Recent content by The Ragster

I gave the cleaning pads a good clean, removed the printhead and cleaned that up (although it didn't look too bad). When re-assembled. it appeared nothing had changed, except one of the nozzle groups was particularly worse. So I did a few system cleans of that and lo-and-behold it improved. I...

When I rebuilt my printer after fitting my Potty, the nozzle check and first prints were as perfect as before. Then I decided to do a A3+ (SuperB) print and noticed horizontal banding. It seems to be getting worse with every print. Attached are the new nozzle checks on both plain and Oyster...

Thank you again Hat. I think I have got my connections correct. At the moment I just have the tube going into a jar. Amazon UK shows Ink Pottys for specific brands of printer - none of which are Canon. Does it make a difference and will an Epson one do for my Pro-1?

So. That is my Ink Potty fitted, but I do not think that was (and possibly still is) my problem. The absorbent pads in front of the rollers had become completely sodden on the left side; so much so that they were spilling over on to the feed rollers behind (second image). This was causing long...

Thanks Hat I didn't know these had a waste ink cartridge. How accessible is it? The absorber, in front of the rollers is so full it is spilling on to the rollers behind. I'm happy to have a go at pulling this out and flushing it. Nozzle check is perfect, as are the prints - apart from the smudge...

Thinking about what to replace my Pixma Pro-1 with...

I have started to notice marks appearing on my prints; mainly on the rear but now significantly visible on the front of the printed image. A look inside reveals that the ink absorber is overflowing and spilling out onto the feed rollers. I have had this printer almost since it was released 7 or...