was fed up!! I took all the carts out, removed the cart holder and ran it under water, let it dry for an hour and put the whole thing back. It prints beautifully now!!
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FrankZuccarini 1 year ago
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FrankZuccarini 1 year ago
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FrankZuccarini 1 year ago
The print heads in i850 and i560 are pretty notorious for failing, actually. My dad used an i850 for a couple of years, and when it became impossible to get the print head working 100% we soaked it in water, unfortunately not entirely successfully. In the end it was discarded and replaced by an iP5200 (...I think), which is a better printer all around and so far has been working fine, even though it uses these stupid ink cartridges with chip. My own i865 still works fine, using Inktech carts.
yeoldeengineer 1 year ago
When you talk about quality settings are you referring to the quality setting used the the software you're printing a file in for example any program that can print to a printer, or is there some button combination you need to press or some setting you need to change in the software that came with the printer in order to change the quality? I wonder why it's printing those horizontal lines in lower quality prints?
Lachlant1984 1 year ago
@Lachlant1984
It's a software option. If I would know why it's printing the stupid lines I would be happy :P
DrCassette 1 year ago
@DrCassette print in high quality it goes away. if it doesnt get fixed wash the head
jaymax9560 6 months ago
When I see things like this I'm happy I went laser a long time ago. When it's on standby, you just send it a job, 4 seconds warm up and it just spits out your pages. I think in the long run, even with more expensive toners, it's cheaper than maintaining a deskjet. Unless you only print like 4 5 pages a week.
Either way, some resourceful tinkering around on your part to get the thing going again, job well done.
kmi187 1 year ago
@kmi187 Which laser printer would you recommend for printing text as cheap as possible?
MagnusVideos 1 year ago
@MagnusVideos As cheap as possible? Then you'd have to get a list of all laser printers you can buy and find out their cpp (cost per page). Then pick the one with the lowest number. I haven't had the need to buy one so i'm not up to date, however a friend recently bought an Oki C3600n and it looks like a solid performer and was on some list he found with low cost printers from 2010. I'm slightly partial towards Konica Minolta laser printers.
kmi187 1 year ago
gr8 revuwe and fix :0)
ripleymagic 1 year ago
Printers are sold at a lost, and the manufacturers make their money from the ink. Printers are designed to be wasteful of ink(and paper)
MagnusVideos 1 year ago
@MagnusVideos I think this. The value loss lies in the ink capacities and some may apply razor and blades methods.
I had a Pixma many years ago, but the purge unit became stuck.
SlimeTron5000 1 year ago
I can see how the Canon system with the built-in print system has it's flaws, but also it demonstrates some advantages... The Canon system can use cheaper ink, and the cartridges look like they'd be cheaper than the Hewlett-Packard system. I usually keep my printer on all the time to prevent the diagnostic cycle, because even though I don't print things very often, the pennies it uses for power is better than the dollars it would waste in ink.
ForgetfulCollector 1 year ago
Jonas
Printers are so cheap - get rid and buy a new one or you will spend more money on cartridges which will out weigh the cost of the thing in the first place.
Warm regards
Richard
spannerworks1 1 year ago
same problem as my canon mp190
10cmsub 1 year ago
One thing I hate about printers is how much the cartridges cost, they even cost more than the printer itself. Anther annoying thing is when I tried an ink re-fill kit, whitch is much cheaper than buying a new cartridge, although it worked it still said the ink level is low even though I'd filled the cartridge to allmost overflowing.
CoolDudeClem 1 year ago
that was a pretty easy fix.good job.wouldn't it be great if everything would be that easy to fix?just a nice cleanup and it works
costellom5 1 year ago