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Have had my fair share of clogged printheads on an ip3000. Have some questions about the pre-filled cleaning carts. 1. Does anyone use this for periodic maintenance and do you feel that they help? 2. How often do you use them? Weekly, monthly? 3. How do they work? I am guessing that you put...

I currently have an ip3000 i have been refilling for about three years. Was thinking of getting another Canon that uses the same carts. Couple of questions: 1. From what I have read, the 6000 and above do not have the pigment black cart. Is this correct? I am assuming the black 3e is primarily...

I have also been struggling with an alignment issue. On my ip3000, the text often times will have a wave in it. Outlines of boxes on an excel sheet will also not print straight. This occurs even if I use High print quality setting. How often should we be doing a print head alignment? Should...

Have an ip3000. It passes the print test fine but am still getting banding. The picture does not show it as well, but it is very apparent in the blue sky portion of the photo. I tried a cleaning and another print test. Again, turned out fine. Printed photo again and got the same results. Any...

I spoke to someone at MIS a couple of months ago about their CIS systems. I was curious as to why most of their systems were for Epsons and not Canons. He said they had problems with leakage at the print head on the Canons. Also (I could be remembering this wrong) they don't use spongeless carts...

websnail, I think you might be right on this. I had a cyan cart which had similar problems to the black. I took a paper clip and slid it down the vent hole. It went in with no problem. After I did that ink started to come out of the vent hole. I must have enlarged it slightly. It wasn't much but...

I actually ran about a dozen prints before I realized what happened. They came out like a negative image. Kept thinking the magenta cart was not printing. I did a clean and printed another test and kept staring at the strange tint that Tin Ho mentioned. It wasn't until I compared it to an older...

I debated on whether I should tell anyone I did this, but since I don't know any of you personally it won't hurt my pride too much. See if you can spot the error.

Turns out the Arrow maze design is exactly like some MIS carts I bought except they have tape on top. I have completed 10,000 prints with these carts. No major problems. I am getting approximately 350 prints per refill. One problem that may be associated with this design is the black cart has...

Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate the input. fotofreek: You are right about letting the tank go empty. I should know better. manuchau: I am not using a syringe but I have been doing exactly as you suggested. When filling, the bubbles will eventually start pushing out of the ink fill...

Here is a pic of the magenta cart right after pulling it out of the printer. Prior to running this cycle, I let it sit for two hours with the ink fill hole open. As you can see, it did not help. fotofreek, I checked out Howard's site. I have never seen bottles like that. Very cool. I am...

I tried shaking it. Didn't help much. I let the cart sit with the ink fill hole open for a couple of hours. Some of it settled down. The cart works, so I guess I won't worry about it too much. I am using bulk ink from Re-Inks.com. I bought this stuff over a year ago. Have had many problems...

Refilling ip3000. Have air bubbles in my bci-6 magenta. I have been refilling and using it with no problems but still am concerned by the amount of bubbles present. Any tips on getting rid of them? I am going to let the cart sit for an hour. Should I leave the ink fill hole open?

I have an ip3000 and had a similar problem with cyan. For over a year I had been refilling and had problems with consistency with cyan. Lots of banding and failed print tests. Finally quit printing cyan all together. I tried a G&G cart and then an OEM cart. Still did not print. I was ready to...

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Just ordered a set of virgin carts from alotofthings for a ip3000. Noticed there is no tape/sticker covering part of the vent maze. Every other cart I have seen has something covering a portion of the maze. Are these carts designed to work with the vent maze fully exposed?