Canon Pixma Pro 9000 Mark II Problem + New Recommendation?

@FireEmblem -- Thank you for the follow up. Sorry to hear that the print head showed no improvement.

ninj said:

Before you completely give up on the printer it might be worth having one more go. I had a similar, though less severe, problem that didn't resolve fully on first soaking. It took a second attempt to get results. If you have a significant amount of dried ink in the blocked nozzles it may take several soakings to break it all down enough for ink to flow again.

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Thanks, I'll try it again, but this was actually my 3rd attempt so I am quite sure that it's the print head. It prints text perfectly though just not pictures.

The Hat said:

@FireEmblem, we appreciate you coming back with your update, unfortunately it wasn’t what we’d all hoped it would be and the head is now beyond saving, but it’s a good idea to keep it for text documents, at least until you run out of your current ink stock.

When you get your new printer, and you decide to refill your carts, always remember please, to refill your carts when they first show low ink, and don’t wait until it runs out, this procedure can prevent a similar thing happing again...

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No worries, I wanted to update in case anyone else out there has a similar problem and maybe able to find this information useful. I will definitely make sure to check my ink levels before they run out. Thanks again!

@FireEmblem I don't know your location but if it is the US then look out for a 50$ offer of the Canon Pro-100. It seems that these offers occur once or twice a year. Usually someone who spots a such offer posts a notice on the forum, like this.

The Pro-100 can be considered a modern version of your Pro9000 MKII. The cartridges are the same refill friendly type as the CLI-8 used in your printer, just with another name and chip. You will of course need a new resetter if you want to refill. If you buy the Pro-100 and want to refill then the yellow cartridge should not be refilled. instead a another cartridge that has been cleaned and with the yellow chip attached should be used. The reason is that remnants of the original yellow ink can react with refill ink or even with water used for cleaning and form a gel that clogs the print head.

But maybe you don't need an A3 dedicated photo printer? Maybe an A4/Letter size All-in one suits your needs better? The ideal printer doesn't exist but if you tell us what you want from a new printer, we might make some good suggestions for printers that meet your demands at a reasonable price.

PeterBJ said:

@FireEmblem I don't know your location but if it is the US then look out for a 50$ offer of the Canon Pro-100. It seems that these offers occur once or twice a year. Usually someone who spots a such offer posts a notice on the forum, like this.

The Pro-100 can be considered a modern version of your Pro9000 MKII. The cartridges are the same refill friendly type as the CLI-8 used in your printer, just with another name and chip. You will of course need a new resetter if you want to refill. If you buy the Pro-100 and want to refill then the yellow cartridge should not be refilled. instead a another cartridge that has been cleaned and with the yellow chip attached should be used. The reason is that remnants of the original yellow ink can react with refill ink or even with water used for cleaning and form a gel that clogs the print head.

But maybe you don't need an A3 dedicated photo printer? Maybe an A4/Letter size All-in one suits your needs better? The ideal printer doesn't exist but if you tell us what you want from a new printer, we might make some good suggestions for printers that meet your demands at a reasonable price.

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Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I am really ok with any printer as long as it has a rear tray and can take at least 80lb cardstock because I do enjoy making my own tabletop games. I find that rear trays have an easier time printing compared to the all in ones. I wish they would make less all in ones and more simple printers with a rear tray. But I understand that it's more convenient for the average person to have the all in ones.

If a Canon printer has rear paper feed or not is not determined by if it is a printer only model or an all-in-one, instead it is determined by which cartridge generation the printer belongs to. Your Pro9000 belongs to the PGI-5/CLI-8 cartridge generation. Most if not all printers of this generation both printer only and all-in-ones had both a cassette for plain paper and a rear feed for photo paper and card stock. The printers of the subsequent cartridge generations PGI-x20/CLI-x21 and PGI-x25/CLI-x26 printer generations also had the rear paper feed. With the cartridge generations PGI-x50/CLI-x51 and PGI-x70/CLI-x71 only bottom feed was available, for both printer only and all-in-one models. These cartridge generations are not very refill friendly. The exception was the photo printers of the Pro series that still had the rear feed and refill friendly cartridges.

A new Canon Pixma TS series of all-in-ones using the PGIx70/CLI-x71 cartridges have the rear paper feed back. I guess Canon found out the bottom feed caused too many problems with photo paper and other heavy paper. The Pixma TS series is new, so not much has been written on the forum about it, so I cannot tell the quality of these printers.

In the cartridge generations x is a region dependent number. It is 2 for USA and Canada, 5 for Europe.

With the exception of the Pro series of photo printers I think Canon makes no printer only models with rear paper feed today.

All-in-ones are popular as their footprint is less than that of separate printers and scanners.

I think the 50$ Pro 100 printer offer is by far the best. It is worth waiting for if you are in the US. You might also find this printer on Craigslist at a reasonable price, but beware of printers that has been stripped of print head and/or ink cartridges.

My Pixma iP8750 takes PG-551 cartridges and is a rear-feed A3+ printer. Perhaps that is the only exception in the 551 generation?

Not a bad price for the UK either.
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