Recent content by WES

I had a similar problem and I changed from "Photo Plus Glossy" to "Photo Paper Pro" and my photo printed out great. You might want to try one of the different settings and see if that helps you. But what do I know. WES

Canon I550. BCI-3eBK cartridge. My cartridge will not feed ink into the sponge area. When I remove the refill screw the vacuum is released, in the reservoir side, and the ink then floods into the sponge area. The ink in the sponge area will run dry and stop printing (run out of black ink)...

Isn't GrandPa great! I have no problem in throwing out the bad cartridges. But! After reading GrandPa's great post, I think I will try the hot flush and see how things turnout. I am in the process of replacing all of my metal tubes with plastic tubes. I have acquired some nylon 10/32 machine...

I did have a blockage in the printhead. I used the hot water-soak to dissolve the blockage. I used the hot water out of the tap and then I finished up by using the hot water I have for my teawater. I have the printhead clean and working again. The sponge material filtered out much of the...

I am using ATLASCOPY yellow ink. I bought this ink before I built the CFS. On their web they talk about one type of their yellow ink that will create a sludge if used in PVC tubing. I preformed their little test and the yellow ink that I am using does not coagulate and form a sludge...

I have been using a CFS since February. I love it. I print anything and everything. About a month ago the cyan stopped printing. Checking it out, I found the plastic tubing blocked with a thickened cyan ink in the form of a plug approximately 3\4 long. Searching this great forum I found...