Hi Grandad35
Many thanks for the information on removing a printhead. I shall look into that.
Yes, I have tried a different set of cartridges. I had duplicates of all the colours, and one of the first things I did was to substitute them for the cartridges in the printer. Yes, I did...
Hi WhiteDog
My cartridges are Canon, supplied originally with the printer. I also bought a spare for each colour; Canon as well. Since then, they have been re-filled at Cartridge World. I get my own cartridges back from Cartridge World, not someone else's. I suppose it is possible that...
Hi Manuchau
Thanks for your comments.
I am using refills from a company called Cartridge World, and have done from the word go. This is a company in the UK with over 300 outlets, and has a pretty good reputation for its ink quality. Of course, people will say that using non-manufacturer's...
I have a Canon i990 printer which is about 3 1/2 years old. It prints well when set to print on normal paper, but when set to print on any of the higher grades of paper (e.g. Glossy Photo Paper or Photo Paper Plus Glossy), it prints with a heavy red/purple hue over the entire page. This has...