Recent content by Donkeyoatay

I would like to say a big thank you for all your advice especially The Hat who has helped me resolve my problem. I tried many things to get back my black pigmented ink recommended here but in the end a simple procedure did the trick. Being a novice to trouble shooting ink jet printers, I have to...

Thank you all for your advice. I used your method Panos for cleaning the head and so far have done it twice. It still is not printing the pigmented black. Thank goodness the printer is still under warranty. I suppose I will have to buy a set of new carts if I have to send it back, as Canon will...

I have just run a cleaning and deep cleaning cycle and the problem exists so I will try your method. First I have to try and find some Ammonia based glass cleaner. Here is Spain that might be difficult. Somewhere in the printers manual I read that with this problem do a deep cleaning cycle, and...

Thanks Panos for replying. I have checked again and you are right. The top section of the check which says PGBK and has the grid alongside is missing. Only the color result is there. How I missed that I don't know. What does that mean? Michael.

I have a 6 month old Canon MP550, little used. A month ago I refilled the carts using the German method with Octoinkjet Canon black ink. Everything printed OK after the refill. I do a weekly Nozel Check Pattern which always is OK. This morning when I tried to print a document from my Mac the...

Thank you both for your advice. I will start looking for a set of spare carts. Michael.

I would just like to say a big thank you to Pharmacist for starting this thread and submitting the instructions together with photos for the German refill method. I purchased the supplies I needed from Octoinkjet and followed Pharmacist's instructions. This morning I refilled all my carts using...

Thank you all for your input. It is truly appreciated. Michael.

I have just purchased a new Canon PM 550. I intend refilling my carts when required and am currently waiting for my first package from Octoinkjet. Due to my lifestyle my printer can be used daily then go for a couple of weeks or more without touching it. Is there anything that my partner can...

Stratman. Once again, thank you so much for taking the time to share your expertise. It is truly appreciated. One other question that was not answered. Is it OK to start refilling my new carts with "Image Specialists" ink or should I purge the new carts first. Michael.

Thanks for your input. Another reason I asked about "purging" is because a friend has offered me some used CLI.521 & PGI.520 OEM carts that have been out of the printer for over a month. Some have been re clipped others not. Could these be used for refilling or would they have dried out?

I am preparing my first order for supplies to refill the above carts using the German refill method. During the past week I have spent many hours reading up on all the posts I could find on this site relating to my new venture. The only thing I am not sure about is purging these carts when the...

Once again Stratman thank you for your input. Having studied your two posts I couldn't resist the offer I found here in Malaga for the Canon Pixma MP 550 so I went ahead and purchased one. I have taken note of what you have said about the introduction of all black cartridges and will take your...

Thank you Stratman so much for taking the time to explain everything. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. I will have to study it all in depth during the next couple of days. After a couple of quick reads I started looking at what is available here. I found a really good deal on the Canon...

Thank you both for your input. Much appreciated.