Fotofreek, appreciate your input to this thread. I agree that infrequent use of inkjet printer is pron to issues, mostly clogged print heads. I have made my point very clear. Now that fans of ghwellsjr (or fans of IS ink) don't like to hear it I will say no more.
Oh my god, so you never used PMT-BK and you are merely speculating that PMT-BK will clog purge units? I followed the debate Leo8080 had with you on your purge unit clogging thread. Your clogging problem is your own fault based on the debate. All the printers that had the purge unit clogging used...
Good test, Stumped2. The result should point out a direction for the cure of the problem.
For anyone who do not understand why wash the print with water for testing here is the hint. Try to put a $10 bill ($100 would be even better) in a self addressed envelop with the mailing label printed...
Two print heads in a roll this pretty much indicates that you have a purge unit problem. Because your AIO is a new printer there is likely a defect of the purge unit that did not protect the ink in the yellow channel nozzles from drying up. When you started a print job at the time the ink in the...
There are many new printers people can easily buy from stores for less than $150. A new ip4500 for those who really know the outstanding features of it may be willing to pay $150 for it. Even Amazon can sell one at $400 it does not mean you can get that much from yours. The fair value should be...
I found that it makes very little sense to recommend to print text documents using a black dye ink. Whoever made such recommendation should understand why HP, Canon Lexmark and Brother printers are all made with a black pigment ink cartridge for printing black text documents. Even if one paper...
I had followed ghwellsjr's posts regarding this issue fairly closely. The ink that caused his purge unit to clog was an old Inktec black pigment ink. He probably never used Hobbicolor's PMT-BK. At least he never posted anything regarding his use of Hobbicolors products. Everyone is entitled...
The dye ink is Hobbicolors UW8. I don't think you should use dye ink to print your documents. Keep in mind that color dyes are soluble to water. I agree that moisture is the culprit. It is surprising that OEM PGI-229 ink is easily smeared like that. Dye ink would not do better. Try a different...
As far as I know the printer will execute cleaning cycles only before printing. If you never print it will never do any cleaning cycles. A MP780 is sitting a few feet away from me. It is powered on most of the time. It is quiet most of the time too. The noise you are talking about is the noise...
The piano teacher across the street from my house has an ip4300. She ran out of ink from her PGI-5 a very long time ago. Probably at least one year ago. She asked me to refill it for her but I forgot to do it and she never asked again. I discovered that she simply put the printer aside and kept...
I thought 226s are smaller than 220s. I know that small head can wear big HAT but not the other way around. The best option is to refill OEM. Being opaque does not make them impossible to refill.
Both sheets of print are completely dry now. I looked over both of them again I found that there is some trace of smearing on the Xerox paper caused by my light rub with my finger. It wasn't clear when the paper was still wet. It is visible when dry now. My conclusion, based on this not very...
OK, I've got some result. Here is what I did to test. I had two prints. One was a regular plain paper that I must have printed a few days ago laying around. The other is a new sheet of the Xerox Colorlok paper that I printed some text on it a little while ago.
I washed the first print under a...
I have doubt about your suggestion. By setting to Matte paper the printer will print the black text with CLI-221bk cartridge. It will be very slow like a dog. The black ink will be dye black ink. This really defeats the purpose of having a large PGI-220bk with black pigment ink in it. Printing...
Maybe this is what Canon has in mind. It is probably true that the majority general public has no clue about ink cartridge size or capacity. When people get FREE printer for a purchase of a piece of IT equipment they will accept the free box that will crank out some colorful pages. But when ink...
The swellable photo paper is too easy to get humidity damage. A touch of your finger could leave a permanent mark on the surface. So practically it is a useless paper regardless it prints and looks better. Have you checked out the Kirkland brand glossy photo paper from Costco? It was rumored...
I just take a close look at the wrap of my realm of the Xerox Colorlok paper. It does have a line of fine print at the edge that says print on this side and it shows an arrow pointing to the bottom. That is the correct side that yields sharper and darker text for me. Now I don't ever have to...
Man, is it so hard to admit mistake? When I read you initial response about Colorlok paper I felt that you never used it but trying to act like an expert. Sorry, this is my opinion of course. I just feel you need to be told. Get to the end of the disgraceful debate and move forward. I would...
No. You just brought up a good question. The plastic wrap has the logo on it but it says nothing that it is single sided. I can tell if I get the correct side only by printing something on it then look at how sharp the text is. There is a distinct difference between the two sides. I know this is...
I can never understand why Canon does such a lousy marketing job for its printers. Now that the cartridges are so tiny it won't matter if they do a better job in marketing any more.