Recent content by lawsim

I spoke to a Canon tech. and he suggested that the purge unit could be faulty, or the "blotter pads" could be full. I thought I had an extended warrenty on the printer, but I didn't, so pulled it apart myself. All the pads were absolutely full of black ink, so cleaned them, and put them back...

I removed cover of printer to gain access to the parking pad. Removed a piece of plastic that had a wiper on it, it was soaked in black ink, cleaned and replaced it. Also checked the print head, and after re-assembly, the printer would not turn on. I had to remove the print head, turn the...

Hi, I have a Canon i865 printer, and have been using non-generic cartridges (MMC - ink made in USA, rest made in China). Last week I noticed that the black ink was bleeding into the yellow cartridge (replaced yellow tank), and now the black ink has bled into all 3 color tanks. I had been...