Recent content by Lestrad

Thanks, but it is set up that way and I've verified the setting several times. More of Canon's shenanigans...

NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATORS: I am STILL not getting notifications of responses. __________________________________________________ Thanks. Palomian: I'll try the blow-job approach at my earliest opportunity. Pearlhouse: Well, as I pointed out, I bought an OEM cartridge as a test and it too has...

I've been tapping them like crazy on a marble mantlepiece. Sometimes it starts the flow, but it stops again. By the way, I'm not receiving notifications of responses. Canon at work again...

Okay, gentlemen, here's the promised update. Sorry it took so long, but I've been working too hard and also travelling a bit and haven't had time to mess with the printer. The news is not good: Now the only color that's working is Yellow. And that's with a brand-new OEM Magenta cartridge in...

Consumables... which, in the case of the Pixma printers in any case, cost as much as buying a new printer.

Thanks to all. I did notice that that baby sucked up a lot of ink... I'll wait a while and try another time. Hat, I'm using the same approach I've always used. But I'm willing to try top fill again. Is there a good link to how to avoid spills with top filling? One thing I like about Durchstich...

-- Later -- I found an empty Photo Black cartridge and filled it with Octoinkjet ink, switched the chip over and reset it. This is a cartridge that had been cleaned thoroughly until all the sponges were white and then dried using the wick method. I'm very sad to report that the BK bar in the...

Thanks, Hat and martin0. As a matter of fact I am using 521/520 cartridges with the chips from the 525/526 ones, and I do have a 525/526 resetter. I'm using the Durchstich method. One possible source of problems is that I go through long periods where I don't print much. Another is that I have...

Well, I've already run a couple of cleaning cycles... The black cartridge in question was working fine just before I changed back to the "old" print head. Just to make sure, I blew air into the top vent until ink dribbled out. I'm attaching a scan of the latest nozzle test (nozzle6.jpg): The...

Sorry I'm only responding now, but once again I didn't get a notification of your response. In fact the magenta suddenly disappears altogether. So you may be on the right track with your overheating idea. I'm about to try the old print head after rinsing it and soaking it in demineralized...

Thanks. What do you suggest if a rinse with hot tap water followed by a soak in demineralized water (changing the water a few times) doesn't work?

I just found this after re-posting my amended post. I checked again and I did NOT receive a notification of your answer... Thanks! for your reply. I'll leave the head in the demineralized water for a while and then flush it under the tap. I'm assuming I don't really need head cleaner if that works?

I'm sad to report that both Magenta cartridges have now stopped working again - even after a couple of whacks/taps on the edge of a marble mantle with the cartridge in one of Octojet's neat little holders. I plugged in the brand-new OEM Magenta cartridge I bought and got the same results with...

Thanks for your reply. For some reason I don't get notifications of responses to my posts, so I just discovered it. I tried your tapping method and it seems to have worked! I'll report back after I let some time go by and run a few more nozzle checks.

Problems with Magenta... and Yellow... Hello to all. I have an ip4950 and have been refilling using the durchstich method (I _don't_ plug the hole after filling) with 521 (windowed) cartridges for some time with good success. However lately I've had problems with Magenta and yellow refusing to...