Recent content by Clynt

Hi ghwellsjr. I was about to answer "yes" to all three of your above questions; then I realised that whilst I had downloaded the driver before connecting the power and USB cables, I had not opened the driver before connectin the USB and power cables. (I had previously downloaded the driver(s)...

However, I've got a problem ! ! I can't get the MP760 to print. Being second hand, it didn't come with an installation CD. I downloaded the appropriate driver from the Canon website together with all the associated software and manuals. All the screens look OK. When I try to print...

But would this cross-leakage cause my five amber flash problem? The 6BK tank did appear to contain less ink than might be expected from its age; so there might be a leakage problem (it's a generic tank; not a Canon). I'm not going to put any of the tanks remaining in the iP4000 into my "new"...

Yes ghwellsjr, they didn't want the iP4000. The technician just looked at the print head and declared it defunct on the basis of the black ink migrating to the coloured ink tanks (despite it being spotless and shiney from my attemps to clean it by soaking overnight and under the hot water tap)...

Thanks ghwellsjr and headphonesman, I took my iP4000 to a Canon service centre where they confirmed my printhead was defunct as evidenced by black ink having migrated into the coloured ink tanks. A new printhead would have cost $133. They sold me a second-hand Canon Pixma MP760 for $50 with no...

Thanks folks for the warning ! ! I've found a repairer not too far away. Clynt

My Canon iP4000 printer was turning out perfect prints. A couple of minutes after a print job, I tried to print again but the printer had stopped working and the flash code was (and still is) five amber flashes then one green flash indicating a problem with the print head. There was no onset of...