Recent content by ivanalbright

Okay, I think I have solved the problem. It appears the issue was the GREEN cartridge. Even though the light was lit normally and the printer driver never popped up any information on screen showing the green had any issues. Also, the green was still about 75% full, had been in the printer and...

Okay, I'll bite on the refilling Canon brand cartridges idea unless someone else can recommend something else to try. I currently pay $1 per generic cartridge, I've heard refilling may only cost $0.30 in ink each, if so that would be a benefit in itself as long as I could refill several at a...

Error has returned. Was able to print all the way until that black ink cartridge ran out. I got the standard cartridge might be low message as normal, then tried replacing with a new tank. Right after putting in another tank, I'm getting the same error. I then tried replacing the tank I just...

Okay, I followed the steps you proposed and as of now it has accepted a black ink cartridge and is working! I am cautious however, because it did start working like this once before, and only worked until that cartridge ran low. I will send several print jobs through right now and see what...

Canon Pixma Pro 9000 MK II, using generic CLI-8 cartridges A couple of days ago, I was printing out about 50 small pages of B&W text at a time. At one point, I replaced the black ink cartridge, then started up another 50 pages. I come back to see that the generic cartridge must have been faulty...

That is some good information. I use "compatible" off brand/cheap cartridges. I also do print a TON of borderless, as mentioned its about 500+ 4x6" pages a week. Over time I can certainly see why that might just be too much ink to absorb although the printer has never given me any errors about...

I've been using a canon 9000 pro mkII for a long time and I print out a ton of 4x6 borderless prints (500+ a week). A long time ago, I noticed that enough ink had built up in the spots where the printhead "overprints" for borderless, that it was bleeding back onto the backs of pages that passed...

Okay, I have soaked the carts using the ammonia+distilled water / set the printhead on a pad of paper towels. I soaked it for about 3-4 hours and replaced the paper towels and ammonia mixture until no ink was coming out. I then let it dry for a good 12 hours next to a fan, and then installed all...

OP here I am learning a lot from reading the discussion of people who have more experience with different inks and troubleshooting--good stuff! From my further testing and the info presented, currently I believe that there MAY be somewhat restricted flow on my Cyan printhead nozzle in addition...

As some have guessed, I now am pretty sure that there may be a clog or some issue with the cyan (or photo cyan?) nozzle, rather than too much/too strong of magenta as suspected earlier (or possibly both are a problem). Through various prints I am noticing that some blue colors are too light. For...

Could you provide some places to buy these good quality inks (trustworthy / low price websites)? To do refills, would I need to buy a set of genuine Canon cartridges / if so, would it work to buy an empty used set from someone off eBay? Also does anyone have a link handy to a GOOD tutorial /...

A couple months ago I noticed that my photo prints have a very noticeable reddish tint on my Canon Pro 9000. I am using generic ink that I get from either Meritline or Amazon and the cartridge labeling tends to look like the photos below (I'm not sure what "brand" they are, but I've heard G&G...

Thanks for the replies! It took me a little bit, but I had a chance to clean the sponge using the method The Hat described. It was pretty easy, although when trying to remove the far left edge of the sponge (the area that was under the print head) - it got a small rip. It seems to be working...

This problem is likely caused because I almost exclusively print massive amounts of the same size, same layout, borderless prints. For example, once a week, 500 4x6" pages with a black border all the way to the edge. I've been doing this for a quite a few months now. Lately, more and more of the...

Thanks for the response. I will try that the next time something like this happens - I didn't think about tilting the cartridges back to deal with the air in the different chambers. Unfortunately I cant see the ink level in my cartridges. As for this problem, I did end up sort of fixing it...