I have got them working by removing all the tape covering the vent. There is a narrow channel that winds back and forward until it comes to a hole. The hole doesn't seem blocked as when I blow it, ink comes out of the bottom.
I have stuck a scalpel in the hole and made it slightly bigger and...
Does anybody know why the ink monitor shows the carts full and then suddenly shows them as empty ?
It did this with the original carts and I tried canon but got no help, the driver is latest etc.
Great printer but this seems really strange.
Steve
I bought some abacus compats and as I said, they are driving me crazy....
After a few prints, they seem to stop feeding ink, if I remove them and blow the vent, the ink comes out. If I put them back in the printer, it prints again for a few more pages and then starts to band again.
The print...